ALTERED BOOKS
with Mo Mosyjowski March 24-25, 2018
Member: $150 Non-Member: $175
Altered books often contains words, sketches and mixed media / collage elements as a form of creative expression. Our instructor has discovered that art journaling, beneficial for everyone, promotes out of the box thinking and increases participants mark making skills. Artistic skills are a plus however, unnecessary for this 2-day workshop as it is focused on fun techniques and processes for participants of all levels. Students will have the opportunity to create doors, windows and pockets within their books whilst creating unique textures by cutting, tearing and adding. Old photographs will be used to create tintypes to intermingle with additional ephemera. The workshop is designed to spark your creative engines and move forward with the skills to continue working independently.
Student will be required to bring their own supplies, including scissors, an old book to work within, old ... view more »
ALTERED BOOKS
with Mo Mosyjowski March 24-25, 2018
Member: $150 Non-Member: $175
Altered books often contains words, sketches and mixed media / collage elements as a form of creative expression. Our instructor has discovered that art journaling, beneficial for everyone, promotes out of the box thinking and increases participants mark making skills. Artistic skills are a plus however, unnecessary for this 2-day workshop as it is focused on fun techniques and processes for participants of all levels. Students will have the opportunity to create doors, windows and pockets within their books whilst creating unique textures by cutting, tearing and adding. Old photographs will be used to create tintypes to intermingle with additional ephemera. The workshop is designed to spark your creative engines and move forward with the skills to continue working independently.
Student will be required to bring their own supplies, including scissors, an old book to work within, old photographs to copy for tintypes, additional ephemera etc. Class size is limited
Biography Mo Mosyjowski
Mary “Mo” Mosyjowski does not like to limit a piece to one medium, but will bravely try any means possible to make the composition work. She has experience in watercolor, acrylic, collage, oil, batik, Gelli Plate Printing and more. She has taught private students and workshops since 2006 on altered books, Pysanka (Ukrainian egg decoration) using a batik method of wax and dye and also done presentations on Gelli Plate Printing. Mo teaches the Discovery of Art class and Alcohol Ink Parties at CVAC. Her abstract works have won many art show awards and she won the People’s Choice Award at the Summit ArtSpace Kaleidoscope Show for her altered book of self-portraits.
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