PULP PAINTING

Sat & Sun May 5 & 6, 2012
cost $285

This workshop will explore image making in hand papermaking.  Using multiple moulds and vats of pigmented pulp, along with contact paper, dental syringes, paintbrushes and squeeze bottles, participants will develop images by layering and overlapping thin veils of pulp.  Basic sheet forming and pigmenting will be reviewed.

EXOTIC FIBERS and JAPANESE PAPERMAKING

Sat & Sun May 19 - 20, 2012
cost $285

Each participant will create an array of papers from unusual fibers such as true hemp, banana and kozo grown at Carriage House here in Brooklyn!  This will be a very busy 2 days, as we delve into fiber preparation, cooking, beating (both mechanically and by hand), sheet forming and drying on boards.  Authentic Japanese sugetas will be used.

ASIAN PAPERMAKING and SUMINAGASHI

Sat & Sun June 2 - 3, 2012
cost $285

This workshop combines a day of eastern papermaking with a day of suminagashi papermarbling. With suminagashi (ink floating), the artist deposits spots of colored ink onto a still water surface, then manipulates the colors into images with a stylus or by blowing air, and then transfers the image onto absorbent paper. Participants will make thin sheets from abaca and kozo on Saturday, and on Sunday will marble on the paper they made as well as on other paper.

2-D PAPERMAKING IN DEPTH

Mon - Fri June 11-15, 2012
cost $660

Monday: Sheet Forming Fiber/pulp preparation, sheetforming, and drying technique overview. Coloring of pulp, translucency and opacity, use of formation and coagulant to create special effects. Participants will make their own watermarks.

Tuesday & Wednesday: Pulp pouring and pulp painting On the first day of this 2-day workshop students will form 30" x 40" sheets using the pulp pouring mould, a fully self contained system for making large paper without using a vat. The second day we explore the world of image making in hand papermaking through a technique known as pulp painting. Finely beaten and pigmented bleached flax will be applied to the base sheet using squeeze bottles, paint brushes, stencils, and watercolor pencil transfers. Participants will create a complete work in handmade paper and learn ways of editioning pulp painted works. A drawing to work from is recommended.

Thursday: Vacuum table and pulp spraying. Using our 4' x 6' vacuum table, in the morning, each participant from the group will have ample time to create low relief, high relief, large, small, free form and shaped works using the studio's many deckles and colored pulps. In the afternoon, using a pulp sprayer and stencils, the group will be spraying layers of colored pulps to form large sheets. This workshop will take place at our original studio at 79 Guernsey St.

Friday: Japanese papermaking Using authentic Japanese su/getas, participants will make traditional Japanese paper using Japanese Kozo, mitsumata and gampi. Decorative techniques will be demonstrated. This workshop will take place at our original studio at 79 Guernsey St.

We have a completely equipped hand papermaking studio including 2 Hollander beaters; 2 hydraulic presses, drying boxes, and traditional western moulds of all sizes and shapes. Two evening programs are also planned with an optional group dinner at a local restaurant afterward. It may be possible to sign up for individual days; call us for details. Price of workshop includes all materials.

3-D PAPERMAKING IN DEPTH
at Carriage House Paper in
Brookline, Massachusetts

Mon-Thur July 2-5, 2012
cost $560

An evening programs is also planned with an optional
group dinner at a local restaurant afterward.

It may be possible to sign up for individual days; call us
for details.

Price of workshop includes all materials.

Monday: Overview of types of fibers and pulps, beating, sheet formation, coloring; Emphasis on use of overbeaten pulp and methods of controlling shrinkage to make sculpture; coiling.

Tuesday: Methods of making collapsible moulds and using overbeaten pulp to create purely paper sculptures without armatures.

Wednesday and Thursday: Will be spent designing and building armatures using wood, metal and fabric. Pieces will be covered using various methods of applying pulp including pouring, dipping, piecing and pulp spraying. Both high and low shrinkage pulps will be used. Issues of longevity and durability will be discussed.

It may be possible to sign up for individual days; call us for details.