Classes @ Hook Pottery Paper ~ LaPorte, IN

Hook Pottery Paper ~ LaPorte, IA

JUNE 20 – 21

Clamshell box making

with Mary Uthuppru

10am – 2:30pm friday & Saturday

$165.00, includes all materials

The clamshell box, also called the solander box, is the most versatile protective enclosure for artwork, books and objects. In this two day workshop, we will construct a sturdy clamshell box using handmade paper and bookcloth that not only protects the objects inside but is a great way to present professional work. During the class, we will discuss modifying the traditional clamshell in order to accommodate unusual shapes, create divided trays, and even make secret compartments. Participants will also learn how to make their own book cloth which can be used in the workshop or saved for future projects. The clamshell box will be made to house materials that are 8 x 10 inches. If you're interested in making your clamshell box to hold materials of a different size, please say so at the time of registration.

Mary built the clam shells for the FDH Portfolio 2014.

JUNE 24 – 28

hand paper making intensive taught by Andrea Peterson

10am – 4pm tuesday - saturday

$450.00, all materials included

In beautiful northern Indiana at Hook Pottery Paper explore many possibilities of papermaking during this 4-day intensive.

Expand your artistic and technical skills to create unusual works. You may try many possibilities or focus on a few.

Demonstrations will be given daily. All level. For more info on travel, lodging, and full schedule of activities please email hookpotterypaper@comcast.net

interested please email for registration form

Georgia Rowswell ~ Cheyenne, WY

Georgia Rowswell ~ Cheyenne, Wyoming
Georgia is an approved teaching artist on the Wyoming Arts Council's Artist’s Roster. Georgia specializes in papermaking but is also qualified to teach a variety of other media. She is happy to tailor a program to your group’s needs. References are available upon request. Grants are available through the Wyoming Arts Council to bring Georgia into your community to teach a single day workshop or an extended artist in residency.

An Instant Papermakers' Apron

Peter Thomas ~ Santa Cruz, CA
Ever been stuck teaching a workshop without your apron. Here is an instant apron. You just cut a drawstring plastic bag in half. Use one set of drawstrings for around your neck. Cut and pull the other drawstring out. Snip it in half and tape each half to the bag to make waist ties. You may not look cool but you will stay dry!

PAPERMAKING A to Z with Nicole Donnelly

Tidewater Cottage and Studio Opens

Winnie Radolan has announced the opening of Tidewater Cottage and Studio.

“My hope is that this wonderful space will offer my friends in the arts an opportunity to spend a weekend, a week, or more in these peaceful nurturing surroundings while theyrecharge their creative batteries in the making of art.”

The brand-new cottage is warmly furnished and features a fully equipped kitchen/family room, three bedrooms and two baths, and will comfortably accommodate up to six persons. The expansive studio beneath the living quarters is a fully outfitted papermaking facility, which is also available for workshops in the related arts.

Tidewater is located in a quiet residential area which is only two blocks from viewing the spectacular sunsets on the beaches of the Delaware Bay.Tidewater offers papermaking retreat weekends and weeks at the south New Jersey shore. Papermaking studio rental with instruction/consultation is also available. For further information, contact Winnie, Winnie.r@verizon.net or (215) 715-6388.

Here is the summer schedule.

June 16 – 20 – Pulp, Sand and Sea Immersion I. Spend the week splashing around in vats of cotton rag, abaca, linen and other beautiful “base sheet” fibers. It will be a concentrated week of experimenting with your “voice,” expressed in the medium of handmade paper.

June 28/29 – Japanese Papermaking.
Japanese paper, or washi is known for its transparency, strength and beauty. In this workshop, lecture time will encompass the history and traditional methods of preparing the inner bark fibers that make these special papers of great character

July 12/13 – Paper Basics. Spend the day/weekend in vats of deliciously colored paper pulp, exploring papermaking techniques of layering, embedding, embossing, stenciling and more.

July 19/20 – Plant Fiber Papers. Learn what and when to harvest and how to cook and process fibers from your garden cast-offs. Create uniquely colored and textured “artist papers” for collage, book pages, stationary and more.

August 9/10 – High Shrinkage Adventures. Explore the luxurious qualities of abaca and flax fibers that have lingered at length in the beater. Construct simple armatures around which to wrap these strong high shrinkage fibers for experimental 3D paperworks.

August 18 – 22 – Pulp, Sand & Sea Immersion II. During this week-long immersion in western and eastern papermaking materials and techniques, activities will include pulp painting, pouring large sheets, making veggie papyrus, working with Japanese fibers and more.