Openings: Art at the Edge of Transformation
A mixed media workshop of reflection, art making and discovery.
There are moments in life sometimes quiet, sometimes cataclysmic when something shifts. A crack forms in the known, and through it a new possibility begins to emerge. These are openings. They mark the edge of transformation, where we let go of what no longer fits and begin to glimpse what we might become.
This online creative art workshop is an invitation to explore those thresholds-personally, creatively and spiritually-through the language of mixed media art and art book making. Using layered papers, deconstructing techniques, textures, found objects and intuitive mark making we will create a personal artist book that speaks to moments of change, surrender, growth or reimagining. Whether your “opening” is recent or long past, clear or still unfolding, the is is a space to give it form, shape and color.
Art making for me is not about creating something beautiful, it’s a process of reflection, a way of asking questions I don’t yet have words for. It’s how I discover what I’m holding, what I’ve outgrown, and what I long for next. In this workshop we will approach art as a companion to discovery: not to fix or solve, but to witness and reveal.
No experience necessary-only a willingness to be curious, to reflect deeply, and follow your creative instincts. Come with your stories, your questions, your quiet transformations. Together we will make art at the edge of what’s becoming.
Course list includes:
- Materials and tools resource list
- Aging Solution Tea
- Artist Papers
- Adding Layers with Coffee Turmeric Hibiscus
- Burning Folded Papers
- Burning With Wood burning Tool
- Joomchi Mulberry Paper Technique
- Rusting Techniques
- Finding Our Words
- String Lace Papers
- Found Poetry
- Stencil Cuts With Magazine Pages
- Hot Glue Embellishments
- Resin Paper and Embellishments
- Card Board Techniques
- Collage Techniques
- Silhouette Collage
- Openings in Translucent Paper
- Working with Fabric
- Paper Piecing and Stitching
- String Embellishments With Water Soluble Webbing
- Making Book Signatures
- Building our Books
- Rebel Binding Technique
- Working Through Different Ideas
- Mounting Stand Alone Collage Art
Techniques covered:
- Paper Sculpting using various techniques
- Rust Plates
- Paper Netting Lace
- Tea and botanical dying
- Intuitive Mark Making
- Rebel Stitching
- Layered Collage
- Artist Book Making
- Altered Vintage Photos
- Artist Papers
- Storytelling with Symbols
- Found Poetry
- Paper Burning
- Altered Cardboard
- Resin
- and More!
Includes 2 bonus lessons by guest teachers Jeanne Oliver and Izabela Chrobak-Tysver!
THE ARTIST
Aimee Irel Bishop
Aimee is a lifelong creative and maker. Finding solace and healing within the pages of her own journal she decided that sharing this most precious process with others was one of her greatest passions. She has hosted in person gatherings and workshops, taught online and built 2 beautiful and nurturing public studio spaces where people could come and explore mixed media art and community as a healing modality. A self professed “art cheerleader” she is gifted at making art accessible to all. Aimee believes Art is a sacred form of self expression and in its purest form it is your truest emotion and a most powerful act of self love.
I am a gatherer. A creative. A lover. A beauty seeker. I think the act of expressing ourselves through making is one of the most powerful and important parts of being human. Art making is healing, grounding and expanding. It builds connection and truth.
