Join us as we creatively and meditatively paint a variety of patterned marks on practice papers in the first workshop. Painting a design in this way can relieve stress during these trying times of the Covid pandemic.
Date: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm; Thursdays, August 5 & Friday, August 6
Location: Virtual Event
Price: $60 members; $75 non-members
Age: 18+
Materials Needed: MARK MAKING: Essential Materials Needed:
-permanent ink, such as India or Sumi, can be different colors, walnut, etc.
-1 or 2 brushes of differing sizes, styles or quality
-papers: practice watercolor papers or strong papers, 80# to 140 #, small sizes, 3” x 4” or more etc.,
-2+ watercolor papers of at least 11” x 14” for the book covers
-watercolor palette to lighten inks to differing shades.
-water containers as needed
-apron
Optional:
-liquid watercolors –can be sprayed with permanent fixative
-liquid acrylics
-sticks are good for making marks - you can experiment with different found objects…
- handmade papers are good or mixed media instead of or in addition to watercolor papers
SEW YOUR BOOK: Essential materials needed:
We will be making a single signature pocketbook or extended cover book(s)
- drawing paper 60# to 80#, for the pages of the book, 9” x 12” 8 to 10 pieces for each book.
-awl for piercing the sewing stations or push pin and shish-ka-bab stick and a magazine to catch the awl or pin
-pencil, ruler, and cutting tool or scissor
-embroidery needle
-bookbinding threads such as linen or embroidery
Optional:
-bone folder or wooden folder for folding pages easily;
-small piece of leather to hold needle or thimble;
-beads for decoration;
-wax for threads
Materials for an additional fee, for those who need them:
Practice and cover papers, text paper, ink, a brush, threads, a needle, simple bookbinding tools $20 can be purchased and picked up before the workshops are to start. Students will supply their pencil, a ruler and a scissor or cutting tool. Students will receive notes on the workshops as well as a materials list for bookbinding.
About the Teaching Artist:
Christina Di Marco is a teaching artist in the Hudson Valley for over 30 years. She studied sociology and psychology at Trinity College, Burlington Vermont and SUNY New Paltz and co-founded and ran Clove Creek Artists, an art school in Southern Dutchess for 9 years where she learned and taught. Christina teaches the elemental arts of Turkish marbling and suminagashi, bookbinding, and many media. She shares her teaching with people of all ages, at Garrison Art Center, Camp Herrlich, Patterson, NY and the Wappingers School System; Mount Saint Mary College, at the Desmond Enrichment Campus and more, including area libraries. She taught at Mill Street Loft for over 25 years. Christina’s work in arts for healing has included elder homes, an adult residence and a children’s pediatric ward and a children’s home. She holds a Creative Arts Therapy Certificate from Dr. Lucy Barbera with whom she continues to study.
Christina’s marbled and book arts are in many collections and she has participated in many group shows in Garrison Art Center and in 2020, a DiMarco Sisters Show at Cunneen-Hackett Art Center as well as a collaborative show in 2010 at Garrison Art Center with Hide Oshiro. "I am a Teaching Artist working with paper, inks and clay and more; specializing in marbling techniques. Making art and especially marbling encourages people of all ages to connect to the beauty and elements inherent in themselves and in nature.” Christina Di Marco