PAPERMAKING One-Day Workshop with John Dancy-Jones

Learn how to make paper at home in one 2-hour session! Following a brief history of hand-laid papermaking and its techniques, you will make a dozen sheets or more. Limited to 4 attendees per session.Notes: This workshop will be held in the artist's studio in Woodfin, very accessible to Merrimon Ave. Address provided after registering. Finished paper may take up to one week to dry, depending on weather and humidity levels, and you will be notified when it's ready. At the end of the workshop, you may opt in to have your paper mailed to you OR picked up at Mars Landing. The Paper Plant makes utilitarian printmaking paper for small press publishing. The paper is half cotton, half high-quality scrap. Natural fibers such as yucca, flax, and okra are pounded and used as strengthening additives. We ferment and grind recycled fabrics and also use decorative inclusions such as dried flower petals, threads, and metal confetti. John Dancy-Jones, instructor, has been making paper since 1977. He publishes chapbooks, broadsides, and bookmark quotes as The Paper Plant, which operated as a bookstore, gallery, and book arts center in downtown Raleigh, NC from 1982-1990.