In this evening workshop, students are guided through the basics of creating faux postage (a.k.a “artistamps”) using a variety of different mixed media techniques. Studying examples, students gather both inspiration and know-how, and then move forward to create their own perforated stamp sheets! At the end of the evening, students go home with a sheet of self-created artistamps and a multitude of ideas for more mail art projects.

Materials to Bring: Scotch tape and/or double stick tape, primary "mark-making" tools that you like to work use. Some examples would be: rubber stamps, pen & ink, graphite pencil, felt pen, colored pencil, etc. We will be working small (think postage stamp size!) items, please be sure to keep this in mind when choosing your tools.

Optional and available at SFCB for student use during workshop: Glue stick, scissors, utility knife, ruler.

Workshop Fee (includes $12 materials fee): $70.00

Date & Time: Wednesday, December 5, 2018 :: 6:30-9:30pm

Location: 375 Rhode Island St, San Francisco, CA 94103

Note: Please read over the SFCB Registration Policies before signing up for a class

REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE 3 DAYS PRIOR TO THE START DATE OF THIS WORKSHOP.

About the Instructor | Jennie Hinchcliff

As a “near-native” of San Francisco, Jennie Hinchcliff has been teaching classes in bookbinding and related arts since 2001. Her bookworks can be seen in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art's Special Collection, the Cooper-Hewitt National Museum of Design, the Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley, and the Stadtbibliothek zu Berlin; she has shown work at the San Francisco Center for the Book, Pyramid Atlantic, the New York Art Book Fair and the Tokyo Art Book Fair.
Jennie's personal work can be seen in the books "1000 Artist Journal Pages" (Quarry Books, 2008), "The Creative Entrepreneur" (Quarry Books, 2009), and “500 Handmade Books: Volume 2” (Lark Books, 2013). She is a co-author of "Good Mail Day: A Primer for Eye-Popping Post", which explores the infinite possibilities of correspondence art. Under the moniker Red Handed Rubber Stamps, she creates wacky rubber stamps for a purchasing public.

Past Student Reviews:

“Very fun learning the process. Great teacher.”

“Cool workspace, loved that Jennie gave us stamps and ephemera to take home.”

“Jennie was SO knowledgeable, enthusiastic, friendly, and encouraging! It was wonderful how many examples of faux postage and mail art she brought to class, and it was so nice of her to give us little gifts of artists' stamps, too. I also really appreciated the workshop content itself - particularly access to the perforating machine.”

“Loved this workshop. It was a great experience and also felt like a good value.”