Zineopolis visits Hastings

It was great to meet all the new Illustration for Screen Art  and Graphic Design for Digital Media degree students at the University of Brighton's Hastings Campus on Monday!

I took a selection of lovely zines from the Zineopolis Art-Zine collection and gave a lecture about the collection and how we define an 'Art-Zine'.
In the afternoon I ran a workshop with Paul Burgess (their Course Leader) and we explored the idea of 'GOOD and BAD' through a folded-sheet zine workshop. Here are some images of the day.

Pinner Library, Harrow workshop

Thanks to Piner Library in Harrow, London for hosting this workshop for the Library Press on the 28th March. We reused withdrawn library stock with collage to make new artworks. Thanks to everyone at the library and particularly to Joanna for organising everything!

Thanks to Dr. Chris Mullen for donating all the magazines and catalogues for this event and Portsmouth University library for the withdrawn stock to work with.

Thanks to Deborah, Joanna and Hayley for letting me share their great collages!

Islington, Central Library Workshop

Fifth workshop for the Library Press in Gallery at Central Library on 18th March.

I met some great people and we reused withdrawn library stock with collage to
make new artworks. Thanks to everyone at the library (especially for the kitkats!)

Thanks to Dr. Chris Mullen for donating all the magazines and catalogues for this event and Portsmouth University library for the withdrawn stock to work with.

Next workshops:

Thursday 19 March 6pm – 7.30pm, Kingsbury Library, Brent

Saturday 28th March 1.30pm-3.30pm, Pinner Library, Harrow

Here's some of the artworks produced...

Hounslow Library and Torridon Library Workshops

I did my second workshop for the Library Press in Hounslow Library on Thursday 5th March and the third at Torridon Library, Catford on Saturday 7th March.

We had great fun making small folding books and making new artworks. Thanks to everyone at both libraries for providing great spaces and plenty of additional withdrawn books to play with!

Here are some great collaged books by Supreetha, Libby, Fantosh, Suki, Rani

Next workshops:

Wednesday 18 March 6pm – 7.30pm, Gallery at Central Library, Islington

Thursday 19 March 6pm – 7.30pm, Kingsbury Library, Brent

Saturday 28th March 1.30pm-3.30pm, Pinner Library, Harrow

Many thanks to Dr. Chris Mullen for donating all the magazines and catalogues for this event and Portsmouth University library for the withdrawn stock to work with.

The delightful Torridon Library building.

Wimbledon Library workshop for The Library Press

I did my first workshop for the Library Press in Wimbledon Library on Sat 28th Feb.

I met some lovely people and we reused withdrawn library stock with collage to
make new artworks. Thanks to everyone at the library!

Thanks to Dr. Chris Mullen for donating all the magazines and catalogues for this event and Portsmouth University library for the withdrawn stock to work with.

Next workshops:
Thursday 5 March 6pm – 7.30pm, Hounslow Library , Hounslow

Saturday 7 March 2pm – 4pm, Torridon Road Library, Lewisham

Wednesday 18 March 6pm – 7.30pm, Gallery at Central Library, Islington

Thursday 19 March 6pm – 7.30pm, Kingsbury Library, Brent

Saturday 28th March 1.30pm-3.30pm, Pinner Library, Harrow

Here are some great images created during the event by Joy, Brenda and Ursula.

http://www.librarypress.org.uk/

Collage Workshops in London for the Library Press during Feb and March

The Library Press is a new creative community publishing project.

We aim to connect creative individuals and communities with their local library services and engage and inspire new audiences to be creative with writing and publishing. A collaboration between 7 London boroughs, our festival of workshops ranging from how to get started with creative writing and comic books, through to handmaking books, using books for art and advice on self-publishing takes place between February and April 2015. http://www.librarypress.org.uk/

As part of this festival, I'll be running a series of collage workshops in London Boroughs:

Saturday 28th February 2pm-4pm, Wimbledon Library, Merton

Thursday 5 March 6pm – 7.30pm, Hounslow Library , Hounslow

Saturday 7 March 2pm – 4pm, Torridon Road Library, Lewisham

Wednesday 18 March 6pm – 7.30pm, Gallery at Central Library, Islington

Thursday 19 March 6pm – 7.30pm, Kingsbury Library, Brent

Saturday 28th March 1.30pm-3.30pm, Pinner Library, Harrow

About the workshops:

If your life were a book what would the cover look like?

We’ll be exploring life stories and remembered incidents using withdrawn library books in this collage workshop. Withdrawn library books are usually thrown away – but they have been through many hands before ours and they convey on their covers the wear and tear of a well loved object. As humans we also show our wear and tear over time – but we can use old book covers to share our life experiences, our humour and our creativity. We will be breathing new life into unwanted books by creating new artworks with them.

Materials will be provided but you could also bring things with you if you wish, like old photos, or ephemera (like old tickets, letters, scraps), maybe even your favourite writing or drawing materials. Or any old images from magazines or books that you’d be happy to cut up to collage with.

No previous experience is necessary just allow yourself some time and space to play with your ideas, unwanted books and let your creativity flow. If you want to join me, just pop along at the times, libraries listed above.

For more about The Library Press:

http://www.librarypress.org.uk/

To see more of my collages made with withdrawn library books:
https://withdrawnbooks.wordpress.com/