PAPER MAKING with VICKI REYNOLDS

This workshop introduces participants to the basic principles of making paper, using tools that can be found in the home or easily obtained or made. We will make paper from recycled artist paper (cotton and archival). Various techniques and processes will be discussed and demonstrated, everyone will make multiple sheets of paper and take part each part of the process.

The paper made at the workshop will be able to be used for a variety of things, printmaking, stamping, writing, book making etc.

Topics covered

Tools and equipment

Preparation of the raw material,

How to pulp the paper in the Blender/Hollander,

How to form sheets using a mold and deckle

Methods of pressing and drying your paper.

And more

All materials supplied. Bring an apron and wear closed in shoes.

Vicki has been a papermaker for more than 20 years, she has had several residencies at Museo Della Carta, Fabriano, Italy’s iconic working paper museum, and participated in the International papermaking workshop at Awagami in Tokushima, Japan.

She has taught papermaking, printmaking, book binding, drawing and photography, most recently at Adelaide College of the Arts- Flinders University. She is a member of Portland Bay Press, her own studio is known as Vicarious Press.

Insta: vicariouspress

Please note: entry to the workshop is down the driveway to the left of the building.

Refund Policy​To assist in the management of this workshop a cancellation process is essential. Your cancellation must be emailed to:  info@swmakers.com.au Cancellations to up until 6 weeks before the workshop – refund 80% of workshop fee paid. Cancellations after that date 50% refund.Glyph Gallery & Creative Space reserves the right to cancel a workshop if the minimum class enrolment is not reached 2 weeks before the workshop is due to commence. If a workshop is cancelled, participants will be offered a full refund if preferred or a full refund