Paste Paper Surface Decoration 1W27
Age Group:
Adults
Join book artist Cristina Hajosy for an exploration of paste paper surface design. One of the earliest forms of surface decoration, paste paper has long been used in book arts and is now finding new applications among contemporary mixed-media artists. Fun and fast-paced, paste paper has much in common with printmaking: like monoprints, each sheet is unique.
With an open-studio feel, we’ll begin with an introduction to the history and process of paste paper before getting to work. The first two hours will focus on making paste papers, with plenty of time to play with color and texture while developing designs for later projects.
We’ll apply colors mixed with a thick paste using a variety of tools. Custom color choices, tool-making tips, and a wide variety of papers and substrates will be explored. We’ll collage while paste papering, using paste as glue; create two-sided paste papers; and “overpaste” a variety of printed media to shift their context and transform them into something new. Folding, weaving, collage, and small book-related ideas will also be explored to push your creations beyond decorative papers and into artworks.
Paste paper can be a little messy, so we recommend wearing an old shirt!
All materials are provided, along with technique handouts. There is a $30 materials fee payable directly to the instructor in class.
Open to everyone ages 18 and up, including artists, non-artists, and anyone curious to explore paste paper.
Please bring drinks, snacks, and lunch.
*There is no make-up day for this workshop.
I took this class to learn new techniques to design papers. This was a fast-paced, lively environment that I enjoyed! There was enough time to create and lots of materials supplied by the instructor. Cristina aksi provided terrific handouts as well. I left this workshop with a multitude of new beautiful papers and ideas!
Cristina Hajosy
Cristina Hajosy is a mixed media artist, art educator and designer based in Greater Boston. She is the owner of Hajosy Arts (hajosyarts.com), an art studio of photography, printmaking, book arts, and historical decorative arts, especially paper marbling and paste paper. She is the co-founder and past president of New England Book Artists (newenglandbookartists.org), a book arts organization that has quickly grown since 2019. Her work strives to foster understanding and personal growth through book arts via art education and the creation of beautifully challenging and personally satisfying art.
Cristina was born in Rome, Georgia to parents who were doctors. She grew up on a cattle farm with a large catfish fishery, family garden, pecan orchards, and horses alongside private school, art classes, music lessons, and country club activities. According to Cristina,
“My story is a modern-day Green Acres complete with Hungarian heritage and an amusing clash between high and low cultures. "
Her passion for Marbling began with paper, specifically to be used in the context of bookbinding. It swiftly moved to fabrics, textiles and wood. She finds marbled patterns can be conceptualized into mixed media contexts in unique ways. Often feminist, body-related, and occasionally narrative, her marbled artworks take this traditional craft into a contemporary, often turbulent place.
"Historical processes like marbling and the book arts were mainly shared within the master/apprentice relationship, a fairly secretive and male-dominated world. As a feminist, conceptual artist, it gives me great pleasure to lift the veil and fully share the knowledge.”
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Specialty:
Book & Paper Arts, Photography
Materials to bring to class:
Just a quick note, paste paper is a little messy. We suggest wearing an old shirt!
All materials are provided along with technique handouts.
$30 materials fee payable to instructor in class.
Please bring drinks, snacks and lunch.