Ashley Mintz is a visual artist and poet residing in Nashville, Tennessee. Working in different mediums such as bookbinding, collage, painting and textile, she finds ways to mix the mediums in her own work as well as teaching workshops that incorporate multiple mediums. At a time when we are more busy and distracted than ever, teaching workshops that require patience and attention to detail are important. Through her workshops, which require such intentionality, participants can learn to make different types of journals using hand-stitched binding or no-sew techniques and collages made from fabric and/or paper.
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I work in mixed media and book arts. With my program, students will engage in visual storytelling by creating a life map in the form of a storybook. We will begin by engaging in writing exercises and prompts to pinpoint significant times in each person’s life. And then, using mixed media paper, we will create a large fold out booklet and use different art materials to create a mixed media background on both sides. We will then begin adding things like pockets and extra paper using a simple binding technique. Each square in the folded book will represent a significant point in the persons life. Students will use ink and paint to write about the significant point over the background or they can write on small cards and put the cards into the pockets. The extra paper in some areas of the book will act as space for later journaling and memories. Each week will consist of slowly building up the book, ending with a completed storybook of one’s life….so far!
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