Social Paper: Paper, Print & Book for Social Practice
Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Summer 2019
with Michelle Wilson, as Book Bombs
Explore the use of printing and handmade paper techniques to engage the community through public and participatory art practices. Work with hand papermaking, a variety of stencils for paper pulp, and relief printmaking techniques while discussing how to use these as effective tools in social practice. We will brainstorm and experiment with combining text and image to engage a range of participants and convey meaning, as well as considering the ways material—the use of meaningful fibers to create paper pulp, whether repurposed cloth or specific plant fibers—can reinforce concepts and further the experience of participants within a participatory environment.
with Michelle Wilson, as Book Bombs
Explore the use of printing and handmade paper techniques to engage the community through public and participatory art practices. Work with hand papermaking, a variety of stencils for paper pulp, and relief printmaking techniques while discussing how to use these as effective tools in social practice. We will brainstorm and experiment with combining text and image to engage a range of participants and convey meaning, as well as considering the ways material—the use of meaningful fibers to create paper pulp, whether repurposed cloth or specific plant fibers—can reinforce concepts and further the experience of participants within a participatory environment.
Papermaking with Plants
Fleisher Art Memorial - Spring 2016
Would you like to learn basic and unique techniques to transform plants into handmade paper? Experiment with a variety of plant fibers, from bamboo and cotton, to vegetables from your garden or the market. This workshop will cover paper types that can be made in your kitchen, as well as explore an array of specialty fibers.
Register here.
Would you like to learn basic and unique techniques to transform plants into handmade paper? Experiment with a variety of plant fibers, from bamboo and cotton, to vegetables from your garden or the market. This workshop will cover paper types that can be made in your kitchen, as well as explore an array of specialty fibers.
Register here.
Book Arts Structures & Garden Journal
Fleisher Art Memorial - Spring 2016
Create a variety of book structures ranging from single-sheet books to glued and sewn hardcover books in the four-week Book Arts Structures class. Spend two weeks working with botanically themed materials to create a notebook for recording your garden’s progress or jotting down your thoughts and sketches in the Garden Journal workshop.
Register here.
Create a variety of book structures ranging from single-sheet books to glued and sewn hardcover books in the four-week Book Arts Structures class. Spend two weeks working with botanically themed materials to create a notebook for recording your garden’s progress or jotting down your thoughts and sketches in the Garden Journal workshop.
Register here.
Papermaking: Printing with Pulp
Fleisher Art Memorial
Learn basic and unique techniques to transform your images into handmade paper. First learn to make a sheet of handmade paper from different fibers. To these handmade paper sheets you will add pigmented paper pulp through a stencil printing technique in the silkscreen studio. Using your images and words we will create silkscreen stencils to transfer them into handmade paper. You can combine and rearrange stencils and incorporate collage and layering techniques to create a variety of handmade paper sheets.
See images of student work here.
Learn basic and unique techniques to transform your images into handmade paper. First learn to make a sheet of handmade paper from different fibers. To these handmade paper sheets you will add pigmented paper pulp through a stencil printing technique in the silkscreen studio. Using your images and words we will create silkscreen stencils to transfer them into handmade paper. You can combine and rearrange stencils and incorporate collage and layering techniques to create a variety of handmade paper sheets.
See images of student work here.
Printing, Binding & Paper Workshops at The Soapbox
The Soapbox: Community Print Shop & Zine Library - Ongoing
The Soapbox offers an ongoing rotation of workshops in letterpress, papermaking, screenprinting, book binding, writing, comics, idea generation, and techniques for the etching press, taught by myself as co-founder and by other teaching artists. Visit our website for upcoming workshops.
The Soapbox offers an ongoing rotation of workshops in letterpress, papermaking, screenprinting, book binding, writing, comics, idea generation, and techniques for the etching press, taught by myself as co-founder and by other teaching artists. Visit our website for upcoming workshops.
The Power of the Print: WPA Posters
The University of the Arts, Professional Institute for Educators
Of the 2,000 Works Progress Administration posters known to exist, the Library of Congress' collection is the largest. These striking silkscreen, lithograph and woodcut posters were designed to publicize health programs, cultural programs, theatrical and musical performances, travel, educational programs and community activities throughout the United States. The posters were made possible by one of the first U.S. Government programs to support the arts and were added to the Library's holdings in the 1940s. In this course, learn about the WPA and its mission as well as the connections to history, art, social science and visual literacy that can enrich your teaching. Participants learn about this time period, the power of design to communicate and how to use visual primary sources to engage students. Including hands-on printmaking and design studio exercises, mural tours, museum visits and more, use the digital archives of the Library of Congress to prepare lessons based on these powerful historic images. Content is appropriate to a range of subject areas as connections to social science, history, material processes and literacy are explored.
