Adele Outteridge 2012 Tutor for CONTEXTART
ADELE OUTTERIDGE, book artist, printmaker & sculptor, gained her BSc from the University of Melbourne in 1967 after which she worked as an Experimental Scientist with CSIRO. She studied with the School of Colour and Design in Sydney between 1984 and 1988, and has attended workshops with many Australian and international tutors. She taught at the School of Colour and Design from 1987 to 1989, at the Ku-Ring-Gai Art Centre from 1983 to 1989. She runs The Studio West End in Brisbane with Wim de Vos and travels to all states and internationally, lecturing and teaching workshops. She served a four year term as president of The Australian Forum for Textile Arts, Ltd.. Her work in Artists' Books, printmaking, sculpture and drawing has been exhibited widely. It is held in private and public collections nationally and internationally including the State Library of Qld, and Artspace Mackay. Her work has appeared in books (including Keith Smith's Non-Adhesive Binding series) and publications in Australia and overseas. More information from: www.studiowestend.com
Above: Adele Outteridge in her studio
Workshops
2-DAY Workshop: MAKE A PERSONAL JOURNAL (April 14 & 15). Keep your memorabilia in a book, not a shoe box. A journal is a book for recording words and images... it can contain records of travel, recipes, gardening, family events, ideas, memories and much more. Keeping a journal is a very rewarding process, it can, however be a challenge to maintain. A journal will take on its own personality over time. A visual journal is much more than a diary. It can contain words, photos, notes, drawings, collage, newspaper and magazine cuttings, stamps, letters, found objects. In this workshop we shall explore several book structures suitable for personal journals. These will include single and multi section books with soft and hard covers. Binding structures may include concertina, Coptic and sewing on tapes. Ways to treat and manipulate the pages will be considered. Each participant will produce one or two highly individual personal journals. Suitable for all levels. No materials fee. Enrol Now
Above:'Coptic Binding' by Adele Outteridge
4-DAY Workshop: BOOKS and BOXES, Thinking inside the book, thinking inside the box (from Mon afternoon April 16th to Friday noon, April 20th). Suitable for all levels. Books as we know them have been around since about the fourth century A.D. Books evolved from the scroll, via folded structures to the Western Codex (the books we use today). In this class we shall explore the structure of the book from its function as a container of information (as text or image) to a purely sculptural form where there is no distinction between container and contents. Surface manipulation will be investigated: folding, pleating, cutting, tearing, stitching, collage, etc etc. Manipulated papers may be used for pages and covers to create highly individual books for practical use or as sculptural objects. Book structures can include single and multi-section books with different soft and hard covers, Oriental binding, concertina binding, books sewn on tapes or cords, books with decorative spines such as Coptic or Greek bindings. Non-rectangular formats and other ways of altering the page and book will be explored. Participants will make a box to contain their books, either a slip case or Solander (clamshell) box. No materials fee. Enrol Now
Above:'Triangle Snake Book' by Adele Outteridge
