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Greetings, <br><br>
I am teaching a beginning papermaking class for Caer Darth's June A&S
meeting from 1pm to 5pm this Sunday, at Rose & Santiago's house
(directions posted on Caer Darth website), and I have been asked to post
the details . ...So here they are.<br><br>
This will be a mostly hands-on presentation, with explanation and
demonstration of basic techniques and related topics, such as:<br>
<ul>
<li>Paper vs. Papyrus - Brief historical overview and tools &
techniques used around the world
<li>Making stationery that is ink & printer friendly
<li>Making art stock & other decorative papers
<li>Shaped deckles (customized sheet shapes)
<li>Cotton & abaca paper
<li>Kozo ("rice" paper)
<li>Choosing and preparing indigenous fibers (iris, artichoke, etc.)
<li>Pigments
<li>Inclusions
<li>"String theory" application technique
<li>Hand casting and hand-placed pulp, including cut-outs
<li>Embossing
<li>Watermarks
<li>Rain paper
<li>Multiple-pull sheets & element bonding
<li>Pulp additives (color retention aid, formation aid, acid protection,
surface sealants)
</ul> <br>
<b>Tools to Bring: </b> If you have any of the following, it would be
<u>very</u> helpful for you to bring them to the class. (Please
Note: This list supercedes the one posted to the Caer Darth
website.)<br>
<ul>
<li>TABLES: Hip- or waist-high sturdy ones<i> </i>that won't be
damaged by water. Ideally, we should have one per participant, but
if there aren't enough you'll have to share - so please bring as many as
you can.
<li>DRYING SURFACES: Portable, non-porous, and stiff - on which to
place your wet sheets of paper. They can be sheets of smooth
plastic, plexiglas, sheet copper, sheet aluminum, silk screens, cookie
sheets, or whatever. Anything other than wood that won't rust or bleed
color, that will fit in your car (horizontally) for the drive home will
be fine.
<li><u>CELLULOSE</u> SPONGE: A very large rectangular one. It
must be cellulose, not poly or natural, and should have already been
thoroughly rinsed clean of any sizing or soap that may be in it.
<li>HEAVY WEIGHT PELLON: One disposable yard of the heaviest-weight
you can find. Either regular or iron-on is okay. Note:
Any creases in the pellon will be faithfully reproduced in your paper's
surface.
<li>TOWELS: Having at least one clean bath towel will make life
easier when couching and moving water around on your workspace.
<li>BUCKETS: We'll be working out in the yard with lots and lots of
water, so to minimize the muddiness factor it would help for each
participant to have a 3 gallon or 5 gallon bucket in which to drop
squeezings and run-off water, for disposal elsewhere.
</ul> <br>
<b>What to Wear/Bring:</b> Anyone participating will get WET.
Papermaking is a very wet process. Participants should expect to
get drenched from the waist down with clear water and bits of paper
pulp. So wear something that won't mind lots of water and has
either short sleeves or no sleeves at all. Participants opting to work
with pigments may end up with temporarily interestingly colored hands
and/or clothing. I suggest each person bring a towel, a
change of shoes, and if you don't feel like drip-drying a change of
clothes might be a good idea, as well. We'll be working outside,
presumably in the sun, so sun block and/or a sun hat is a good
idea. Ornate belt buckles and jewelry worn on the hands or lower
arms are contraindicated.<br><br>
<b>Donations</b> of $7.00 per participant (or whatever you can afford)
are requested to help offset the cost of supplies. We'll be
providing pulling tubs, mold & deckle sets, white and colored cotton
& abaca paper pulp, aqueous dispersed pigments, inclusions, no-see-um
mosquito netting, window screening, masking tape, tinfoil, retention aid,
formation aid, and a hairdryer - as well as a very LIMITED SUPPLY of work
tables, and pre-cut pellon.<br><br>
<b>RSVP</b> by email by noon of Friday June 18th with the number of
expected participants and list of tools you definitely can or cannot
bring with you to the class, so that I can go shopping for the right
amount and type of supplies needed.<br><br>
Hope to see you there!<br>
-Cassandra Rossignol
(<a href="mailto:cheekymonkey@monkeymanor.net">cheekymonkey@monkeymanor.net</a>)<br><br>
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