Altered Art Class at The Flemish House Art Gallery

Instructor Erin Chorney
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For anyone who registers for the Altered Art Retreat, they should come prepared with the following:

1. 1 hardback dime store or used book, no more than 200 pages long, with a sturdy spine. Choose a book that calls to your heart or whimsy. It doesn’t have to be a novel. It can be a text book, cookbook, fairy tale, how to, etc.

2. 1 inspirational quote, scripture, etc. that can be illustrated with a simple shape, such as a hand, heart, house, head, body, flower, leaf, tree, sun, star, moon…. Just write it down and bring it along.

3. 1 X-Acto knife

OPTIONAL: A small assortment of brushes. We will be using brushes for applying acrylic paint, gesso, watercolor and glue.

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT BEFORE CLASS:

***Bring 1 ziplock baggie full of images of any kind that have been torn or cut from magazines, art books, maps, texts, napkins, etc. or anything graphical and flat. Search your home for old ticket stubs, luggage tags, labels, dress patterns. Bring stuff to swap if you want.

*Ephemera packets will be available for sale at the retreat that will include art paper, paper images, clips, ribbon scraps, fibers, broken jewelry, brads, etc.

*During the retreat we will make one collage, size 12x12, suitable for framing, and begin work on an altered book. We will incorporate these techniques: paper weaving, found poetry, niche, tape transfer, folding, binding… and more!