Secret Belgian Bound Book One-Day Workshop

Secret Belgian Bound Book One-Day Workshop
Kai Lin Art Gallery
MAY 21, 2011: 10-5

Spend a Saturday making your very own Secret Belgian Bound Book made of folded pages and stitched together with a needle and thread. This book features a hard, yet flexible spine and covers (front & back) cut from raw chipboard, covered with handmade papers (Washi Paper) and then stitched together like lacing up a shoe. The pages (signatures) are then stitched to the inner lacings. A functional, yet decorative work of art, it makes a great sketchbook or journal for yourself or someone who would enjoy filling it! The first hour of class we will gather materials down the street from the gallery at Utrecht art supply, then return to begin our project. We’ll take a break to eat lunch and by the end of class, you’ll be very proud of your first belgian bound book!

Our workshops are fast and fun. You won’t want it to end!

Min. 3, max. 10 students.

Pre-Payment of $100.00 reserves your spot. Reservations: Shelley@KaiLinArt.com or call (404) 408-4248. Refunds given no later than 24 hours before workshop.

SUPPLY LIST
Shop with Anne the first hour of the workshop at Utrecht Art Supply in Midtown or in advance at Binders Art Supply in Buckhead. E-mail her for supply questions: Anne@AnneElser.com.
Approximate supply cost: $70.00
Lunch & supply costs are not included in tuition.
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Scissors
Wax paper
Bone folder
2-ply chipboard
Washi Paper
Mechanical pencil
Exacto knife/blades
Bookbinding needles
12 x 18 Self-healing cutting mat
Stiff & springy glue brush
18 inch Non-slip metal ruler
8oz container of Acrylic Gel Medium
Blank or lined paper for book pages

J O Y

Come to the next Kai Lin Art opening on Friday, December 10th from 7-10PM:

J O Y !

Some of my books and paintings will be there, along with many other great works from the following artists:

Featuring artists:
Jon Arge
Anne-Davnes Elser
Dante DeStefano
Karen Divine
Wyatt Graff
Katie Grosskopf
Chris Hamer
Jason Hawkins
Aaron Jackson
Brad Johnston
Kent Knowles
Ivy Rose McLeod
Greg Noblin
Brett Osborn
Adam Wellborn

Everything Is Different Now.

Dear Friends,

Friday night is the opening of FLASH at the Kai Lin Art Gallery. I will have three hand-bound journals on display.

Each page is different, hand lined and paginated with a mixture of solid, lined, vellum, mixed media and graphed papers and envelopes, stained and left to warp naturally, there are long and short sheets that invite the viewer to journal, write or sketch. Each come with their own button closure and nest within their own self-closing lidded box. The calligraphy on the covers all elude to the concept of change and the gift of change offered. Journaling can do that - and each of these books is a gentle nudge in a directional change, personal and otherwise. Every lovingly enhanced page inspires the user to write because each is imperfect, unfinished and special.


THESE ARE MEGA ULTRA SPECIAL. :)
Each can be yours at $250.00.


To view detailed photos of these pieces, follow this link:
http://gallery.me.com/annedavnes#100105&bgcolor=black&view=grid

Stay tuned for my next series of paintings during the exhibit JOY in December!

Yes. Chaos. Everything.

Working on a series of tree journals for the Flash exhibit coming up later this month. "Yes", "Chaos is nothing but good" and "Everything is different now" are coming alive. Each will sit in its own hinged lid box and each will have hand painted calligraphic titles on the cover.

I am immensely busy and this blog shows it. I can barely keep up the pace to record the stages all these new pieces are in. So this will have to do. :)

Yay Life!

The front of one of the boxes soon to be on display at the Kai Lin Art Gallery. I love this phrase. The girly confidence - its solidity.

Boxes for Books

Just completed the boxes for the books shown in GRACE at the Kai Lin Art gallery. Such fun to do. Acrylic on board covered with washi paper. Each box has a signature on the inside of the back base. Color! What a dance.

Safe (Completed)

Here is SAFE, ready for sale at GRACE in the Kai Lin Art Gallery. She is finished, she is strong, she is FOR SALE and is becoming realized in more ways than one.

GRACE

When you come to the opening, prepare to hear Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn and The Andrews Sisters booming into your chest and to share in the vision of three female artists: Mary Farmer, Sun Hong, and myself.

So very excited!

Start Time:	Friday, March 19, 2010 at 7:00pm
End Time:	Saturday, May 1, 2010 at 10:00pm
Location:	Kai Lin Art
Street:	800 Peachtree Street NE Suite A
City/Town:	Atlanta, GA

KAI LIN ART proudly invites you to attend our eighth exhibition ”GRACE”, featuring the lush, ethereal work of three female painters Mary Farmer, Sun Hong, and Anne-Davnes Elser.

The show opens Friday, March 19th, 2010 and runs through May 1st, 2010.

GRACE: lush, ethereal, color

LOCATION: Kai Lin Art
800 Peachtree Street, NE Suite A. Atlanta, GA 30308

FOR MORE INFO: INFO@KAILINART.COM

PRESS CONTACT: 404 408 4248

Painted Books Stitched Up!

And here are two of the five I plan on selling at the Kai Lin Gallery. More to come!








And here are two of the five I plan on selling at the Kai Lin Gallery. More to come!

Pop Circus at Kai Lin Art Gallery

Friends!

Drop by this Friday night to see some fantastic art in a clean, bright, zingy gallery. This is the second exhibition at the Kai Lin Art Gallery in Midtown. 

My latest selection of books & boxes will be there, too.