Making Paper

The workshop will cover the fundamentals of how to make paper at home. Participants will be introduced to processing pulp, sheet formation, pulp painting and drying methods. With a focus on pulp painting, the workshop will explore additive techniques through stenciling and free form painting.

Materials are included; participants are welcome to bring in additional paper materials for processing if they like. Please keep in mind that papermaking is a wet process--dress appropriately with shoes/clothes that can get wet.

Ruby Jackson (b. 1993) lives and works in the Hudson Valley. She received her MFA from Rutgers University in 2020 and her BA from Bard College in 2015. Recent exhibitions include Picker at Chatham Soccer (New York), Kelly at Iowa (New York) and Thankful Ball at the Mount Lebanon Shaker Museum (New York). She has been the recipient of the Berkshire Taconic Martha Boschen Porter grant, the Mid Atlantic Artist Fellowship and the MASS MoCA Assets for Artists Grant. Jackson is also the Founder of Sideways Studio, a roving, experimental children’s art education program.