HANDPAPERMAKING WORKSHOPS

I will be offering two workshops during the EXCITING exhibit WASHI AND OTHER EPHEMERA: THE ART OF HANDPAPERMAKING at the Durango Arts Center.  These are the only classes I will be offering this year. 

MARY ELLEN LONG 

  

 *sign up on website  (click Education, then Adults,visual arts) or go to the front desk at DAC or call Sandra Butler at 259-2606     (Call me with questions - 259-4363)

SIDEWALK CLOUD WORKSHOP  (Inryu= Cloud Dragon) 

Saturday, August 31, 10-4 pm

$65. for DAC members; $75 for non-members

An opportunity to make hanging clouds of kozo fiber using stencils that

have been made from photos of “real” clouds.  Students will learn about   processing including cooking and handbeating. Focus will be on techniques of pouring pulp, embossing, and pulp displacement.  

all experience levels welcome..........        materials fee - $10. covering fiber

HAND PAPERMAKING WITH PLANTS WORKSHOP

Saturday, September 7, 10-4 pm

$65. for DAC members; $75 for non-members

Explorations with local wild and cultivated plants with some imported fiber added to the mix.  Stems, leaves, and petals will be harvested and processed during the preceding week before the workshop.  Techniques for inclusions, laminating, and embossing will be covered.                                                 material fee - $5. covering fiber

ALSO:

SEPTEMBER 24

TIM BARRETT WILL HAVE  HALF-DAY INTRODUCTION TO JAPANESE PAPERMAKING WORKSHOPS 

:SEPTEMBER 14

HELEN HIEBERT, VISTING CO. TEACHER WILL OFFER THE

WORKSHOP ILLUMINATED PAPER STRUCTURES 

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papermaking in nature

cloud installation

papermaking with plants