Workshops
I teach, through my online courses, and in-person workshops, both in the UK and overseas. My courses are about sharing techniques and structures for students to explore their own stories, true or imagined, through the use of found materials and photographs.
In-Person Workshops
Story Gatherings workshop
St Ulrich Monastery, Near Freiburg, Germany
23 - 26 January 2025
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LAST TWO SPACES LEFT
Join me in the magical setting of a beautiful monastery in the Black Forest.
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Story Gatherings is a mixed media and textile workshop in which we will create a multi-layered memory scroll, a story tin and an altered book cover,
all of which combine to represent a story or memory.
This course is suitable both for students with basic skills, as well as more intermediate students who wish to explore ways of combining mixed media and textile techniques as a means of storytelling.
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Cost: for the workshop including board and lodgings per person:
690 Euro for double room
750 Euro for single room.
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For more information email Monika on:
schiwy-jessen@t-online.de​​​​​
Compendium Society
Campbell Town, Pennsylvania, USA
9 - 13 April, 2025
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SOLD OUT - JOIN WAITING LIST
I’m thrilled to be a teacher at the Compendium Society! ​This is a 5-day week filled with making, building, and constructing handmade artist books, from a variety of traditional and non-traditional materials. You’ll work pages, structures, bindings, closures & more, leaving the retreat with four (4) books tucked neatly into a hand-built bookcase. We’ll explore the concept of an artist book, explore our definitions of the same and why these are so much more than an art journal. We invite you to share in the discovery of why book making makes our creative hearts full.
For more information click below
Curated Wanderings Retreat
Scottish Borders
10 -17 May, 2025
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SOLD OUT
I’m so excited to be joining Wandering Crafts Retreats for my Curated Wanderings retreat in Scotland.
It will be unlike anything I’ve taught before: we will gather ‘treasures’ each day and choose techniques to respond to them to create your own memory chest, full of unique artworks. Our home for the week is a stunning country house.
We will explore ancient towns and castles, wander the cobbled streets of Edinburgh and the breathtaking Scottish landscapes, dine on delicious home cooked food and make art amongst friends.
This is a small group retreat… just 8 places. Will you join us?
Story Gatherings workshop
West Dean College, Chichester, UK
5 - 8 June 2025
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More information coming soon.
Moroccan Gatherings Retreat
Morocco
11 - 20 November 2025
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Join us and escape to this far away land of patterns, colors and secret alleyways, culture and camels on this journey of a lifetime. We have curated the most delicious escape filled with guided shopping, cultural exploration and a 4-day workshop bursting with creativity and inspiration as we gather, wander and create as we journey together though the magic of Marrakech.
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Spend 10 magical days and 9 fabulous nights on this art & travel experience as we explore and find inspiration around every turn in and around Marrakech.
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Just 12 places... book soon!
Curated Wanderings Retreat #2
Edinburgh
13-19 Sept, 2025
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Join me for my​ Curated Wanderings retreat in Edinburgh.
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The week is packed with visits to palaces, galleries, studios, art supply stores, craft demonstrations, antique and ephemera hunting as well as plenty of time to relax and soak in the atmosphere. We will dine on delicious home cooked food and make art amongst friends.
We will gather ‘treasures’ each day and choose techniques to respond to them to create your own memory chest, full of unique artworks. Our home for the week is a stunning Georgian townhouse.
This is a small group retreat… just 10 places. Will you join us?
"Jane Chipp's art and courses are amazing! Jane provides clear and concise instructions on how to do different and innovative techniques to create inspirational journals.
I learned so much from her in class and from taking her great online classes, I can't recommend her classes enough. You will not be disappointed!"
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Venita H-B
Online Workshops
Conversations with Nature
Learn how to create a collection of artworks using botanical elements and images to reflect your relationship with nature.
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Techniques taught:
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preparing textured surfaces with found papers, fabric, gesso, images, inks, pressed flowers, texture paste
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painting on fabric
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imprinting into clay
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layered fabric collages
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printing on fabric and tissue
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adding hand stitch​
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The step-by-step video tuition teaches my techniques that you can use in numerous ways!
Textural Reverence
My inspiration for Textural Reverence was the the beautiful aged, stonework found in ancient castle and churches.
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I share the techniques that I devised to create a book full of rich, aged-looking surfaces, textures and images, including:
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creating substrates using papers, fabrics, paint, plaster, thread
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my secret technique for printing on delicate fabrics and scraps
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transferring images onto textured surfaces
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drawing and painting techniques... no drawing skills required!
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creating rich, grungy textures
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using plaster to create ancient-looking surfaces
Enfolded Memories
In Enfolded Memories, I show how to make beautiful little concertina books dedicated to the memory of a person, a place, an object or a moment in time.
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Techniques taught:
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basic construction using new paper and found papers
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three types of book closures
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preparing textured backgrounds with found papers, fabric, paint, clay, gold leaf, pressed flowers, plaster
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creating memory bundles
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image transfer techniques
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printing on fabric and tissue
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handmade photograph ‘buttons’
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adding hand stitch
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Follow the step-by-step video tuition to learn my techniques and then take off in your own direction!
Collage Cubes
Learn how to make beautiful collaged cubes that can tell your stories and capture memories.
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Learn about:
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using new or recycled cubes
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what to look for when selecting the best mix of photographs
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using vintage ephemera or digital downloads to create collages
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adding layers by using tissue prints
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how to create stunning effects with encaustic wax or crackle glaze when sealing the cubes
Create an Ephemera Journal
Learn how to combine beautiful old papers, fabrics, and photographs to create a unique art journal full of textures and intrigue.
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Techniques taught:
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selecting suitable ephemera
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creating pages from ephemera
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assembling pages into stitched book signatures
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creating a book body
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binding your journal
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attaching covers and spine
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how to add collage to your covers
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Follow the step-by-step tuition to learn my techniques to create a journal truly personal to you
Wanderlust 2024
I'm so happy to be one of the teachers for Wanderlust 2024!
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Wanderlust is a year-long course in mixed media art journaling, run by Everything Art UK.
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Join me and 33 other inspiring teachers (well known faces AND new talent!) to give you 49 high-quality video lessons, one for almost every week in 2024.
The course has already started but you can still join. As soon as you join you will get instant access to all the content that's already been published in the classroom and you will be receiving weekly lessons until December 2024.
Workshop Recordings
“I had such a wonderful time at one of Jane’s workshops and will certainly go to more. Learning new techniques in a relaxed atmosphere reignited my creativity which has been somewhat lost recently. Life can have its challenges and we sometimes stop doing the thing that lifts us … creativity is good for the mind, body and soul! Thank you Jane, for sparking the magic again for me.”
Christine G