Western Papermaking and Pulp Painting

Western Papermaking & Pulp Painting workshop:
In this workshop students will learn every step of the papermaking process as well as painting with many thin layers of finely beaten cotton pulp. Students will pigment fiber and form sheets of abaca as the canvas for pulp paintings. With the sheet still in the mould and deckle, students with paint an stencil using colored cotton mixed with formation aid, overlapping an mixing pigmented fiber to create atmospheric, watercolor-like papers as well as graphic artworks. No prior experience required.

About the instructor:
Anna Tararova was born in Russia. She received an MFA in Printmaking from Ohio University. Anna is a printmaker, book artist, and papermaker. She completed artist residencies at Paper Circle, the Center for Book and Paper Arts at Columbia College Chicago and The Morgan Conservatory, and exhibits her work internationally. Anna has worked as the Art-In-Ed Resident at Women’s Studio Workshop and has taught papermaking, printmaking, and photography classes for children and adults.