Each workshop participant will receive a letter from Jonathan in advance of the workshop. The following list is abstracted from that letter...

Here is a checklist of the supplies that we can each bring with us to make our experience together more rewarding… Please do not buy anything! If there are specific tools or materials which you do not have please do not be concerned. Someone will lend or give you what you need.

1. Materials to Share: Please bring 15-20 scraps of paper, fabric, leather, thin metal or plastic, or other materials to share with other members of our group. One of the exciting things about making collages in a workshop setting is the opportunity to exchange materials. Please bring things which are interesting and things which are not so interesting (most of us will need some negative space in our works).

2. Substrates: I will supply small (8”x10” or 9”x12”) pieces of all-rag museum matboard on which to explore techniques and make collages. I will have larger pieces as well. I will also provide similarly sized pieces of watercolor paper (300 lb) as alternate substrates for collage making. If you know that you want to work larger please contact me and let me know so that I can arrange to have what you need.

3. Paper: Please bring whatever paper, old books, torn maps, stamps, paper currency (foreign or domestic), tissue, and/or any other kind of paper that you think you might like to
use in your collages. If you are concerned about archival reliability, bring papers which have all-rag content. Again, please bring things which are interesting and things which are not so interesting.

4. Paints: Please bring a normal assortment of acrylic paints.

5. Brushes: Please bring brushes. The quality does not have to be great but it helps to have at least one 1” flat (soft, flexible, white or gold nylon) and one #7 or #8 round (also soft, flexible, white or gold nylon) along with some smaller rounds that will point. 

6. Pencils: Please bring drawing materials: pencils, colored pencils, etc. 

7. 3-D Objects: Small beads, buttons, metal parts, etc. can all come in handy. If you plan to use many 3-Dimensional objects please bring “5 minute” epoxy glue. 

8. Scissors & Knives: Please bring a pair of scissors and & an x-acto-type knife. 

9. Rulers, etc.: Rulers, triangles and other drawing/drafting tools may also prove useful.

10. Clothing: Old clothes or aprons may be in order. You know your own working style and comfort quotient. Dress accordingly.

11. Your Past Work: If you have done collage or assemblage work before and are willing to show it to the rest of the group bring it along. We will all benefit from seeing it.

12. Goals: Please prepare for the workshop by considering your intentions or expectations for the time we will spend together. Clear goals often yield positive results. 

PS #1. Those of you who have read my book Collage: A New Approach know that there are some unusual (like tacking irons) tools involved with the techniques I have developed. Please know that you do not have to purchase these tools prior to the workshop. I will have enough for everyone to use.

PS #2. Each participant will receive a copy of Collage: A New Approach at no cost so you don’t have to buy that either.

PS #3. If there is something unusual that you particularly want to have available to you during the workshop either bring it with you or contact me at 845-258-4620 or jonathan@talbot1.com to make sure that I have it here.

Cordially,