PAPERMAKING

Catalog description

(Slashed with ARTS 44046 ) This course introduces students to both traditional and experimental uses of handmade paper. This course combines presentations, demonstrations, group brainstorming sessions, field trips and critiques to apply towards papermaking projects. An artist research presentation and final presentation are required to encourage students to engage in outside resources and self reflect on semester-long growth. Papermaking techniques include but are not limited to: European sheet formation, pulp pigmenting, pulp painting, stenciling, embedding, paper casting and sheet wrapping. Paper fibers incorporated in this course include but are not limited to: abaca, cotton, flax and mulberry. Both two-dimensional and three-dimensional approaches to papermaking are explored. Exploration and experimentation are encouraged with equal demands on craft.