Paste Paper Plus

In this hands-on 5-week workshop, you’ll learn to make paste papers by applying colored paste to paper, then using tools to create patterns. In later sessions, use your papers to make origami boxes, lampshades, booklets, and more. Some homework/tools required. Great for creatives who enjoy texture, color, and paper arts. Please bring the following to the class: Notepad and pen/pencil for making notes ( if desired) Wear old clothes and bring along some sort of apron or covering for paste and paint splatters Gloves if you don’t like/can’t get your hands dirty or wet Roll of paper towel Spray bottle of water and smooth flat sponge Silicone mat or some sort of heavy plastic mat to protect your working area Paste tools – anything like old combs with various sizes of teeth, large sponge or rubber stamps, any kind of tool that would manipulate shapes or designs when dragged through wet paint, sponges with texture or anything else that would make interesting shapes. The instructor will have some of these tools on hand to use. Paper(some will be supplied) Something large/flat to fit and to carry your papers home in to finish drying and pressing for the following classes