Papermaking Program

Intro to Papermaking for High School Students

Instructor: Allison Roscoe

Thursday, June 23

9 am to 12 pm

1-day session $45 (includes $15 materials fee)  

Learn to create unique sheets of (Western-style) paper with moulds and deckles and various fibers pulped in a Hollander beater. The history of papermaking and its contemporary uses as an art-making material will be discussed. Be prepared to get wet, have fun, and make sheets of art paper that can be used for drawing, painting, printmaking, and 3-D constructions. Paper needs to dry overnight. You must return on Monday, June 27 between 9-4 pm to gather your dried paper.

Limited to 6 students.