The Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory Announces Fall Workshop Schedule

The Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory & Educational Foundation in Cleveland, OH is proud to announce more fall and winter workshops than ever before. With a dozen workshops to choose from, there's something for everyone.

Please visit http://morganconservatory.org/events/category/workshops to find out more or to register for a workshop or call (216) 361-9255.

From Plants to Paper to Pulp Painting

Follow papermaker and artist Deborah Sharpe-Lunstead into the field to gather plants from which she will make paper. Join her in the studio to learn about the process of turning those plants and recycled clothing into paper pulp, and watch her creating a pulp painting.

Pulp Painting @ Bryant Street Studios ~ San Francisco

Pulp Painting With Guest Instructor Michelle Wilson ~ 1890 Bryant Street
CLASS DATE: September 20th. 2014
CLASS TIME: 10am - 4pm
CLASS FEE: $150
Taught by Michelle Wilson
Class Held at 1890 Bryant Street, San Francisco CA 94110
Finely beaten paper pulp can act just like paint to make brilliant imagery in handmade paper. When dried, the painting is an actual part of the paper, which can stand alone or be transformed further through drawing, printing, traditional painting, or whatever you can think of for a mixed media creation. This class will cover various pulp painting techniques including direct painting, stencils, collage inclusions, and other means of pulp-based mark-making. Sheets will be air dried and some left to dry under pressure for several days and mailed to students.
MATERIALS FEE: $10
Materials are included, and there is a short tool list which will be emailed for the class once you are enrolled.

Ruth Vaughan ~ Springwater Paperworks Studio ~ Hemlock, NY

 Ruth Vaughan ~ Springwater Paperworks Studio ~ NY

Paper pulp as a medium for imagery

“From a painter’s point of view, one of the interesting things about working with paper pulp is that it offers the artist a pallet of textures as well as colors. I blend several varieties of cellulose pulp with pigments or dyes, as well as adding “adjuncts” like bits of silk threads, finely ground birch bark or flower petals to give me a wide variety to select from while creating an image. Pulp can also be sculpted and carved as it has a dimensional aspect. Artwork can be made any size and any shape, as the artist is creating both the support and the image. The immediate drawback for the painter is that pulp solutions cannot be used as paint in the traditional sense; they must be poured or squeezed from a dropper one little splotch at a time. This is a time consuming process, and pulps can only be applied to a backing of freshly made paper which hasn’t been allowed to dry out if the natural bonding process between the fibers is to occur. The affinity I find in the fibers for evoking many aspects of landscape imagery keeps me exploring the subject in my artwork.”

 

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.

Joyce Gold & Friends ~ Houston, TX

Joyce F. Gold ~ Celebration Company ~ on facebook ~ Houston, TX

 

Recycled paper creates unconditional love.

I volunteer at a center for young adults with disabilities to help them create their top selling greeting cards.

They beat recycled paper from their shredded documents in a blender and then I come in with bottles of colored pulp and various craft foam shapes.

They place the shapes on freshly pulled paper and add color.

My challenge is offering them the right tools to succeed.

Smaller bottles (not pictured) for some seem to help a lot. For one individual who is visually impaired, I couch onto a dark stained pellon for contrast. 

The best part is that they don't care if I make mistakes and, of course, they never make mistakes.

I look forward to going every week and they seem to look forward to me coming.

My heart soars when I am with them.