Creating Handmade Journals with with guest artist Katrina Shoemaker

Are you someone who’s yearning to start an art journal practice, or maybe you already create in one but you’d love to actually have your own from- scratch, handmade journal?

In this colorful full day workshop, guest artist Katrina Shoemaker will lead you in a fun step by step process of creating your very own – unique-to-you art journal! On Saturday you will learn how to create “signatures” which are small booklets of papers that are sewn together, followed by creating beautiful, unique covers using upcycled cardboard & beautiful papers and then will learn how to create a beautiful fabric spine to hold it all together. These journals are specially designed to lay flat no matter where you open them. If you have ever worked in a journal of any kind, you know how important this is!

During the second half of the class, Katrina will guide you in conquering the fear of working within the pristine new pages of your shiny new art journal! Usually the toughest part of working within the journal is just making that first mark! You’ll be invited to use an array of papers of various textures, colors and patterns to create collaged-backgrounds that will form interesting pages, upon which to add your personal creative expressions.

We will learn how to create a background, a focal point and add a sentiment to a journal page. You’ll be invited to experiment with a variety of techniques and mediums, and Katrina will teach you how to bring them all together to complete a full page in your new journal. Explore journal possibilities with an array of beautiful materials at your fingertips, working and playing with collage fodder, gellie prints (with acrylic paints), different types of ink pens and other tools for creating various styles of mark-making & more.

Please bring a favorite quote or saying with you if you have one!

All materials are included for both days. No experience is needed!