What Is The Process & Possibilities Course?
Process & Possibilities is an online course designed to keep you connected to your art practice, finding solutions with papers, paint and textiles.
Step back in time as Cordula Kagemann, takes you behind the scenes, into her 300-year-old farmhouse in Germany, to learn her signature process that has continued to sustain her art practice for over 15 years. This is a special opportunity to be guided methodically through the processes and techniques that have made Cordula one of Europe’s most recognisable abstract collage artists.
Cordula’s gentle tuition will open up a world of possibilities. Armed with a new approach, you’ll move forward with confidence knowing how to create a coherent body of artwork you are proud to share.
All course materials, including streaming videos, actionable tasks and downloadable resource guides are within an easy to use member portal with lifetime access.
You’ll be able to ask questions, get feedback and solve the puzzle of collage as you connect directly with Cordula and fellow Process & Possibilities students through a private online community, including live Q&A’s.
You'll Learn How To....
Abstract The Everyday
By learning how to abstract the everyday influences of your life together with the endless possibilities of working with transparent papers and paint, through the process itself, your work will become visually unified and layered with meaning.
Move Through Creative Blocks
Stay connected to your artwork by learning several unassuming almost meditative ways for preparing materials in advance. Taking the pressure off feeling like you need to create a masterpiece every time you head into the studio whilst ensuring you’re prepared when inspiration strikes!
Create A Coherent Body Of Work
Working on a series of canvases from beginning to completion, you’ll learn Cordula’s signature techniques and processes finding the rhythm, resources and ideas for continuation in your artistic practice to create a coherent body of work that is uniquely yours.
What's Included?
With 8 modules, 74 videos and over 7 hours of footage, Process & Possibilities will provide you with a deep insight into Cordula’s thought process. Learning her methods for image structure and design almost incidentally, as she turns four blank canvas’ into finished artwork.
Through the calm and personable tuition, Cordula is famous for, you’ll discover the different types of paper suitable for layering, glazing, paper cuts and image transfers and how to make your own unique collage materials before moving towards a textured approach to collage by embedding textiles and stitch into low relief works of art.
Each module contains several palatable video lessons that build on each other plus actionable assignments with comprehensive downloadable resource guides.
Students are fully supported by the Fibre Arts Take Two team and are invited to join a private Facebook community where you can share your progress directly with Cordula. Here Cordula offers invaluable support to students with 8 weeks of *ongoing tuition.
“One of the great things about this opportunity is that it is not just for a week, or a few days – but it takes place for ten weeks, it means we can really keep on practising, getting feedback and working through the processes and finding the possibilities- and relate to a whole world of other students along with Cordula.”
About This Course
Staying Connected
When life is feeling heavy and dark it shouldn’t leave you feeling disconnected from your art. But it often does…if you don’t grasp the importance of daily creative rituals.
Through a multitude of exercises including small image composition studies, creating bespoke collage material and abstract paper cuts , you will explore different ways to stay connected to your artwork and move through creative blocks finding solutions with papers, paint and textiles ensuring you’re prepared when inspiration strikes!
Layered With Meaning
Described as delicate, expressive and authentic, Cordula’s abstract collages often use circles and stylised shapes not only as a design element but a window into her soul.
Working biographically, Cordula will show you how to turn your own everyday life experiences into meaningful abstract collage pieces to express a personal story that you’ll be proud to share.
Instant & Lifetime Access
Once enrolled you will have instant and lifetime access to the entire course so you can learn at your own pace, refresh, rewind and revisit anytime you like, all from the comfort of your own home.
During the first 8 weeks of enrollment, you have an exclusive opportunity to engage with Cordula for additional tuition, support and feedback in a private online community.
By fully engaging with the course content you will be able to develop a connection with an international cohort of like-minded artists ready to create a cohesive body of work that you are proud to share.
Meet your Tutor
Meet Cordula Kagemann
My art reflects my life in an abstract way and is my way of expressing what I am not able to vocalize.
Living in an old house in the countryside for the past thirteen years has influenced my art. Being surrounded by nature and observing its constant change has shifted the focus of my art making toward exploring the themes of time and transience.
