Create a Narrative Box from Scratch

​Boxes are intriguing artistic structures able to house whole narratives that can delight and inspire the viewer.

They offer a fabulous means of communicating ideas for the artist using simple and inexpensive materials and equipment.

Learn to make your own box, step-by-step, from scratch, creating your own narrative with personal objects and ephemera.

​Suitable for all levels, including beginners.
​NB: exact measuring and cutting with a metal rule
​and blade is required.
Two day workshop

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"Essaouira Box" - box and mat board, gesso, silverpoint drawings. Containing Essaouira beach finds: sand, shells, bones and feathers. 
​20 x 10 x 10.5 cm - Sonja Georgeson

"Artist's Box - Paleolithic" - wallaby fur, shells, flint, agate, coral, red ochre, charcoal, yellow ochre, boar tusk, paper collage, string, box board, mat board, unryushi paper and foam core. 15 x 15 x 5 cm - Sonja Georgeson.