Learn how to make your own paper from harvest to production with guest instructor & fiber ethnobotanist James Ojascastro collaboratively hosted by Trees Atlanta and Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking.
Join Trees Atlanta’s Forest Restoration Coordinator Sav Tello and fiber ethnobotanist and Field Botany Program Manager James Ojascastro for a forest restoration program!
Join us for a special lecture and papermaking workshop with guest historian Dr. Joran Proot! Dr. Proot is a distinguished historian of early modern books from the Cultura Fonds and the University of Antwerp. During the lecture, Dr. Proot will discuss the materials and workflow of paper making as it was carried out in Europe during the early modern period. After the lecture participants will learn to make paper, using the classic Western or European style technique.
Learn how to build a little world! Tunnel books are created from a series of cut-paper panels that create depth in a small, detailed scene. In this class, we will learn how to prepare and assemble materials to make a tunnel book, as well as some of the history behind this fascinating structure. Participants will construct a book starting with an image from historic Atlanta, and leave ready to make their own creations. All skill levels welcome and all materials provided.
Get ready for a hands-on engineering adventure! In this interactive workshop, you will build your very own Ramblin’ Wreck cardboard model using a custom kit packed with laser-cut pieces. Along the way, you’ll master 4–5 creative cardboard joining techniques engineers use for structural strength.
Sara Garden Armstrong, an internationally renowned artist whose exhibiting career and studio work with handmade paper processes spans over 50 years, leads this one-day program. The workshop begins with a brief introduction to Armstrong’s work, with hands-on examples. Then participants will focus on learning, observing, and making unique paper objects to explore the processes of pigment staining, pulp-pouring, pulp painting, and collage techniques on pre-formed sheets of paper.
Explore the properties of abaca, a beautiful translucent paper fiber with a high a high shrinkage rate, while making small sculptural objects. Participants will pull sheets of abaca paper and then experiment with placing wire or string between the layers, so that as the paper dries it will be transformed into unique sculptural forms. All supplies provided and all levels of experience welcome.
Create two illuminated paper structures in this day-long experience with internationally renowned artist Helen Hiebert. We’ll begin with the Party Light, a simplified version of the collapsible chochin lanterns originally hung outside of shops in Japan. Collage paper onto a simple reed armature and add a hanging mechanism so that your lantern can be hung, carried, or placed on a surface. We’ll also create a lightweight Inflatable Ball, and we’ll explore ways to shape the panels to create a variety of lantern forms.
The Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking is excited to welcome internationally renowned paper artist Radha Pandey for a one-day experience. In this workshop, participants will learn how to extract dyes using natural materials for application on paper. Processes such as brush-dyeing, estimating the amount of dyestuff needed for projects, and use of the best types of mordants and their results will be taught. Discussion and demonstration about what types of handmade papers work best and why will be part of the experience as well.
We are excited to have guest Artist Kelly Taylor Mitchel back for a papermaking workshop at the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking. In this two-hour workshop, participants will be introduced to blow out and deckle box papermaking techniques using flax and other fibers. This workshop is ideal for those with sheet formation experience, but beginners are welcome. Blow out and deckle box techniques bring collage methods to the vat and spark layering and material play.