I create my work in solitude and lose myself completely in the process letting the image find its path and just let the magic happen. I am fascinated by the materiality of papers and of the possibilities and textures that develop in the process of creating.
Using my own experiences and sometimes my own photos as a starting point I aim to bring the image into universalization by abstraction. The images symbolize the process of life, the gathering of experiences and impressions, the ageing, the remembering and forgetting as well as everything cyclic in nature that is often represented by the use of the shape of the circle in my work.
I look forward to sharing my process and techniques with you in my signature online class Process & Possibilities.
“Cordula, I can’t thank you enough for your generosity and for your thoughtful presentation of this wonderful course. It’s really given me all the tools to go forward with my emerging art practice and I’m so excited to keep learning and creating. I will treasure the videos to rewatch along the way.”
8 Modules, 7 Hours of
Footage and 8 Weeks
Ongoing Tuition!
Enrolments are open for a limited time.
Cordula will guide you through the following modules sharing her stories and wisdom along the way.
Module 1
Staying Connected To Your Art
Immerse yourself in the history of collage and allow Cordula to share with you her insights into finding your flow through the process. Here Cordula shares her daily rituals and creativity tools for staying connected to your art practice inviting you to do the same.
Module 2
The Layering Process
Layering is essential to Cordula’s process. She delves into the practicalities of working with different papers and where to source the best assortment for collage. You’ll discover the power of limits and work through some critical elements Cordula uses within her abstract collage incorporating words and image transfers.
Module 3
Transparent Collage Papers
Creating unique materials to include in your collage is both rewarding and relaxing. In this module, Cordula uses a Gelli plate technique so you can create some amazingly beautiful patterned and transparent collage papers that you can use in further modules. BONUS vegan Gelli plate recipe for you to try at home.
Module 4
Abstracting Your Inspiration
Learning to see differently and extract the essence of a place, photograph or found object is the gift that abstract artists possess. Here you’ll learn Cordula’s freestyle cutting method to recreate stylised representations by noticing the negative spaces and endless inspiration that nature provides.
Module 5
Layered Collage - Project 1
Working from a blank round canvas, Cordula completes a finished artwork. From preparing and glazing the canvas, building up the layers you’ll learn how to incorporate acrylic paint and combine the previous elements created throughout the course to create depth and connection. Learning the finishing touches will be a turning point for pulling your elements together to unify your artwork.
Module 6
Textiles In Collage
It’s time to pull out your textile remnants and sewing machine and create a textile collage sheet and stitched collage elements that you’ll later use to embed into your artwork. This module is fun and exciting as you learn to let go of expectations and have some fun with acrylic paint and materials.
Module 7
Low Relief Collage - Project 2
Looking deeper at your creative influences and composition Cordula begins to incorporate textures into low relief deep frame canvases. Beginning with a canvas overview and wrapping technique to embedding paper rolls and fabric, you have the opportunity to further explore paper cuts on heavyweight paper to enhance the haptic nature of your compositions.
Module 8
Completing Low Relief Collages
Working on a series of three canvases simultaneously Cordula will complete each piece and add the finishing touches. You’ll find yourself itching to begin working in a series working on multiple pieces at once as your ideas and inspiration begins to flow.
Comprehensive
Reference Guides
Over 50 downloadable pages!
Your enrolment includes access to specially designed action tasks, resource guides and a comprehensive written accompaniment that follows the course curriculum.
By layering your learning experience you’ll be surprised how quickly you’ll find yourself in the flow as a body of work begins to emerge. You’ll be left with an arsenal of techniques to get you through the inevitable uninspired studio time along with a comprehensive workbook to refer back to.
But That's Not All…...
Cordula has been a Member of IAPMA – International Association of Papermakers and Artists since 2004 and is excited to share one of her greatest passions with you in a BONUS Introduction To Papermaking Workshop. Over an hour of bonus footage carefully crafted to give you the tools and resources to create papers that you can use to further personalise your artwork.
This exclusive bonus is not available anywhere else!
