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Workshops & Courses

PAPERMAKING WORKSHOP: FORMING TECHNIQUES USING FOUND MATERIALS AND RECYCLED PULP

In this work­shop we will be work­ing with found plant mate­r­i­al and recy­cled pulp to mould around nat­ur­al and man­made items to make vessels.

In collaboration with Exeter Phoenix, we are holding Paper and Print workshops with Janine Ziolkowski in the Top Studio.
There will be the opportunity to incorporate additional materials such as threads, pressed petals, leaves and seeds to personalise your vessel. All materials are provided.
Papermaking can get messy so wear something suitable or bring along an apron.

Further dates are also available:
Sat 25 May: 10.30am – 1pm
Mon 03 Jun: 2pm – 4.30pm


COURSE TUTOR: JANINE ZIOLKOWSKI
I am excited to share my passion of paper making. I first attended a paper making course at The Glasgow School of Art during a school holiday and with the benefit of quite sophisticated equipment produced a wad of papers from recycled paper and plants. I then found a self-taught paper maker in Herefordshire, Maureen Richardson and spent a wonderful week camping in a field and cycling back and forth to her house.

I use natural dyes to colour my paper and my favourites are red onion skin and avocado pips and skins. Recently I have been working with pigments mixing ground charcoal and rust from old nails into my pulp. I embed pressed flowers, silk threads, wools and other natural fibres into my paper. I celebrate nature and to make something beautiful with little environmental impact is important to me. As a teacher at heart, I hope to introduce others to explore and share what I have learnt.

Part of our Paper and Print Heritage Project, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Project. Thanks to National Lottery Players for all their support.