What's Included • • • • • • • 8 nights at a charmingly restored farmhouse Cortijo Entre Molinos, set amid Andalucian olive groves Room based on twin share—Let us know if you are looking for a roommate Transfers to and from Malaga airport at a specified time All meals including wine & filtered water at Entre Molinos except 2 lunches on excursion days Sightseeing excursions by private coach to Iznajar and Alhambra Entrance Ticket for the Alhambra Book Making Instruction and mentoring by Liz Constable Not Included • • International airfare to Malaga Cancellation & medical insurance Travel Concepts can assist with these. The Details • • • • 7—15 October, 2014 Land only—CAD $3390 per person twin share Deposit—CAD $250 per person due at time of booking, 2nd deposit due 15 February, 2014 and balance due 27 July, 2014. We strongly recommend that you purchase trip cancellation insurance & out-of-country medical protection. Premiums will be quoted at time of booking. To see more pictures and get more information on all our workshops: www.flavourofspain.net Liz Constable Book Art in Andalucia Dyed & Gone to Spain with Liz Constable Bespoke books and journals created by Liz Constable of Book Art Studios, Auckland New Zealand. Her signature unique book art pieces have gone out into the world. You don’t need to look far to see that Liz’s creativity and passion for life simply flows into her scrumptious works of art. To learn more about Liz, please visit: www.bookartstudios.co.nz www.flavourofspain.net For information & bookings contact Cindy Horton at Travel Concepts: Phone: (604) 926-8511, Toll-Free: 1-800-661-7176 [email protected] 1716 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, BC V7V 1J3 CANADA 7-15 October, 2014 Have you always wanted to create your own handmade book? Would you like to create your own wonder-filled pages? Then Dyed and Gone to Spain is the workshop for you! Liz Constable is an adventurous warm hearted tutor who will happily guide you through all the stages from chatting about your handmade book to holding it in your hands, never wanting to let it go! Let Liz show you how you can create incredible and effective pages for your books in the most simplest of ways. It doesn’t matter if you don’t draw or paint or even journal. This class is suitable for beginners through to experienced book artists, bookbinders, journallers and other artists. A gifted teacher, Liz teases out of each student (even the most timid ones) – a sense of adventure, playfulness sometimes not experienced since childhood. Liz gets a huge thrill out of watching students produce delicious books they couldn’t believe were possible. Nurture and explore your own artistic talents and enjoy your own creative adventure at Cortijo Entre Molinos, the farmhouse between the mills, in a tranquil valley surrounded by olive groves. There’s time to absorb the relaxing atmosphere, to savour Mediterranean cuisine during leisurely lunches in the courtyard, tapas by candlelight and long convivial dinners with new friends. There’s lots of time too for afternoon dips in the pool, for one-to-one instruction, country walks and plenty of laughter. exploring the palace complex, including the beautiful Patio of the Lions, newly completed after 9 years restoration work. We’ll discover the charms of the Summer palaces and Generalife, the architect’s gardens, with it’s fountains, scented flowers and herbs, patios and pools. Over the course of this playful week, we: • Construct the cover for the books • Cut the paper using different tools to get a variety of finished edges • Use the colorful dyes and all manner of exciting materials with the paper • Experiment with ideas, concepts, collage, papers, found objects • Go on journaling adventures – in and out of the studio • Enjoy using equipment such as fantastic stencils, an amazing range of rubber stamps and lots more. Your finished book will be bound using the straight stitch method. We also welcome partners who don’t wish to make books and offer them a Spanish Experience, with light hearted Spanish Conversation with a tutor for beginners or those wishing to brush up their linguistic skills, a couple of hands on Cooking sessions in the kitchen, two cooking demos, an olive oil tasting and a sherry tasting as well as participation in the excursions. Hosts Chef Mike Powell and his wife Hilary are passionate about Spanish culture and cuisine. Mike creates healthy and sumptuous Mediterranean meals with quality local fresh produce including fruits and vegetables grown a stone’s throw from the cortijo. One excursion by private bus takes us to a nearby pueblo blanco (white village) Iznajar and to a local artisan’s workshop where you may see a demonstration making marquetry boxes, games and trays carrying on a tradition of craftsmanship originating in the Moorish tradition from the 8th Century. Our other excursion is to the UNESCO World Heritage site of the Alhambra in Granada. We’ll spend time Join us in a shared small group atmosphere where there is emphasis on individual attention and instruction and time aplenty for book artists at all levels to expand their creative skills. www.flavourofspain.net