Your BONUS Introduction To Papermaking Workshop includes:
Papermaking Equipment
Preparing Paper Pulp
Pulling & Couching
Embedding Plant Materials & Collage
Embossing
Making & Incorporating Pigmented Pulp
Creating Textured Colour & Patterns
Pressing & Drying Your Papers
This exclusive BONUS is valued at over $100 USD and yours free when you enrol in Process & Possibilities
Process & Possibilities –
Connecting Through Collage
With Our 100% Risk-Free Guarantee
This course has been created to the highest standards. Professionally filmed and crafted for your viewing pleasure.
Through Cordula’s expert guidance, you will have the opportunity not only to learn new techniques and processes but to reconnect your art practice with your daily life, realizing that it doesn’t need to be spectacular and you have all the inspiration you’ll ever need within you now.
The tuition for Process & Possibilities – Connecting Through Collage is for immediate and lifetime access. Payment plans are available, please see below for details.
We also offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee! If you’ve viewed less than 10% of this course within the first 7 days we’ll happily purchase the course back from you.
We’re confident that if you do the work and engage with your tutor you’ll get enormous benefit from this experience. And we’re happy to back that up with our risk-free guarantee.
Pricing Options
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“I am so impressed with the contents and the way it has all been presented, an investment I was reluctant to make initially. So glad I did!”
This Course Is For You If...
What Cordula's Students Are Saying
Thank you so much for an amazing course, Cordula. It came at just the right time for me as I really wanted to explore collage in more depth. I love your gentle and patient way of teaching and demonstrating, and I now have a range of exciting techniques to use in my work.
This course continues to be such an inspiration, Cordula. Thank you so much for sharing your unique process, ideas, and gentle, grounded wisdom.
Oh Lovely to hear from you Cordula. I am so immersed in paper, tissue, transfers, Printing ideas, photos, Cutouts and also, colours and patterns swamp my waking and sleeping brain. Your course was fantastic, and it’s so great to have it to refer to if I forget something or want more inspiration. Thank you a hundred times for coming into my home and teaching me.
The course came to me at the most perfect time. I feel very lucky to have “studied” with you and I will take your teachings as far as I can into what I find is my own shape and style. Hopefully. And I’m hungry now to keep learning more about what I want to convey with my art. Really lucky I stumbled upon your course.
Thank you Cordula. I can only echo what the other course participants have said. It has been a very special time for me too and amazing to think of how it has brought such a geographically spread group of like minded people together
Cordula, it has been such a joy to participate in this course and facebook group. The community is so positive and supporting because that is what you and Ang have encouraged. I learned a lot, not “just” techniques but also trusting my own process and will definitely revisit the course.
I’ve admired and loved your work for a long time, and when I saw that the course was being offered, I had to sign up. Best decision ever!!! Not a single moment wasted. Thanks so much for such a wonderful workshop.
I have also thoroughly enjoyed this wonderful Course with you Cordula, and will be continuing to use all the fabulous techniques you have shared with us. Thank you so much for your generosity, and positive input. Thanks also to Fibre Arts Take Two for facilitating these great online workshops, long may they continue!
So I have watched through all the modules and thoroughly enjoyed it all Cordula Kagemann!! I almost wish each segment were longer, although they were perfect for “bite sized” pieces.
I will let it all sink in and try out the various ideas I got.
I am mostly excited about the textile sheet! This was brilliant and I enjoyed making it and ripping it up for a piece I made. This is something I will continue with and make it into my own style.
I just want to thank Fibre Arts Take Two and Cordula Kagemann for what has to be the best course I have ever taken (and I am a serial course taker!)
What makes it the best IMHO, firstly Cordula Kagemann is a very calm and inspiring teacher who manages to get her lessons across in a way that is easy for beginners to follow and implement yet inspiring enough for the most experienced. Cordula takes her time to explain, everything! She is very generous when sharing her knowledge and she really does share! The filming captures everything she does and not many, if any, mistakes are hidden. Cordula actually uses those mistakes as an ideal opportunity to teach yet another lesson.
Great to explore new techniques to discover what you love and want to incorporate into your work. Gentle, thoughtful and inspiring, Cordula.
I have loved Cordula’s gentle teaching. What a lovely person she is. We have been given so many great pointers in regards to creating collage and papers and assembling our efforts to make the “finished work”. Inspiring, thoughtful and generous teaching. My gain has been huge and I haven’t completed the course yet!!
