Hand Papermaking: Experimentation & Exploration

Emphasizing experimentation with papermaking techniques, participants will use cotton linter pulp to make making many samples of handmade paper. Techniques will include: flat sheet forming, layering color blocks, layering shapes of color (stencil/shaped deckles), shaping pulps by hand, creating textures (impressing, appliqué, hand manipulation), pulp painting and wet collage. Use of watermarks, pulp inclusions, pulp coloration, paper chemistry (sizing, formation aid), preparation of plant fibers and drying methods will be discussed. Students will construct a mould and deckle.

Tuition: $250, Materials Fee: $15, Lab Fee; $15