Creative making: Book sculptures

Learn to transform books into unique pieces of sculptural art in this relaxed workshop. Create one-off sculptures that tell a story using simple techniques. As part of the workshop, you will also learn to create small objects from book pages or other material, use embellishments and combine all into 3D, artistic, stories that are unique and personal.   

Please bring one or two books (hard or soft back) you would like to transform. These books could have an attractive cover or be about a particular subject or title of interest.   

You can also bring any paper scraps (tissue, wrapping or other paper), or embellishments like feathers, buttons, sequins. 

About the workshop leader

Isabell Buenz is a paper and book artist. She has taught various art forms in the UK since the early 1990s. She is interested in the use of expressive arts in personal development and has used art forms such as dance, crafts and art in her work with clients. Her workshops focus on having fun with art and making use of second-hand or scrap materials to create something beautiful and useable.  

Since 2000 Isabell has explored paper for her artwork. She uses this versatile material for the creation of her artists’ and altered books, paper sculptures, installations and paper fashion, focusing on the use of second-hand, discarded and donated materials.  

For images of Isabell’s work see her Instagram account @isabellbuenz or check out her ‘Paper, Book & Textile Art’ on Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/isabellbuenz/collections 

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