Simple and Sublime – The Handmade Book
Deb Westbury’s Handmade Book Workshop is a new way to celebrate books and writing, incorporating poetry and creative writing exercises. Complexity in form and content is adapted to all ages and abilities and no-one fails.

Participants will make a variety of different styles of books including:
concertina, staple-bound, matchbox, scrolls, albums, pocketbooks, compendiums, hand stitched, found object books, the flap book, portfolios, pop-up-fold books.

General workshops are suitable for Years K-12 and adults. Targeted sessions are also available for HSC Extension English and Art students focusing on Process Journals and for HSC Art students wanting to specifically explore the handmade book in the context of Mixed Media Artwork.

The length of the workshop session is flexible, with introductory session taking half a day, and increasing in complexity and duration up to a week. Week long workshops can include paper-making and paper decoration techniques.

Deb Westbury has trained in artist bookmaking in America with Sas Colby and has over 30 years teaching experience at all levels. She holds a Master of Creative Arts and Diploma of Teaching and has taught creative writing at the Universities of Wollongong and Sydney.

Deb has also taught creative writing for artists at the School of Fine Arts in Sydney. For Deb's full profile please click here.