We all may start out deciding we will draw or paint that illusive masterpiece and then we are sometimes disappointed with the outcome. Did those drawings end up in a drawer or back of a cupboard? Well, there is a new life for them in this workshop!

You will start by making a drawing book to store the unloved work (materials and tools supplied for the binding). You will be shown how to make a sewn binding with simple covers that can be used for many applications. Then, using various techniques, such as cutting, pasting, using gestural strokes, collage you will give these drawings a new, unique life. Fun assured!

You will take your new treasure home with you to add more to in pleasurable hours.

• Materials included but please bring lots of discarded drawings on paper (not board or card) also photos, magazine cuttings, usual art kit (if you have these; paints, crayons, coloured pencils etc), scissors, glue sticks

• Light refreshments provided but please bring along a packed lunch

ABOUT YOUR TUTOR

Catherine studied painting and conservation of works of art on paper in New York and London and has taught workshops in Scotland and the UK. Her specialism is working with words and paper: calligraphic, letterpress and book arts. She is passionate about the benefits of the creative process itself and not merely the outcome. Her work, including Suminagashi, is held in private and public collections including the Scottish Parliament and Scottish National Archives and the UK House of Lords.