[Sold out] Double-sided Nested Book Garden with Bhavna Mehta (Online)

Schedule: Jul 23, 2021 — 10am - 3pm (PT) with breaks; 
11am - 4pm (MT); 12pm - 5pm (CT); 1pm - 6pm (ET); 

In this class, students will cut into several 4 panel paper accordions to layer colors and shapes and create a lush garden. The nesting adds depth and texture while allowing the design to grow and blossom. Students will learn two different 'drawing to cut' techniques, which can be applied to many other cutting projects. 

Location/Venue:  Online with San Diego Book Arts
For more info & pictures:  https://www.sandiegobookarts.com/workshop-events/2021/7/23/double-sided-nested-book-garden 
Cost/Fee:  Members Only Early Enrollment Plan $80 (deadline: May 24, 2021);  Member Fee: $100;  Non-member Fee: $175
Material/Studio fee:  No fees, but registrants will receive a detailed list of needed supplies and tools at least one month prior to courses.

Their workshop calendar:  https://www.sandiegobookarts.com/workshop-events

Instructor and bio:  Bhavna Mehta works with paper – cutting and embroidering it to tell stories that combine figurative imagery with botanical motifs, text and shadows. Using paper as skin and thread to connect and mend, using cutting and sewing to talk about exposing and hiding, she makes work about relating and remembering. Mehta has exhibited widely in San Diego and Southern California. She is the recipient of the Artists Activating Communities grant from the California Arts Council (2017, 2019) and the Creative Catalyst grant from The San Diego Foundation (2015). She has won multiple awards in juried shows and she was one of the San Diego Art Prize emerging artist winners.  She collaborates with artists making public art, using paper as a design medium. She has engineering degrees from both India and the US and worked as a software engineer for many years before turning to art. Mehta has taught paper cutting and sculpture for San Diego Book Arts, Penland School of Craft, San Francisco Center for the Book, Women's Studio Workshop.