Of the 2,000 Works Progress Administration posters known to exist, the Library of Congress' collection is the largest. These striking silkscreen, lithograph and woodcut posters were designed to publicize health programs, cultural programs, theatrical and musical performances, travel, educational programs and community activities throughout the United States. The posters were made possible by one of the first U.S. Government programs to support the arts and were added to the Library's holdings in the 1940s. In this course, learn about the WPA and its mission as well as the connections to history, art, social science and visual literacy that can enrich your teaching. Participants learn about this time period, the power of design to communicate and how to use visual primary sources to engage students. Including hands-on printmaking and design studio exercises, mural tours, museum visits and more, use the digital archives of the Library of Congress to prepare lessons based on these powerful historic images. Content is appropriate to a range of subject areas as connections to social science, history, material processes and literacy are explored.
Painting with Pulp: Paint and Collage with Handmade Paper
Fleisher Art Memorial
Create complete works of art in pigmented pulp – layering, stenciling, and drawing imagery into your paper itself, and embedding found objects, drawings, and more. Learn papermaking using traditional Western sheet pulling techniques combined with contemporary artistic strategies. Fibers will range from cotton rag and abaca to recycled materials. Explore the ways hand papermaking can be used in your art, discuss ways to make paper in your home, and consider the potential for combining your handmade paper with other media. Use your own themes and imagery, experiment with color and layering, or just focus on creating beautiful sheets for use in your 2-D or 3-D work outside class.
See images of student work here.
Create complete works of art in pigmented pulp – layering, stenciling, and drawing imagery into your paper itself, and embedding found objects, drawings, and more. Learn papermaking using traditional Western sheet pulling techniques combined with contemporary artistic strategies. Fibers will range from cotton rag and abaca to recycled materials. Explore the ways hand papermaking can be used in your art, discuss ways to make paper in your home, and consider the potential for combining your handmade paper with other media. Use your own themes and imagery, experiment with color and layering, or just focus on creating beautiful sheets for use in your 2-D or 3-D work outside class.
See images of student work here.
The Word as Image: Text in Handmade Paper
Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
July 8-12, 2013
Explore a variety of ways to incorporate text into your handmade paper, as opposed to printing directly on the surface. We will explore several pulp stenciling techniques including making photosilkscreens which, when used with finely beaten pulps, are capable of getting fine text and image. We will work with hand-drawn text, stencils, lead type and watermarking to create imagery and impressions directly in the wet pulp. Techniques of embedding, layering and embellishing will also covered. We’ll combine all of these to produce richly layered pieces where word becomes image.
July 8-12, 2013
Explore a variety of ways to incorporate text into your handmade paper, as opposed to printing directly on the surface. We will explore several pulp stenciling techniques including making photosilkscreens which, when used with finely beaten pulps, are capable of getting fine text and image. We will work with hand-drawn text, stencils, lead type and watermarking to create imagery and impressions directly in the wet pulp. Techniques of embedding, layering and embellishing will also covered. We’ll combine all of these to produce richly layered pieces where word becomes image.
Letterpress: Tactile Writing - Letterpress, printing, & Exchange
Naropa University Summer Writing Program, Boulder, CO
July 15-21, 2013
Experiment with writing from the constraints posed by setting metal type in the composing stick and on the press. Look to the map, the timeline, and other diagrams to control or stretch your writing through spatial systems. Look to posters of Mai 68 and of Spring 2012 to consider the way the visual components of the letterform reinforce meaning. Examine the potential of the print shop and the hand-printed to promote community exchange
July 15-21, 2013
Experiment with writing from the constraints posed by setting metal type in the composing stick and on the press. Look to the map, the timeline, and other diagrams to control or stretch your writing through spatial systems. Look to posters of Mai 68 and of Spring 2012 to consider the way the visual components of the letterform reinforce meaning. Examine the potential of the print shop and the hand-printed to promote community exchange
