Paste Paper/Paste Paper Fabrications

All Levels

Lois Rossiter

(include $10 materials fee per person in each course fee)

Paste Paper
Using simple tools, a paste recipe, and pigments, you will create beautifully textured papers that are particularly suited to book arts, cards, wraps, collage, boxes, broadsides, and embellishments. We will cover some historic origins of making paste papers, including a local reference, make a colored paste recipe, and then apply it to paper to create pattern, texture, shape, and amazing depth. At the end of the day, you will have an assortment of truly unique papers that will beg to be transformed further.

(Note to registrants)
Please bring the following materials to the workshop:
1. Wear comfortable clothes, with sleeves that can be rolled up or short sleeves
2. An apron
3. Any rubber stamps that you might already have; items that would make interesting marks in wet paint
4. A daily newspaper (to lay out papers to dry)
5. A roll of waxed paper (the cheapest brand; to transport papers home)
6. A lunch if you wish

Paste Paper Fabrications
Paste Paper is lush, colorful, and adaptable to many transformations, including books, cards, wraps, collage, boxes, broadsides, and embellishments. Bring your beautiful and unique paste papers back to this workshop and walk away with not only ideas for further paste paper-making, but also, several finished items for giving or keeping.

(Note to registrants)
1. Please bring the following materials to the workshop:
2. Break-off craft knife
3. Piece of mat board to use as a cutting board (12x18")
4. Pair of small sharp scissors
5. Bone folder (if you have one)
6. A lunch if you wish