I'm excited

It is 12.32am here on East Coast of New South Wales and later today I will be leading a workshop with some local ladies on the Central Coast.  They will be creating a mixed media collage/abstract art canvas.  More on that later in another post.  Here are some of the items I have prepared for them..

                                                     

For each participant I created this little folder of goodies and a name tag.  Each person was asked their favourite colour and I have prepared a kit for them in that colour.  Each kit contains papers (including some tea dyed papers I made), fabric and lace pieces, bits and pieces.

Inside also includes a small vellum envelope I madethat holds the lace and smaller surprise items.

The back holds more 'yumminess". The folder is held together with a tea dyed torn calico tie.

The folders grouped together.

I also made them each a small notebook so they could make notes during the workshop.  To create the covers I made two masterboards of collage and then cut down to cover each little book.

This one is a favourite and I am keeping it for myself! 

These are the 2 masterboards I created - more on how I did these in another post. 

I will say I am finding collage/abstract art a joy and I try to do a small piece each day - there are so many wonders to discover.

Thank you for looking.   Margaret

Trivia: Did you know that Picasso was the first artist to use collage with oil paintings.