Watermedia Approaches for Book Structures

Instructor: Helen Shafer Garcia

This workshop will focus on a unique combination of Collagraph printmaking and book structures. The Collagraph process, as the name suggests, is a form of collage. Printing plates will be produced with collage and hot glue to create free flowing designs. There are tremendous opportunities to experiment with textures with this unpredictable, intuitive method. The plate design is very versatile and durable for continued print runs,
providing enough prints for two or more books. Relief block printing will be utilized to design and carve images with little effort on soft rubber material. These printed designs will build detail and bold marks on thin papers
and cloth which will be adhered to areas in the text block. Further development on the images can be produced with mixed media. The multi signature book structures will be constructed with open spine woven stitches,
creating a color variation affect on the spine. The content will include multiple image repeats from the colllagraph process. These will be manipulated with watermedia and color pencils to individualize the pages.

Supply list

Included in fee and provided: Papers, waxed linen thread, canvas, acrylics, acrylic inks, wood, book covers
for book construction:

Students need to purchase and bring to class with them: 
Water container
1or more round watercolor brushes: #12, #10 or #8
1⁄2” or 1” flat acrylic brush
1 round acrylic brush
Transparent Watercolors: pan or personal palette - tube watercolors set in a palette (Avoid
round opaque palettes, they will not produce color intensity.)
#2b pencil
bookbinding needles
awl
scissors
cutters (retractable blade, the disposable kind)
cutting mat
metal ruler with cork backing
bone folder
Color pencils
Cheap ballpoint pen

Acrylic Matte medium or soft gel Matte medium
Small flat papers to glue on- ephemera for collage