Tunnel Vision: Making 3D-Tunnel Books with Hollie Chastain

December 4-6 10:00 am-3:00 pm EST Instructor:  Hollie Chastain In this hands-on workshop, participants will create their own tunnel books, dimensional paper artworks that unfold to reveal layered scenes and surprising depth. We’ll start with a slideshow of tunnel books through history to get some inspiration and ideas. Then, using cutting, folding, and simple bookbinding techniques, we’ll explore how images, space, and storytelling work together across multiple panels. Participants will design and build a tunnel book inspired by a theme, story, or place, leaving with at least one finished piece and the skills to keep experimenting at home. We’ll be using clipped images and shapes or your own creations! Three days of 3D bookmaking bliss! Materials to bring: Scissors Cutting knife and at least 10 fresh blades Students in the class receive a 20% discount! A pad of 140# watercolor paper, at least 12 sheets (available in Townsend’s shop) Glue stick (UHU recommended. Available in Townsend’s shop) The instructor will bring a ton of magazines, papers, paints, mark-making tools, etc., but feel free to bring anything you want to work with along with you! ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR Hollie Chastain is an artist and illustrator living and working in Chattanooga, Tennessee. After starting a career in graphic design, she returned to studio work in 2007, choosing collage as her medium. Using mainly paper, she combines found images with modern colors and compositions to create work full of originality and narrative. Her work has been exhibited internationally and is held in private collections around the world, with illustration clients including Warner Music, Smithsonian Magazine, Penguin Random House, and the Oxford American.