View Past Students Work Here
Click the image below to flip through an online exhibition by Process and Possibilities alumni.
Frequently Asked Questions
All courses are streamed online, taking you through the process and techniques that the artist has developed over their careers.
When you enrol, you have access to the entire course immediately. All courses are self paced. Some people choose to immerse themselves and complete it over a weekend, others choose to take their time working their way through over a few weeks.
With individual modules and bite-sized videos, it is easy to chunk your course into your preferred timeline. And remember, it’s yours for life to revisit time and time again!
Fibre Arts Take Two courses are professionally filmed, sound recorded and edited so you feel like you are in the room with the art teacher.
The recommended minimum requirements for this course are:
Drawing Paper 170g & 300g
Graphite Pencil
Scissors & Nail Scissors
Craft Knife
A3 Cutting Mat
White Wood Glue
Acrylic Matte Medium
Acrylic Paints – black, white and 3 other colours
Soft Synthetic Paint Brush
Spounge with Scourer
Laser Photocopies
Magazine Photos, Fashion Catalogues
*Tissue Paper
Empty Loose Tea Filters
Brown Sweing Pattern Paper
Textile Reminants
Gel Printing Plate / Gelli Plate
Soft Rubber Roller
Stretched Canvases or Wooden Substrate x 4
Sketchbook 170g – 200g
*The different types of speciality papers Cordula details and uses within the course, are not listed below and can be purchased online or at your local paper supply store easily.
The Process& Possibilities – Connecting Through Collage course is designed for you to follow at your own pace.
When you enrol you have access to the entire course immediately. Some people choose to immerse themselves and watch the entire course before getting started while others choose to take their time working their way through each module tyring out the techniques and experimenting in their own time.
Remember, it’s yours to revisit time and time again!
*Ongoing Tuition
Cordula will be available in the private Facebook Community for 8 weeks after enrolments close.
There will also be 2 live Q&A’s during this time.
Questions can be submitted in advance and recordings are available.
Please do not email your tutor directly. All questions can be submitted through the Facebook group or via email to support@fibreartstaketwo.com to be answered during our live Q&A sessions with your tutor.
Please note as a practising artist and tutor it may not be possible for Cordula to comment on every post. She will engage as much as possible in between her other commitments and the team at Fibre Arts Take Two are always available to help.
Online courses are building in popularity. They are a great way to supplement live workshops affordably and from the comfort of your own home. Learn new skills and see behind the scenes into the studios and lives of your favorite artists.
Our platform is very simple to use and we offer a great support team should you ever run into problems.
You will have full access to the course via your online portal.
We offer a closed Facebook group for enrolled students only to connect and share their journey.
The group also offers you the opportunity to gain further insights and tuition from Cordula and other students. This group is not compulsory but is highly recommended!
Live Q&As are broadcast privately through YouTube ensuring access for everyone. They are also recorded and uploaded to the student portal for replaying or future viewing.
The Process& Possibilities – Connecting Through Collage online course is sold at $359.00 USD. Country-specific currencies will be shown depending on your location when purchasing with the price adjusted to the current exchange rate.
Available Currencies: USD, GBP and AUD.
Payments plans will also be shown at checkout.
All Australian purchases are GST inclusive.
Enrolments opened on the 23rd of September and are open for two weeks unless sold out earlier.
It is best to enrol early to avoid disappointment.
The Process & Possibilities – Connecting Through Collage online course has a money back guarantee should you watch less than 10% of the course within 7 days of your enrolment we will offer you a refund.
If you feel that this course doesn’t meet your expectations, please email us at support@fibreartstaketwo.com within 7 days of enrolling. If you have watched less than 10% of the content, we will immediately purchase the course back at the current exchange rate, less any associated transaction fees.
Absolutely! All of the course content is fully responsive so it will work regardless of whether you’re on a computer or mobile device.
Good question! You’ll be able to post your questions about the course in our private Facebook group, either someone from the community, Fibre Arts Take Two or Cordula herself will be able to help you.
If you have more technical questions please don’t hesitate to reach out to support@fibreartstaketwo.com
8 Modules, 7 Hours of
Footage and 8 Weeks
Ongoing Tuition!
Enrolments are open for a limited time.