Papermaking 1: Pulp to Paper

March 24 and 25, 2012 Saturday & Sunday: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (with a 1 hour lunch break)

Instructor: Frank Brannon $241  (includes a $25 materials fee to cover materials and equipment maintenance.)

Weekend papermaking classes for the novice and those with some previous experience. You’ll learn techniques for forming sheets of handmade paper using pulp prepared in our Reina beater. The distinctive quality of handmade paper inspires many uses. We’ll look at examples of how handmade papers are used
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Paper like leather, bark like thread: Korean paper techniques

April 14–15, 2012 Sat and Sun, 10am – 4pm

Instructor: Aimee Lee Cost: $295 – includes $35 materials fee (6 students min / 10 max)

Description: Korean papermaking has a history almost as long as papermaking itself. Korean paper, known as hanji, is made from the inner bark of the mulberry tree, renowned for its long and strong fibers. This makes hanji ideal for an array of applications suitable for book and fiber arts. Students will add water to hanji to learn a felting and
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Papermaking – Intensive

May 21, 22 and 24, 25 and 26, 2012 (5 days) Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri and Sat 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (with a 1 hour lunch break)

Instructor: Frank Brannon $581 (includes a $50 materials fee to cover materials and equipment maintenance.)

Description: If you are interested in working independently in the BookWorks paper studio, and would like to prepare via a one-week intensive, this is the class for you.

In the first two days, you’ll learn techniques for forming sheets of  handmade paper using pulp
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Papermaking ll

August 10-12, 2012 Friday, Saturday & Sunday: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (1 hour lunch break)

Instructor: Frank Brannon $341-  includes a $20 studio fee (Prerequisite:  Papermaking 1 or equivalent experience)

Description: The focus of the three-day course is in

the use of the Hollander paper beater as well as improving your sheet formation. Using various fibers participants will become comfortable with the use of beater with a special emphasis on safety. The goal is to provide you with the experience to
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Papermaking I

November 10 & 11, 2012 Saturday & Sunday: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (with a 1 hour lunch break)

Instructor: Frank Brannon $241  (includes a $25 materials fee to cover materials and equipment maintenance.)

Description: Weekend papermaking classes for the novice and those with some previous experience. You’ll learn techniques for forming sheets of handmade paper using pulp prepared in our Reina beater. The distinctive quality of handmade paper inspires many uses. We’ll look at examples of
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