Handmade paper and paper arts workshops scheduled for 2010.

Magical Metal
Instructor: Beryl Taylor
Date: Sat Jun 12, 2010 - Sun Jun 13, 2010
The class will incorporate two main techniques - making fabric paper from candy wrappers and working with metal embossing foil. The fabric paper will be made to take on the appearance of metal and will be combined with the foil to create magical embellishments. The foil will also be used to create a wall hanging which will be a series of foil panels manipulated and machine stitched to a fabric background. The excitement begins when we start to emboss the foil and change its appearance with colored inks, nail polish, gesso, modeling paste, glass bead gel, water soluble paper, rubber stamps, embossing powders, eyelets, brads and punches.  

Papermaking with Plant Fiber
Instructor: Nancee Wipperfurth
Date: Sat Aug 7, 2010 - Sun Aug 8, 2010
There is something magical about making paper by hand. You start with a fiber: the fallen leaves from the maple tree in your yard, or the bast fiber from the milkweed sticks you harvested from the roadside. You cook it, beat it, and pull it into a layer of wet pulp that dries into the most beautiful paper — comprised of textural earth tones and feathery deckle edges. When you use this handmade paper in bookmaking, it provides one more element where you have control of the aesthetic.