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Based on vintage linen folding maps, in this workshop, students will create a folding fabric book that holds the dearest treasures. Beginning with a “blank page” (linen/hemp fabric), we’ll cut and sew and collage; we’ll age book pages and create missives to build a story on individual fabric squares, each one then hand-sewn into your book. We’ll explore different stitches that can be applied on each square.
This is a process-oriented workshop, wherein students will develop their book intuitively by selecting, arranging and putting all the parts together. Sorting through vintage ephemera, either personal or teacher-provided, while we discuss both improvisational and dedicated design concepts to approaching their finished piece.
It can be overwhelming to face a blank template in the time allotted: It’s a good idea to let your mind wander with ideas for this piece ahead of time -- who it may be intended for, or what concepts you might approach. Perhaps it will be a travel journal, or become a baby book, a secret collection keeper, or the history of plants.
Materials provided, but please feel free to bring any of your own fabric, as well as any ephemera that you may have to make your book truly unique.
Other tools you may want to bring along: Glasses, Thimble, Tiny scissors, Needle threader.
Space is very limited!
ABOUT MOLLY C. MENG
Molly C. Meng studied literature with a personal minor in collecting other people's lives. An obsession with old ledgers, vintage photos. and every single discarded book that exists, her work reimagines the untold stories behind the otherwise forgotten items of every day.
A self-taught artist, the medium of collage in both paper and textiles is Molly's dominant form of communicating. She successfully weaves the elements of ephemera and storytelling into each piece she creates.
The spectacular beauty of the ordinary is elevated with detail in her work. Molly's work has shown nationally in both museums and galleries located in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Wisconsin and Montana. She has produced large scale commissions for interior designers, personal homes and a number of Prometheus apartment complexes in Northern California.
Other than creating her own artwork, Molly helps adults and young people lean into their unique talent by teaching creative workshops around the U.S. as well as on an annual retreat in the South of France. Molly C. Meng is currently living and working in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.