Many artists have used found objects or existing texts as the starting point to their work. Over the week students will look at ways to create an artist book inspired by a found object. Focus will be given to different ways of combining content and structure and there will be an emphasis on simple printmaking as a means of creating imagery.
The week will begin by learning several different book structures from a simple folded book with pockets to more intricate sewing with hard covers. The found object will be re-interpreted and given new meaning using printmaking, drawing, stitch and mixed media and each student will develop their own personal project around this object. An experimental approach will be encouraged.
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Lunch included
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All materials provided
ABOUT YOUR TUTOR
Susie has taught Printmaking and Artists’ Books at the School since 2011 and teaches artists’ books and bookbinding at the University of Edinburgh Centre for Open Learning.
Combining print, paint and collage in the book form, Susie is interested in the sense of revelation where each page hides and then reveals the next in an intimate and personal atmosphere. Her work has been exhibited in Open Books – Anne Frank: A History for Today, at Stirling University and north • bound, Lyth Arts Centre, Caithness. She was awarded the Visual Arts Scotland 2014 Nancy Graham Memorial Book Prize and the 2015 Sally Schofield Memorial Prize, and was artist in residence at Edinburgh College of Art Library in 2016.
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