Join artist Mary Milelzcik for a Papermaking workshop on Saturday, June 27, from 10 am to 2:30 pm at the Volcano Art Center in Volcano. Newcomers and Advanced students are welcome. $85/$80 plus $50 for fiber pulp, plant dyes and pigments, prep, and supplies.
This workshop will introduce you to papermaking from learning how to make a mould and deckle, to recycling heavy weight Arches art paper, adding local plant materials, dyes and earth pigments to make beautiful one-of-a kind papers. Using a using a household blender and various sized moulds and deckles, you are able to make paper in a variety of sizes, scrolls, layered artwork or create a painting with colored pulp. Participants are encouraged to bring flowers and plant material to add color, or other small interesting things to imbed in their paper. Assistance will be provided for larger more complex projects. You will leave with a basic knowledge of papermaking, instructions on how to make paper at home, pulp and supply resources, and a unique variety of handmade papers that you’ve created.
Plants used in this workshop may include lemon grass, wauke (paper mulberry), ginger, old growth cedar, homegrown cotton, cane grass, etc. (depending on availability). To allow for more paper making time, the instructor will source, prepare and cook plant materials for pulp, dyes and paint, in advance of the class.