Education

Here you will find Workshops, Demos, Classes, Pop-ups, on-line classes, and more.

Please take time to review the Workshop Policies. These include the important COVID policy, which may be updated as new information is available.   ​For questions about Workshops, Demos, etc. please contact the Education Committee.

For more information:

For additional information or to share ideas about demos or video links, contact:
education@paperworks.info

To teach a class:

To connect with the Education Group about teaching a class or doing a demonstration for PaperWorks, please contact Mara Krumins

Future Events: (Please click class for more details)

Featured
Collage Master Class with David Adix
Jan 2
Collage Master Class with David Adix

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Dates: January 2-4, 2025
Location: Tucson Pastel Society, 2447 N. Los Altos Ave.

Description:
In this three-day Collage Master Class, immerse yourself in the world of collage using both traditional and non-traditional materials. We will explore a wide range of papers, including handcrafted, vintage, and unconventional sources like junk mail, found paper, cardboard, and old coffee table books rich with imagery. (read more after click)

Workshop - Etched for Success: Metal Meets the Secret Belgian Binding
Feb 6
Workshop - Etched for Success: Metal Meets the Secret Belgian Binding

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Instructor: erin harris
Website:elmharris.com
Instagram:@elmharris

Description:
In this hands-on workshop, explore the art of copper etching to create a unique, personalized book cover. Learn the Secret Belgian Binding technique to fill your book with pages, blending creative design with bookbinding craftsmanship.

Beyond Blue: Introducing More Color into Cyanotypes with Vicki Donkersley
Feb 28
Beyond Blue: Introducing More Color into Cyanotypes with Vicki Donkersley

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Register December 6, 2024

Description:
Elevate your cyanotype practice with this hands-on workshop! Explore basic exposures, wet cyanotypes, double exposures, and vibrant color techniques like dyeing, bleaching, and toning. Create unique, one-of-a-kind prints using provided papers and fabrics, and leave with new skills and inspiration to continue at home.

Shadow and Light: An Expansive Approach to the Traditional Craft of Japanese Momigami with Crystal Marie
Mar 4
Shadow and Light: An Expansive Approach to the Traditional Craft of Japanese Momigami with Crystal Marie

REGISTRATION OPENS: Shadow and Light: An Expansive Approach to the Traditional Craft of Japanese Momigami with Crystal Marie

Past Events:

Featured
Gale Sherman Zentangle: Embedded Letters Class
Nov 21
Gale Sherman Zentangle: Embedded Letters Class

Early Egyptian writing and the manuscripts produced in Europe, the Byzantine world, and the Muslim world from the 5th  to the 17th  centuries are the origin of Zentangle's “embedded letters.” The Zentangle technique for embedded letters can be used on letterheads, notecards, gift cards, book covers, and framed pieces of art. Using the provided stylized alphabet (or one of your choosing), we’ll embellish the letters/words, add tangles, and aura, aura, aura. You can work in black and white or use colored pens, inks, and pencils as seen in the photos.

Class Date & Hours: Thursday, November 21 - 9:30 am – 12:00 pm

Location: Zoom

Class fee: Members: $38.00 Non-Paperworks members: $78.00

Sign-up Date: Thursday, October 3, 2024. Registration goes live at midnight on October 2, 2024.

Paper Quilled Bowl with Erin Newman
Nov 7
Paper Quilled Bowl with Erin Newman

This Paper Quilled Bowl Class with Erin Newman will be in two parts. In the first class, Erin will supply quilling paper, tools, glue bottles, and instructions for making the tight coils. Erin will also have some creative ideas to add whimsy to your design. Students will make some coils in class; however, the majority of the coil production will be done ON YOUR OWN at home before the second class.

The second class is longer, allowing extra time for the final steps. For the second class, students will need to have ALL COILS READY TO BE GLUED ONTO THE BOWL FORM. Once coils are glued onto the bowl, it is finished with PVA coating. *NOTE: THIS IS A 2-DAY CLASS, please make sure you can attend both.

