Bagby Workshop Materials List

This is what Anne sent to me for the class. There is homework involved before the class and it involves letting things dry for a couple of days, so get started early.

Please contact me with any logistical questions about the workshop at magileslie@comcast.net. I was out of the country for a month and did not know that the person who handles our reservations would be gone for 3 weeks after I returned! If you have sent a check and it was cashed, you are in the workshop. If you still want into the workshop, please email me immediately. I am attempting to determine how many spaces we have left, as some of the locals have not been good about confirming. I am really looking forward to meeting everyone. This will be fun.

COLLAGE AND THE CREATIVE SKETCH BOOK

Art books and Journals are intimate arts providing ways to save our memories, explore our craft and to express our creativity without censure. The class will generate ideas and inspiration for how to start a project, ways to rescue one that has gone bad, and how to finish a project so that it looks handsome and complete.

The colors we will work with in class include various greens, earthy neutrals and some orange for contrast. We will have a souvenir spiral-bound book at the end of class with techniques using collage, letter forms, text and patterned paper.

This class is for all levels

SUPPLIES FOR COLLAGE AND THE BOOK:

SMALL COIL SKETCHBOOK, approximately 5 x 7, with at least 20 pages. An old used sketch book, covered in writing and drawings would be cool, but new is fine. (See below for how to prepare sketchbook)

Some brushes, including one small detail brush

Small bottle of Golden Fluid Acrylic, 2 bottles of craft paint in a neutral color OR a baggie or small container of any kind of acrylic you have in your studio.  Good chance to use up left-over paint.

3 technical pens of different sizes, any other pens, prismacolor pens in our colors

Colored pencils in our colors, I also like sepia and black.

Black or white gesso and a small bottle of matte medium, any brand

One bottle of Golden brand glaze in any color that fits with our colors, neutral, rust, orange, green.  If you mix your own glazes, that will be great. (This means you can get the clear glaze and mix the color yourself. It is important that you get Golden brand.-Leslie)

Scissors, X-acto knife and cutting pad

Some sheets of wax paper and about 4 feet of freezer paper

A small baggie with a collection of found objects that are flat, such as stamps, buttons, yarn, lace, letters, post cards, photos, old or new.etc  Nothing thick.  Xeroxes of words or images you like.  The idea is to have each book be individual and meaningful.  I can give you techniques.  So think of things you might like to save or that go with our color scheme. Everyone should have different things, so don’t worry if you don’t have anything.  If you aren’t a lace type person, then that wouldn’t be something to bring. We will be doing a lot with painted paper, that I will bring, so don’t worry too much about this.

Optional: a small set of alphabet stamps and a stamp pad

Before you come, glue the first 20 pages together, giving you 10 thicker pages. (Spray adhesive works well.  Or a glue stick. If using wet glue, put wax paper between every other page and weight it down to keep the pages flat.)   Cover half of these pages with gesso or paint. Once again, put wax paper between pages and flatten overnight. Cover every inch of at least one page with handwriting.  Perhaps telling what you hope to get out of the class.  More would be good!

Email me with questions and to get updates!  annebagby@bellsouth.net

Leslie’s PS: My studio is in the building, so if you really need something, I probably will have it. There is a toner-based copy machine available for 10¢ per copy. I have not found a good source for colored Golden glaze, but the clear is more versatile anyway. I’ll bet the list above is the minimum amount of materials you will want to have. It doesn’t hurt to have some extra paint colors or other interesting materials. Anne supplies the paper and the paint for printing the papers, so don’t worry about that, and we get to use her wonderful hand-carved stamps. I can usually find the supplies at Jerry’s Artarama, Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff, Dick Blick or other online art supply places. Michael’s carries Golden Fluid Acrylics in the small bottles, and may have matte medium or glaze.

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