28. Introduction to Handmade Paper
$90.00
March 4th, 2023
Saturday 10:00AM-4:00PM (5 hours, with 1 hour lunch)
Materials fee: $20 included in registration fee
Class size: 8
Class minimum: 4
Registration closes: February 24th
No experience necessary
8 spots taken, 0 spots remaining.
6 on the waitlist.
This course is full.
Course description:
Find out how to make paper from scratch, learn how to obtain colors from organic material and how to extract, press and pull a beautiful sheet of paper out of a tub of mush. Explore a variety of easily accessible natural fibers from recyclable waste paper, plants, flowers, adding texture and the possibilities of sculptural uses. Students will assemble their own paper mould.
Location: Multipurpose Studio
The Centre for Craft’s Multipurpose Studio is located in the same building as the Mary E. Black Gallery at 1061 Marginal Road, Suite #140, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Additional location Description: We are located in the Halifax Seaport between Pier 21 and the NEW Farmer’s Market. There is a train car in front of our main entrance.
Weather-Related Closure Policy:
For weather-related closures, students will be notified of updates via email 3 hours in advance of the class start time.
If it is less than 3 hours before a class is scheduled to start, the students will be notified by email and over the phone.
Cancellation Policy:
Please review the above information and contact us as soon as possible if it is necessary to cancel or make changes.
- Cancellations with 7 or more business days notice can receive a full refund.
- Cancellations with 4-6 business days notice will only be issued a 75% refund.
- Cancellations with 1-3 business days before the first day of class will result in a 50% refund.
- No shows and cancellations less than 1 business day before will result in charges of the FULL class fee and are NOT eligible for any refund.
For a list of all our policies, please visit: https://craftcourses.ca/protocols-policies/
Instructor:
Ken Flett
I am a Nova Scotia based visual artist and l have generally worked with black and white photographs incorporating them with various objects.
In the last few years l have mainly concentrated on mixed media without the black and white photos using stitching, embroidery, mosaic, and other hand done work that requires time and patience.
I work with themes of love and memory, hope and loss. I am interested in making the invisible visible, not just as art, but by giving importance to stories that would otherwise be lost and forgotten.
I also have worked with cloth dolls for many years, incorporating them into stop motion and other photographic work. I have taught many workshops and summer schools on pinhole cameras, stop motion, doll making, mixed media, and assemblage. I enjoy teaching.
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Ken Flett can best be described as a bricoleur. A “bricoleur” is a kind of handyman who enjoys adroitly drawing upon all sorts of everyday things – whatever is at hand – to attend to those things that make the good life.
