Make Your Own Decorative Paste Paper
Nancy Schrock, Rebecca Caswell
Thu Jan 20, 10am-12:00pm, 14-0513
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 12-Jan-2011
Limited to 14 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: manual dexterity or equivalent
Register at URL below.
Learn the centuries-old technique of making decorative papers with paste, paint, and paper in the MIT Libraries' Wunsch Conservation Laboratory. Paste papers are made by covering a dampened sheet of paper with a mixture of paste and colored pigment and then working the surface with a variety of tools to create patterns. Originally used by bookbinders for covering material and endpapers, paste papers today are used for notecards, collage, scrapbooking, giftwrapping, and other paper arts.
Participants will learn about the history of paste paper, see a demonstration and examples, and have an opportunity to try their hand at the craft. Each participant will make 2 or more sheets of paste paper, which will be dried overnight in the Lab and then mailed. All materials will be provided.
Directions to the Wunsch Conservation Lab: http://libraries.mit.edu/preservation/aboutus.html
No walk-ins allowed. Please contact us if you find you cannot attend, as there is likely to be a waiting list.
To view examples of paste paper, search for “paste paper” in Google Images.
Web: http://info-libraries.mit.edu/events/
Contact: Nick Szydlowski (register at link above), 14-0513, 253-5282, nick_s@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
Latest update: 16-Dec-2010
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