Class Dates and Hours, 2 sessions:

Thursday, November 7, 1-3 pm

Location: St. Francis Church. You may want to bring a bag lunch as class will start promptly at 1 pm after the general meeting.

AND

Tuesday, November 12, 10-1 pm

Location: Tucson Pastel Society Art Center, 2447 N. Los Altos. The building is one block east of 1st and 1/2 block north of Grant.

Class Fee: $90.00 for members, $130.00 for non-members

Registration: Starting September 5, 2024, closes November 1, 2024 (max 16)

Decorative Pop-up Cards with Rosemary Rae
Oct 19
Decorative Pop-up Cards with Rosemary Rae

Pop-up cards are fun and addictive to make and even better to share! This class is perfect for making fun holiday cards! We’ll explore a very simple way to create basic pop-up structures that you can embellish with your own images and create your own magical wonderlands!

Class Date & Hours: Saturday, October 19 - 10:00 am – 12:30 pm

Location: Zoom - The class will be recorded and will be available for 1 year.

Class fee: Members: $35.00 Non-Paperworks members: $75.00

Sign-up Date: September 6, 2024, to go live at 8:00 am

Eco-Printed Journal with Kathy Johnson
Sep 17
Eco-Printed Journal with Kathy Johnson

In this 4-day Zoom workshop, you will learn the basics of eco-printing on various papers and raw silk, discover the best leaves and flowers for eco-printing, and understand how mordants enhance and change print colors. You will prepare flat layered and rolled bundles, create botanical rust prints by introducing iron, and make plant portraits for tags or journal pages. You'll receive guidance on ‘cooking’ your bundles, assembling printed pages into a gate fold journal, and collecting and storing plant material. The workshop includes a class kit with all necessary materials, access to a private Facebook group and Zoom recordings for one year, and detailed weekly instructions for registered students.

Class Date and Hours: Sept 17 & 24, Oct 1 & 8 10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Location: Zoom

Class Fee: Members $245.00 Non-Members: $285.00

Registration closes on August 26

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Unlocking the Secrets of Paper with David Adix
Sep 5
Unlocking the Secrets of Paper with David Adix

We will construct with hand crafted paper as well as vintage paper, scrap book inserts, vintage envelopes and letters, old documents and non-traditional papers typically not considered for this magical art form. Several projects will use found paper also known as “road-kill”. We will approach collage from a formalist perspective: looking at composition in regards to space, shape, line, color and pattern. At the end of each project we look at our collages as a group and consider the work as a unit, critique individual work, shedding light on what makes a good composition, learning to construct intuitively.

Class Date & Hours: Thursday, September 5, 1:00-4:00, following September meeting

Location: Saint Francis in the Foothills

Registration: May 20, 2024 (FULL WAITLIST ONLY)

Class Fee: Members - $100 Non-Members:$140

Big and Little: Mastering the Art of Working Large in Collage with Crystal Marie
Jul 15
Big and Little: Mastering the Art of Working Large in Collage with Crystal Marie

Big and Little: Mastering the Art of Working Large in Collage is designed to help stretch participants out of their comfort zone, into the realm of creating large works suitable for any show or gallery, with the confidence that comes from understanding how to scale up without losing the integrity of the design.

Class Date: It is a self-paced, pre-recorded class. Access to the Video will begin on July 15, 2024.

Location: Access through Instructor’s Vimeo account with password. Live Zoom meet-up after the class, PaperWorks will host this meeting

Registration: April 23, 2024

Registration closes: July 1, 2024 REGISTRATION CLOSED

Class Fee: Members - $100 Non-Members: $140

Mini Zhen Xian Bao Book and Booklet  with Rosemary Rae
Jun 15
Mini Zhen Xian Bao Book and Booklet  with Rosemary Rae

Mini Zhen Xian Bao Book and Booklet with Rosemary Rae

Create a small, hard cover version of a Zhen Xian Bao or Chinese thread book. Our version is small for easy assembly, and once completed you can carry with you to store little, wonderful things! Our book has a two pockets and two boxes and you will also construct a tiny book to place in one of the beautiful boxes; perfect for a little note or secret poem.

Fees: Members : $35; Non-Paperworks members : $75