Want to learn how to cast solid forms out of paper? Then join us for this workshop where participants will have the opportunity to explore the unique nature of paper as a casting medium. Students will learn how to capture texture and dimension with paper pulp from provided molds. All materials provided and all skill levels welcome.
Join the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking and guest artist Bryan Baker at the Georgia Tech Science and Engineering Day and learn to make your own print on a mobile printing press. Explore the intersection of art and technology through printmaking.
The petal-fold book technique combines book binding with origami to create a book that blooms, or unfolds, as it opens. The book has decorative, paper-wrapped tag board covers, 8 origami-folded pages with a ribbon binding and closure. Join us to learn this beautiful book-binding technique. All skill levels welcome and materials provided.
This workshop is for Georgia Tech Students, Staff, and Faculty. Located in the Price Gilbert Library in the AirSpace room 2222.
We are excited to have Barbara “Scout ”Ery, the Executive Director of Paper Circle coming from Ohio to lead a backyard fibers paper making workshop with us. Participants will learn about processing foraged fibers: from collection, to cooking, and beating of the fibers. Participants will have the opportunity to make sheets of their own paper from yucca and abaca fibers. Join us for this workshop and learn to make paper from plants that grow in your own yard!
North American Hand Papermakers’ 2023 Juried Triennial has come to the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking. Juried by Helen Hiebert and Eileen Wallace, the exhibition features 29 artists who answered the call to use the medium of paper to transform the chaos of life today into a vision of endless possibilities. Please join us to celebrate with some of the exhibiting artists and exhibit committee this beautiful and inspiring exhibition. Free and open to the public.
Join in the Chinese tradition of making paper lanterns used to celebrate the final day of the Lunar New Year. Learn to make your own lantern and decorate your space with it. All skill levels welcome and materials provided.
This workshop is for Georgia Tech Students, Staff, and Faculty. Located in the Price Gilbert Library in the AirSpace room 2222.
Discover how to create your own delicate designs using two simple materials: paper and a blade! First, wander through the Geormetric Aljamia exhibit to gain inspiration from a series of cut paper pieces based on sacred geometry: patterns whose mathematical foundations are universal and have variants across many cultures. Then, develop motifs to tessellate or tile, and, cut out your design. Pre-designed templates will also be available. All skill levels welcome and all materials provided.
Quilling is a historic paper craft in which strips of paper are twirled, spun, and combined to create beautiful, dimensional works. Wander through the Geormetric Aljamia exhibition and gain inspiration from artwork based on Islamic, Mediterranean and North African geometric patterns. Participants will have the option to design their own quilling template or use one that is provided. All skill levels welcome and all materials provided.
Love jewelry and paper? Join us for a bead making workshop and learn to transform a readily available material – paper into delicate art you can wear! Participants will learn basic jewelry techniques to create one-of-a kind bracelets, necklaces, and more using their creations. All skill levels welcome. This workshop is for Georgia Tech Students, Staff, and Faculty. Located in the Price Gilbert Library in the AirSpace room 2222.
Join us for the reception for our exhibit Geometric Aljamia: A Cultural Transliteration. The exhibit is a cross-cultural collaboration that addresses how connections between the Middle East and the West during the Golden Age of Islamic Civilization continue to be relevant and vibrant in the twenty-first century.