Wax + Paper I Wednesday 9 - 4:30 $135 Michelle Belto
Student Level: Beginning to Intermediate depending on paper making experience
Type of Workshop: Process but students will take home 3-4 wrapped paper supports with inclusions and embossing for future work and at least completed piece
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What if you could create your own supports that can become anything you want them to become---journals, two dimensional paintings or even three-dimensional sculptures? This class will introduce you to hand papermaking – from the making of pulp to the finished artwork. You will discover for yourself how paper is made and all the ways that wet pulp can be wrapped, embedded, cast, collaged, pulp painted and embossed. Follow your muse in creating personalized books for journals, lovely dimensional supports for your acrylic or encaustic paints and even three-dimensional forms for sculpture. Throughout the class you will see process demonstrations, be able to examine plentiful examples of finished work and be able to experience life as a papermaker. You will take home several wet paper supports for future work in your studio.
If you are taking my Wax + Paper II workshop, we will be using the papers you created in this workshop for the encaustic processes.
Kit fee of $30 payable to Instructor at class time includes:
- enough wet pulp (abaca and cotton blend) to make 4-5 papers
- ½” and 3/8” foam core for making of your supports
- Handi-wipe pellons for paper
plus the use of:
- paper making equipment (pour mold & deckles, presses, sponges and felts)
- support making equipment (razor knives, cutting mats, quick dry white glue, methylcelluose)
- casting molds (a variety of commercial, created and found molds)
- pulp coloring/painting materials (colored pulp, squeeze bottles, pulp applicators, pressing screens)
Students should bring:
The teacher/kit will actually supply all of the materials for the class, but students might want to personalize their work by bringing some of the following items.
- some things to add to your paper (cut up comics or copies of type, pressed flowers, colorful fibers, or anything flat that can be added to the pulp or placed onto a wet sheet of paper before it is pressed. A partially filled sandwich baggie of each of your additives is sufficient. Note: make sure that your additions are color fast)
- embossing materials (textural items for making an impression in wet paper, such as piece of screen, wire or anything flat and textural.)
- casting molds (cookie press molds, plastic candy molds, interesting surfaces onto which paper pulp can be applied)
Questions? Email Michelle at michelle@michellebelto.com
Website: www.michellebelto.com