If you have ever considered giving bookmaking a go, now is your chance – as a workshop is about to be hosted at Lerderderg Library this month.
Set for Tuesday, August 19, a bookmaking workshop with guest artist Kerrie Maloney will teach attendees how to give old books a new life through creating a collaged concertina book using a recycled old hardback book and a selection of old book pages.
These pages will be reworked into a collage which will then be cut up to create a book.
Maloney works across a range of disciplines, materials, and techniques, while initially working from a garment, textile, and stitch background.
As a keen reader, it was a natural progression for her to begin creating artist books, altered books, and book art.
Each participant is required to bring an old novel-sized hardback book and a selection of book pages.
The pages should preferably include different print types, sizes and shades, for example. white, cream, beige, foxed, stained, or dirty – and include some interesting pages such as old maps, drawings, or handwritten elements.
The event is facilitated by B-MAC Gallery, which is run by local artists and volunteers and supports art and artists across the extended Bacchus Marsh region.
The workshop will run from 10am–3pm on Tuesday, August 19 at the Lerderderg Library in Bacchus Marsh.
Details: facebook.com/events/1566252444355322
