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

Join me in the magical setting of a beautiful monastery in the Black Forest.

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.

Cost: for the workshop including board and lodgings per person:

690 Euro for double room

750 Euro for single room.

For more information email Monika on:

schiwy-jessen@t-online.de

Compendium Society

Campbell Town, Pennsylvania, USA

9 - 13 April, 2025

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.

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Curated Wanderings Retreat

Scottish Borders

10 -17 May, 2025

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?

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Story Gatherings workshop

West Dean College, Chichester, UK

17 - 20 June 2025

More information coming soon.

Curated Wanderings Retreat #2

Edinburgh

13-19 Sept, 2025

Details coming soon

Moroccan Gatherings Retreat

Morocco

10 - 19 November 2025

More information coming soon.

"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!"

Venita H-B

Online Workshops

Textural Reverence

My inspiration for Textural Reverence was the the beautiful aged, stonework found in ancient castle and churches.

I share the techniques that I devised to create a book full of rich, aged-looking surfaces, textures and images, including:

creating substrates using papers, fabrics, paint, plaster, thread
my secret technique for printing on delicate fabrics and scraps
transferring images onto textured surfaces
drawing and painting techniques... no drawing skills required!
creating rich, grungy textures
using plaster to create ancient-looking surfaces

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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.

Techniques taught:

basic construction using new paper and found papers
three types of book closures
preparing textured backgrounds with found papers, fabric, paint, clay, gold leaf, pressed flowers, plaster
creating memory bundles
image transfer techniques
printing on fabric and tissue
handmade photograph ‘buttons’
adding hand stitch

Follow the step-by-step video tuition to learn my techniques and then take off in your own direction!

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Collage Cubes

Learn how to make beautiful collaged cubes that can tell your stories and capture memories.

Learn about:

using new or recycled cubes
what to look for when selecting the best mix of photographs
using vintage ephemera or digital downloads to create collages
adding layers by using tissue prints
how to create stunning effects with encaustic wax or crackle glaze when sealing the cubes

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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.

Techniques taught:

selecting suitable ephemera
creating pages from ephemera
assembling pages into stitched book signatures
creating a book body
binding your journal
attaching covers and spine
how to add collage to your covers

Follow the step-by-step tuition to learn my techniques to create a journal truly personal to you

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Wanderlust 2024

I'm so happy to be one of the teachers for Wanderlust 2024!

Wanderlust is a year-long course in mixed media art journaling, run by Everything Art UK.

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.

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