Hello 2020!!

Hello :-) - it's 2020 - very hard to believe. Classes are staring in D.V. in February after a hiatus for the exhibition which went down amazingly well...and then I /we all had to do the end of the year...and then the start of new new one.  It's been hard for many people, but the good news is that creativity is very happy when life is making us THINK. This year, I have two methodologies: 1 on 1 - this is a request I have had for a while and will now implement.  These classes will be tailor-made for  individuals on request. I will combine a half hour theory and then 2 hours practice. On 11th February I will begin another ON MAKING BOOKS THERE IS NO END - a 5-6 week course at the MoJo Studio. Please note - all materials are included - including a visual diary and how to use it successfully.  This course is designed for those beginning their creative journey, as well as those who have reached a creative block.  Classes will also be held at Eye4Art in Umhlanga. Please contact Michelle on 083 951 3747 or myself on 083 4444327.



During this course we will make an accordion book which includes smaller pamphlet stitched books on different writing systems, logograms, symbols, etc:





An Envelope Book to house all our chapbooks:


Four chapbooks on poetry, visual poetry, asemic writing and creative writing - exciting! AND a whole lot more!  We swallow-dive through poetry, the history of writing, and  form our own creative writing system - using tools and techniques which we know - but may not necessarily KNOW. 

(Book by Meryl)







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