 |
| Long stitch book (bottom) and coptic stitch book (top) |
The
Island Art Association in Fernandina Beach (about 20 minutes from me) offers great classes, but most of them I can't attend because they're offered on weekdays. As luck would finally have it, I got to take an artist books class up there this past Saturday with the lovely
Eliza Holliday.
 |
| Pamphlet stitch practice (top) and ink and gesso cover for long stitch book (bottom) |
The main thing I wanted to learn from Eliza was coptic stitching (which I must now practice daily to remember!), but I also learned another new fun technique for paper decoration using inks and gesso. The group was very interested in doing more classes together, so I'm hoping I've finally found a book arts group!
 |
| Eliza Holliday and me |
 |
| Ink and gesso covered long stitch books made by the class |
3 comments:
happy new year, kelly!! your books are lovely! i've known eliza for many years.....she's a wonderful person and an absolutely fabulous teacher!! and as passionate as she is about making books, you should see her letterforms.....oh.my.goodness!! she's a lettering genius, no joke!!
glad you had a good weekend!
xoxo
the cover of the book is very Artistic
kelly, that class looks amazing! i hope you have found a book arts group! Wish I had known about the class, what fun!
Post a Comment