Classes this weekend

Greetings everyone! I hope your week has been a good one so far. If not and you are feeling tired and overworked one of my classes this weekend would be the perfect way to recharge your spirit. This weekend is all about Shrink Art. It's all Shrink Art all weekend. Here are the details: Saturday April 24th Where: Scrap-it in Santa Cruz Class: Shrink Art #3- Fossils Description: Have you ever dreamed of being an anthropologist and making the spectacular fossil find of the century? Then this class is for you! With shrink plastic just a little special coloring and the right stamps you can make your own fossils. You can even avoid the mess and bother of having to dig them out of the ground. Your fossils can then be made into unique jewelry. You will walk out of the class with a fossil pin and earrings. Please bring Scissors. Time: 11:00 to 2:00 Fee:$35.00 If you wish to sign up for this class please call Scrap-it at 831 475-2380 or email me at connie@isbjorn.com Sunday April 25th Where: Scrapbook Depot in San Carlos Class: Shrink Art #4-Wood and Bone Description: Don’t you love the look of old ivory or bone scrimshaw? I always think of Tall ships and mermaid images on ivory. Wood and Bone. In this 4th Shrink Art class you will learn the techniques to make white shrink plastic look like bone or ivory scrimshaw and almond colored shrink plastic look like wood. You can choose to make wood or ivory items or mix the two for a stunning combination that can be made into jewelry or decorative items for collage, cards or scrapbooks. Materials to bring: scissors Time: 12:30 to 3:30 Fee: $35.00 If you wish to sign up for this class please call Scrapbook Depot at 650 592-2767.

I hope to see you soon!

Altered book samples

Greetings Everyone!

I had a wonderful weekend filled with altered books, altered books and more altered books. That said I wanted to share some of the incredible art from my students. The individuality of each artist shows clearly in the variety of style, technique, color and theme of each book. And these are just the pages that my poor photographic skills could capture. I hope you are as inspired as I am.

Enjoy!

More Altered Books and New published works

Greetings Everyone I finally received my free copy of the March/April Somerset studio! The reason why this is important is because my 4 Alice In Wonderland dominos were published! I have included a scan above. Also I want to remind you about my classes this weekend. Ahhhh-two days of altered Books-sheer heaven. Here are the details: Saturday April 17th Where: Art Max in Seaside Class: Altered Books # 2 Windows and Doors Description: In this second altered book class we will experiment with creating windows and doors. Windows and doors are a dramatic way to present you theme. They are interactive and draw the viewer’s eye deeper into the art. So come and add a little mystery and magic to you altered book by adding windows and doors. Items to bring: Paint brushes, scissors, gel medium, Cutting mat, Xacto Knife and any personal images or supporting elements that you would like to add to your book. Time: 11:00 to 2:30 Fee: $35.00 If you would like to sign up for this class please email me at connie@isbjorn.com. Sunday April 18 Where: Scrapbook U in Fremont Class: Altered Books #2- Windows and doors Description: In this second altered book class we will experiment with creating windows and doors. Windows and doors are a dramatic way to present you theme. They are interactive and draw the viewer’s eye deeper into the art. So come and add a little mystery and magic to you altered book by adding windows and doors. Items to bring: Paint brushes, scissors, gel medium, Cutting mat, Xacto Knife and any personal images or supporting elements that you would like to add to your book. Time: 1:00 to 4:00pm Fee: $35.00 To sign up for this class please call Scrapbook U at 510 490-5065

I hope to see you soon!

Altered Book Class samples

Greetings everyone!

I hope your weekend has been a good one. Saturday nights altered book class was great. Everyone has made a good start on their altered book. We have subjects ranging from Film noir/vampires to poems to what makes a home to wierd stuff. I wanted to post just a few of the samples so that you could all be inspired!

Are those pictures awesome or what? Keep your eyes peeled for more samples after this coming weekend!

altered book samples

Torn-applied window

Applied Door closed

Applied Door open

Torn stacked windows 1

Torn Stacked windows 2

Torn stacked windows 3

Greetings Everyone!

I just finished some alternate window and door samples and thought that I would post them. I hope you enjoy them. I want to thank assemblage artist Michael DeMeng for the wonderful rubber stamp used in the first sample above.

Altered Books this weekend !

Greetings Everyone! In the midst of tax mania I am trying to put the finishing touches on Altered Books #2 starting this saturday night. This time we will be cutting and adding windows and doors to our altered books. I will demo basic window/door technique and also what I like to call a pass through window. You can see scans of them above. Here are the details of this class: Saturday April 10th Where: LaDiDa café in Half Moon Bay Class: Altered Books #2- Windows and Doors Description: In this second altered book class we will experiment with creating windows and doors. Windows and doors are a dramatic way to present your theme. They are interactive and draw the viewer’s eye deeper into the art. So come and add a little mystery and magic to your altered book by adding windows and doors. Kit items to bring: Paintbrushes, Scissors, Gel Medium, Gesso, cutting mat and xacto knife and any images or personal elements that you would like to use in your book. Time:6:00 to 9:00 pm Fee: $35.00 If you wish to sign up for this class please email me at connie@isbjorn.com.

