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Instructor: Rosemary Rae   

Gather all of those old magazines and images you have been collecting and create a unique book to house collages, photos, notes, and even use as a journal. We'll begin by collaging the covers, then attach the book cloth to the edge of the covers and create hinges and holes, and then create the interior pages. Experience making books and working with collage is helpful, but not necessary. All skill levels are welcome.

Required Materials/Students will need the following materials:

FOR COVERS:
• Book Board for the front & back covers (Two pieces 6.5 inches wide x 9 inches high) and for the cover hinges
(1 inch wide x 9 inches high each)
• Random, collected ephemera/collage images
• two pieces of Book cloth (approximately 3.75 inches wide x 11 inches high)
• PVA glue and brush
• Decoupage glue or Acrylic Matte medium
• Self-healing mat and X-acto knife
• Scissors
• Hole punch or screw punch to create holes in book board
• Bone folder
• Scrap paper (to cover your work surface when gluing)
• Metal Straight edge or ruler
• 2-3 Decorative binding posts: .375 inch, Nickel

FOR interior pages
• 18-20 sheets of text or cover weight paper/any color, decorative, handmade, vellum/trimmed to 7.5 wide x 8.75 high
• Hole punch
• Glue stick, PVA glue or double-sided tape to attach collage material
• Collage ephemera including but not limited to stamps, small images, clip art, rubber stamps, torn paper, bits of type, pages from old books, labels, ribbon, hand or machine stitching, small scraps of paper, etc.
• Rubber stamps

OPTIONAL MATERIALS:
• Markers, colored pencils, crayons, vinyl lettering, ink, stamp pads, paper punches, small three-dimensional objects—anything you enjoy using to add color and decoration to your work!

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