SAI Papermaking Classes

Women's Studio Workshop
PO Box 489
Rosendale, NY 12472
tel 845.658.9133
fax 845.658.9031
info@wsworkshop.org

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Summer Arts Institute

2010 Papermaking Classes


Sculptural Paper: Unusual 3D Techniques		Encaustic and Hand Papermaking

Sculptural Papermaking: Advanced Armatures		Paper From Plants: WSW Style

Paper + Dye: Japanese Papermaking and Natural Colors

Sculptural Paper: Unusual 3D Techniques

Melissa Jay Craig

This class will focus on using kozo and high-shrinkage fibers, either separately or together, to make compelling three-dimensional paper forms, as well as the use of fiber reactive dyes to provide brilliant color. We’ll cover the construction of various removable armatures and molds, from simple to more complex structures, including re-usable armatures for making editioned works, and adaptable forms for series. We’ll also discuss the inclusion of bases for free-standing sculptures and effective built-in hanging methods for wall-mounted works. The class is intended for people with some previous basic papermaking experience, paper sculptors who want to explore some new approaches to the medium, or sculptors who would like to explore paper.

July 5 - 9

$700 members ($750 non-members) Lab fee $35
Class Limit: 6

Or download a PDF registration form and register by mail. Join WSW for a members discount on your workshop and many other great benefits!

"One of the best parts of working at WSW is watching the resident artists work their magic in the studios. Melissa was a treat to have working in the paper studio. She has developed some fabulous techniques that she has agreed to share with you this summer"

Sculptural Papermaking: Advanced Armatures

Pamela Wallace

This workshop is for artists who have some sculptural armature and papermaking experience and are interested in furthering their skills while exploring their own work in three dimensions. Our focus will be on translating students’ inspirations and recent work into armatures and handmade paper sculptures through one-on-one discussions with the instructor. Techniques of soldering and welding will be taught to help students expand their vision to include metal forms with their paper. Students should bring examples of current work to help the instructors understand their artistic vision and how sculptural papermaking best fits into their body of work. Demonstrations in papermaking and armature building will further skills gained in Sculptural Paper: Unusual 3D Techniques.

July 12 - 16

$700 members ($750 non-members) Lab fee $35
Class Limit: 6

Download a PDF registration form and register by mail or call (845) 658-9133 to register. Join WSW for a members discount on your workshop and many other great benefits!

above: So Long, Forged and fabricated steel, plaster, coal, string, by Pamela Wallace

"The rave reviews from Pamela’s class last summer were unanimous. We are pleased to offer this class again"

From Paper To Print

Gretchen Schermerhorn

Paper is to printmaking as banana skins are to bananas, the structure that contains and supports the delicious product. In this hybrid workshop we will focus on creating customized handmade papers for monoprint, refief and intaglio printmaking. We will begin with the basics of sheet formation, using cotton rag, flax, and abaca fibers, and the focus will be on variation of thick to thin and opaque to translucent sheets. Pigmentation and the use of additives will be covered. Then we will move on to stencil work, pulp printing and chine colle (collage)-all methods that will later register with printed matter. The second half of the class will be spent printing on our handmade papers. Polyester plate lithography, relief and screenprinting will be taught, with an emphasis on using the papers that were made in the first part of the class, to create richly layered prints.

July 19 - 23

$700 members ($750 non-members) Lab fee $35
Class Limit: 6

Download a PDF registration form and register by mail or call (845) 658-9133 to register. Join WSW for a members discount on your workshop and many other great benefits!

Genetic Drift, 2008, Screenprint and letterpress on handmade paper

"We have always wanted to get printmakers and papermakers together. When Gretchen came to work at WSW last winter, I knew that at last we found the right matchmaker."

Paper + Dye: Japanese Papermaking and Natural Colors

Tatiana Ginsberg

Natural colorants are the perfect complement for kozo fibers, and working with both in the papermaking vat opens up exciting possibilities. In this class we will explore methods of coloring fiber before the sheet forming process, and discover how nagashizuki, the Japanese-style method of sheet formation, can be used to your creative advantage while layering and manipulating colored fibers.

All aspects of kozo preparation and Japanese-style sheet forming will be taught, as we investigate how to use plant dyes, lakes, and pigments in traditional and improvised ways. No prior papermaking or dyeing experience is necessary.

July 26 - 30

$700 members ($750 non-members) Lab fee $40
Class Limit: 6

Download a PDF registration form and register by mail or call (845) 658-9133 to register.Join WSW for a members discount on your workshop and many other great benefits!

"Tim Barrett, who has just been named a MacArthur Genius, recommened Tatiana as an expert in dying and papermaking. Who am I to argue?"

Cross Pollination: Paper and Encaustic

Tatana Kellner

Cynthia Winika

Join WSW in collaboration with R&F Handmade Paints as we create handmade paper and encaustic works. The first two days of this class will be held at WSW in the papermaking studio, where students will work with cotton, abaca and flax fibers. Once the basics are mastered, we’ll investigate the potential of hand papermaking. We will create papers using a variety of hand papermaking techniques including: layering, imbedding, translucency and opacity, stenciling, pulp painting, and embossing.

Using these handmade paper elements as starting points, we will spend the last two days at R&F Handmade Paints in Kingston for a wax-travaganza. This session will begin with an introduction to basic encaustic techniques. Then students will create deeply layered collages by working directly on the handmade papers or mounting the handmade sheets on panels. We will be saturating, bending, burnishing, dipping, staining, transferring, drawing, and carving into this natural wonder.

August 2-5

$700 members ($750 non-members) Lab fee $40
Class Limit: 8

Download a PDF registration form and register by mail or call (845) 658-9133 to register. Join WSW for a members discount on your workshop and many other great benefits!

Top: Buried Landscape Unconformity, by Laura Moriarty, encaustic on board, above: Illegal Acts, by Tatana Kellner, trace monoprint, letterpress and collage on paper.

"Tana taught Laura a little bit about papermaking and Laura taught Tana a little bit about encaustic. Now they share a language that makes this a seamless teaching team."

Paper From Plants: WSW Style

Teréz Iacovino

Use your garden as a source for organic fibers to make fabulous hand made papers. WSW has been growing paper making fibers and gleaning the nearby fields in search for plant fibers that make good quality paper. In the process we have discovered which plants are best suited for making papers with distinctive characteristics. In this three day class we will learn the complete process from identifying likely plant material, cooking and processing the fibers and making sample sheets.

August 4-6

$500 members, $550 non-members, Lab fee $30
Class Limit: 6

Download a PDF registration form and register by mail or call (845) 658-9133 to register. Join WSW for a members discount on your workshop and many other great benefits!

Handmade paper "Posted" Post-its, by Terez Iacovino

"Teréz was one of our very best interns; smart, fun and a hard worker, which is why we asked her to stay on as AmeriCorps papermaker"