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Join mixed media artist Traci Bautista's class as she teaches a day long workshop in creative collage books, or "retro rags" at the Art & Soul Retreat at Asilomar, California.

The process is fun and fast, perfect for students of all ages. You see how to dye a variety of cloth and paper, make and use stamps and stencils, transfer images, assemble mini collage covers, stitch in designs, create your own doodles and assemble the pages in a secure decorative latch-hook spine.

Traci shows you more ways to put stuff on paper on fabric than you can imagine. She dots it on, brushes it on, mushes, inks, scrapes, rolls, crushes, dabs, stamps, presses, punches, glues, sponges, sews ... . Traci Bautista finds new ways to use everyday materials; she's an inspirational creative dynamo.

Traci Bautista is creative director and owner of treiC Designs. She has a Bachelor of Science degree from Woodbury University, with a major in Graphic Design and Marketing. Prior to becoming a full-time artist, Traci Bautista held jobs as a graphic designer, event planner, marketing director, professional cheerleader, elementary art history teacher, fashion designer, Web designer, and tradeshow manager – just to name a few.

Experiences that she gained in these positions, coupled with her innate drive to explore and create without boundaries are what contribute to her growing success as a collage and mixed-media artist.

Traci travels across the country to offer workshops and classes on handmade books, art journals, mixed-media collage, and surface design. Combining her love of making clothes, doodling and lettering, she creates vibrantly colored handmade journals, custom handbags and paintings that are layered with rich textures of stained papers, painted sewn fabric, 'girlie glam' ink drawings and free style lettering. Her artwork has been featured in Somerset Studio, cloth.paper.scissors and various books.