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I’m Catherine Nash and I’m excited to share with you an artistic media that I am extremely passionate about. Handmade Paper!! It is easier than one may think to have fun with papermaking in your studio, classroom, or even in your kitchen!

Having made handmade paper since 1982, I have traveled to Japan twice and many times throughout Europe to research the techniques and craft of papermaking. I have taught papermaking and paper art in universities and professional studios across the United States and abroad and I have made this series of videos to bring to you one-on-one workshops that you can view over and over in your own home and studio.

Artists, craftspeople, home schoolers, bookmakers or just those of you wanting to make unique stationary we have a video workshop for you! The Papermaking Workshop Volume I and The Papermaking Workshop Volume II are designed to give you a solid start and then take you through many fun techniques and on to more advanced papermaking.

If you are a teacher there are a wealth of ways this fine craft and art form can enhance and dovetail into your lessons in science, language arts, cultural history, mathematics... A valuable lesson in recycling can easily be taught by using junk mail and other used papers to create new handmade paper. I teach sheetforming and paper and book arts at schools all over the state as an artist-in-residence with the AZ Commission on the Arts. I have had the unique experience of collaborating with hundreds of teachers in a variety of school settings. I know for a fact that papermaking is not only doable in your classroom but I have two special videos for teachers to show you just how to do it! Classroom Papermaking Volume I and Classroom Papermaking Volume II.

These videos cover a very wide array of papermaking methods, techniques, project ideas, equipment and the money saving tips alone will pay for the cost of the videos many times over. Have fun!

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The Papermaking Workshop Volume I
The Papermaking Workshop Volume II
Classroom Papermaking Volume I
Classroom Papermaking Volume II
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The Papermaking Workshop:
Handmade Paper from Plants and Recycled Fibers, Volume I
This video is ideal for artists and craftspeople who would like to learn how to make beautiful sheets of handmade paper perfect for painting, drawing, bookmaking and a wide array of paper arts. Using plants from garden and nature or recycled papers, this comprehensive tutorial encompasses beginning through more advanced techniques of both Western and adapted Japanese sheet forming. A unique section on the processing of plants into pulps through cooking, blenderizing and hand pounding, as well as an introduction to the Hollander beater, offers clear instruction regarding the sciences of papermaking. More creative manipulations such as inclusions, laminations, embedding and other exciting color projects will inspire and excite!

Grade Level: Appropriate for individual artists and adult students
Running time: 90 min. VHS or DVD © 2004
Order Product # PW1-VHS or #PW1-DVD

Retail Price: $39.95
Buy Papermaking Workshop I & II together for a special set price of $58! (DVD only)

 

The Papermaking Workshop — Volume II Advanced Sheetforming, Pulp Painting Casting, Watermarks & more
Cover Art
Pulp Painting using colored pulp.	Embossed paper.

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The Papermaking Workshop Volume II:
Intermediate to more advanced Western and Japanese sheetforming techniques, creative and efficient studio practices including coloring pulps with pigments, natural and cold water dyes; contemporary watermarks; building a dry box; an intro to using screw, hydraulic and lever presses; embossing raised relief textural surfaces; creating a plaster mold and casting; pulp painting with stencils and squeeze bottles with other exciting, decorative color techniques...and more!

Grade Level: Appropriate for individual artists and adult students
Running time: 60 min. DVD © 2007
Order Product #PW2-DVD

Retail Price: $39.95
Buy Papermaking Workshop I & II together for a special set price of $58! (DVD only)

ORDER NOW/Contact Info  |  Workshop I & II  |  Classroom I

Classroom Papermaking — Volume I Handmade Papers from Recycled and Plant Fibres, Vol. I
Cover Art	Catherine Nash holding handmade papers made from plant fibers Vol. I

Classroom Papermaking:
Handmade Papers from Recycled and Plant Fibres, Vol. I
This stimulating video thoroughly and clearly explains not only the crafting of beautiful handmade papers using recycled scrap papers but also how to make paper from common garden plants or plants gathered in the wild. Lamination, embedding, stencils, embossing, and some exciting color techniques are introduced. Artist/educator Catherine Nash shares her tried and true methods for sheet forming, setting up classrooms for smooth management, finding affordable equipment and supplies and technical tips to guarantee a successful experience for teachers, students and artists alike. Learning Objectives, Suggested Activities and Vocabulary included in teacher's guide.

Grade Level: Kindergarten through High School,
also appropriate for individual artists and adult students
Running time: 60 min. VHS © 2003
Order Product #CP1-VHS or #CP1-DVD

Retail Price: $39.95
Buy Classroom Papermaking I & II together for a special set price of $58!

Price includes a FREE Teachers Guide Sheet with helpful Learning Objectives, Suggested Activities and Papermaking Vocabulary!

ORDER NOW/Contact Info  |  Workshop I & II  |  Classroom II 

Classroom Papermaking — Volume II Advanced Techniques and Special Projects
Cover Art
Demo of Pulp Painting with finished examples Vol. II	Finished examples of textural, relief and cast techniques Vol. I & Vol. I

Classroom Papermaking:
Advanced Techniques and Special Projects, Volume II
In Volume II, artist/educator Catherine Nash explores more advanced techniques in papermaking from the chemistry of coloring pulp to the arts of pulp painting, low relief and sculptural casting, simple bookmaking and other exciting projects, which can be designed to dovetail into curriculum in the literary arts, the sciences, cultural studies and history. Teacher's guide included.

Grade Level: Kindergarten through High School,
also appropriate for individual artists and adult students
Running time: 60 min. VHS © 2003
Order Product #CP2-VHS or #CP2-DVD

Retail Price: $39.95
Buy Classroom Papermaking I & II together for a special set price of $58!

Price includes a FREE Teachers Guide Sheet with helpful Learning Objectives, Suggested Activities and Papermaking Vocabulary!

ORDER NOW/Contact Info  |  Workshop I & II  |  Classroom I & II 

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