Windows and doors are a great way to add variety and interest to your altered book. Come and play.

I hope to see you soon!

Happy Easter!

Sending Easter Greetings your way!

April Class Schedule/Class on Saturday

Greetings, I thought that since it was April I should post my full class schedule for the month and remind you that I will be teaching Texture for Collage Artists this Saturday the 3rd at Palace Arts in Capitola. This seems to be my most popular class so if you missed it before then this is the time to catch it. I have included a couple of scans above. Here are all the particulars of April's class schedule and also Saturdays class: Saturday April 3rd Where: Palace Arts in Capitola Class: Texture for Collage Artists Description: In this techniques driven class we will explore ways to add texture to your art work using paint, paper, Gesso, Gel Medium, special texture mediums and Diamond Glaze. Each student will walk out with a tag book of Texture samples to use for future reference. We will be splattering paint so please bring paint brushes and an apron or smock to cover your clothes with. Items to bring: Paintbrushes and apron Time: 10:00 to 4:00 pm Fee: $50.00 If you wish to sign up for this class please call Palace Arts at 831 464-2700 Saturday April 10th Where: LaDiDa café in Half Moon Bay Class: Altered Books #2- Windows and Doors Description: In this second altered book class we will experiment with creating windows and doors. Windows and doors are a dramatic way to present you theme. They are interactive and draw the viewer’s eye deeper into the art. So come and add a little mystery and magic to you altered book by adding windows and doors. Kit items to bring: Paintbrushes, Scissors, Gel Medium, Gesso, cutting mat and Exacto knife and any images or personal elements that you would like to use in your book. Time:6:00 to 9:00 pm Fee: $35.00 If you wish to sign up for this class please email me at connie@isbjorn.com. Saturday April 17th Where: Art Max in Seaside Class: Altered Books # 2 Windows and Doors Description: In this second altered book class we will experiment with creating windows and doors. Windows and doors are a dramatic way to present you theme. They are interactive and draw the viewer’s eye deeper into the art. So come and add a little mystery and magic to you altered book by adding windows and doors. Items to bring: Paint brushes, scissors, gel medium, Cutting mat, Xacto Knife and any personal images or supporting elements that you would like to add to your book. Time: 11:00 to 2:30 Fee: $35.00 If you would like to sign up for this class please email me at connie@isbjorn.com. Sunday April 18 Where: Scrapbook U in Fremont Class: Altered Books #2- Windows and doors Description: In this second altered book class we will experiment with creating windows and doors. Windows and doors are a dramatic way to present you theme. They are interactive and draw the viewer’s eye deeper into the art. So come and add a little mystery and magic to you altered book by adding windows and doors. Items to bring: Paint brushes, scissors, gel medium, Cutting mat, Xacto Knife and any personal images or supporting elements that you would like to add to your book. Time: 1:00 to 4:00pm Fee: $35.00 To sign up for this class please call Scrapbook U at 510 490-5065 Saturday April 24th Where: Scrap-it in Santa Cruz Class: Shrink Art #3- Fossils Description: Have you ever dreamed of being an anthropologist and making the spectacular fossil find of the century? Then this class is for you! With shrink plastic just a little special coloring and the right stamps you can make your own fossils. You can even avoid the mess and bother of having to dig them out of the ground. Your fossils can then be made into unique jewelry. You will walk out of the class with a fossil pin and earrings. Please bring Scissors. Time: 11:00 to 2:00 Fee:$35.00 If you wish to sign up for this class please call Scrap-it at 831 475-2380 or email me at connie@isbjorn.com Sunday April 25th Where: Scrapbook Depot in San Carlos Class: Shrink Art #4-Wood and Bone Description: Don’t you love the look of old ivory or bone scrimshaw? I always think of Tall ships and mermaid images on ivory. Wood and Bone. In this 4th Shrink Art class you will learn the techniques to make white shrink plastic look like bone or ivory scrimshaw and almond colored shrink plastic look like wood. You can choose to make wood or ivory items or mix the two for a stunning combination that can be made into jewelry or decorative items for collage, cards or scrapbooks. Materials to bring: scissors Time: 12:30 to 3:30 Fee: $35.00 If you wish to sign up for this class please call Scrapbook Depot at 650 592-2767.

Well there you have it! I hope to see you soon!