Paper Weaving Workshop with Helen Hiebert

Paper Weaving with Helen Hiebert
GBW weekend workshop, co-hosting with Book Arts League

 

Date: Saturday and Sunday, March 7 & 8, 2015 
          10am - 4pm

Workshop fee: $120 members w/ early registration (by January 31, 2015)

                          $140 non-members and late registration (12 person limit)

Materials fee:   $20

Location: Ewing Farmhouse, 1915 N 95th St., Lafayette CO 80026

Description: 

Weaving paper is much faster than weaving cloth, and with so many decorative papers out there, it is both fun and easy to come up with a multitude of paper combinations. We will experiment with paper crumpling, varying the warp and weft lines and cutting tiny windows to expose the paper which lies beneath. Come explore book structures, lantern forms featuring “woven” hinges, and works that can hang on the wall or in a window as we bring paper weaving into new dimensions.

Day-by-day outline of workshop/intensive:

Day 1: Participants will begin with a basic paper weaving and will then create a woven paper wall/window hanging and/or a lantern structure featuring an adaptation of the piano hinge.

Day 2: Participants will create one or two mini folding screens that feature woven paper, cut-outs and a second woven hinge.

Describe what participants will achieve:

Each participant will create three or four works/samples featuring variations on paper weavings and woven paper hinges.

Please include a brief biographical statement of instructor:

Helen Hiebert is the author of five how-to books about paper: Playing With Pop-Ups, Playing With Paper, Papermaking with Plants, The Papermaker's Companion, and Paper Illuminated. Helen has appeared on Sesame Street, has produced of two films, and writes a weekly blog about all things paper. She teaches, lectures and exhibits her work internationally, often involving the community in her installation projects such as her Mother Tree Project. Helen is the vice president of the International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists and a regular contributor to Hand Papermaking Newsletter. She lives and works near Vail, Colorado.

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GBW or BAL members have priority registration through January 31, 2015; after that, registration is open to all.  Please send a $60 non-refundable deposit check (payable to Guild of BookWorkers) to: Sammy Lee, 4049 S. Niagara Way, Denver, CO 80237.  

Please contact Sammy (sammy@studiosmlk.com) for your questions on this workshop.