Paper Making 2: Paper Sculpture Techniques with Katy DeMent

Paper Making 2: Paper Sculpture Techniques with Katy DeMent

5-part series

Date: Tuesday Afternoons: November 4, 11, 18, Dec 2, 9

Time: 1PM-4PM

Description: Now that you know how to make a flat sheet of paper, let’s see how we might bend the rules to create small-scale handmade paper sculptures.

Explore various techniques for creating 3-dimensional forms with paper pulp, including relief sculptures with press moulds, utilizing found forms as moulds, creating hollow forms, laminating layers of paper to create forms , and armatures.

Explore appropriate adhesives for “what to what”, use high shrinkage fibers like over beaten flax and abaca to create dry drum tight and translucent forms!

We will cover a history of small sculptures called "maquettes” and discuss intended functional handmade paper objects and how you might scale up, or scale down, for holiday gifts.

Materials: All materials will be provided (includes flax and albaca pulps, materials for armatures, and other essential materials for the realization of the sculptures. )

Tuition: $245 + $40 Materials fee

Location: Contemporary Craft, Timmons Studios (5688 Butler St., Pittsburgh, PA 15201). Note, this workshop will take place in the Paper Studio, which is on the first floor of the building.

There are 2 entrances to the Timmons Studios.

• One entrance is facing Butler Street. To access the Paper Studio from the Butler Street facing entrance, there are a total of 8 stairs to ascend.

• One entrance is facing 57th Street. This entrance is accessible by ramp, with no stairs to ascend. The Paper Studio is located down the hall from this entrance.

If there are accessibility accommodations we can provide, or if there is anything that would be helpful for us to know before you arrive, please leave a message for Jamie Boyle at 412-465-1639 or by email jboyle@contemporarycraft.org.

Cancellations and Refunds: Workshop cancellations are decided three business days before the start date. If workshops must be cancelled due to insufficient enrollment, the entire class fee will be refunded by check, to your credit card, or Contemporary Craft account for future workshops.

Refund Policy: Student refund requests must be made at least three business days before a class begins. There will be a $25 cancellation fee. No refunds will be given without three-business days notice. Processing of refunds takes approximately three weeks.

About the Artist

" For my entire life I have been a working artist, organic gardener, and beekeeper. I create handmade paper as a means to an end. Paper art works take the form of: art lighting, shadow box, stationary, books and sculptures all crafted from sustainably collected plants, recycled and invasive fibers.

Each piece is a vignette that holds a visual narrative. Through layers of vintage ephemera, photos and bits of cloth, tales are told. When etched images are included the dialogue begins. Toys, natural and found objects punctuate the story. No material is arbitrary; I am influenced by overlooked materials found in my community, my own back yard. Rusty old tools are mashed together with deconstructed plants; this is where I find humor, combining these unlikely fellows. Often my works invite the viewer to playfully interact with the art work through light and kinetic elements that bring the imagery to life." - Katy DeMent