At the conclusion of our Online 7823 08 Creative Sketchbook Course, students who have satisfied all the syllabus requirements are awarded a certificate by the awarding body, City & Guilds of London. We would like to offer our congratulations too!
Ann Christy
Ann's final assessment item, a free standing zigzag book was inspired by a visit to China. Focusing in particular on the architecture that she had seen, every page was shaped to mimic the styling of the buildings that inspired the book.
Left: One of the covers of the book showing the carefully shaped top with added detail using fine pen drawing.

Right and below: Some of the stunning photos that Ann took during her trip.
Above and above right: Details of the book showing some of the internal pages before they were connected.
Right: The sides of the page were cut and then joined with a slim wooden stick topped with a decorative finial.

Left: One of the pages from inside the book that uses collage of hand painted papers.
Above and above right: Ann's first assessment piece was a book inspired by landscape. The place she was inspired by generated a completely different look to her Chinese set of work.
Above and above left: Pages from the book showing work relating to tree forms and reed beds using a wide variety of techniques including rubbings, printing and collage.
Right: A double page spread from the book showing further work with the trees incorporating lettering.
Above: Pages from Ann's sketchbook of sampling during the course. These pages use printing, collage, spraying and glue drawing.
Above: Exploring a motif using a variety of techniques. Above right: Gorgeous painted papers are used in this collage of geometric shapes.
Left: Layering of paper shapes with folding created this lovely page.
Above: Extra pages have been added to alter the proportion of the basic book.
Right: Spraying and cut shapes.
Above and right: Ann's explorations with shape and composition.
Above: Collage using tissue paper. Right: working with apertures.
To see more of Ann's work please visit her personal website at http://www.annchristy.co.uk/index.html
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© Linda Kemshall 2006