BLOW OUT WORKSHOP IN PAPER

With Patti Shanks. October 21 & 22, 2023. 10:30 am - 2:30pm, $150. In this workshop, you’ll learn the technique in papermaking called Blow Out, a technique that uses overbeaten pulp and a special hose nozzle to create shaped areas of pulp that are then couched onto a wet base sheet of paper. These will then be pressed to form a single piece. Price includes paper pulp. Some stencils will be available to experiment  with, but instructor will  send a supply list with information on what  kind of stencil paper to buy and bring.

One way to use this method involves placing low relief 3-D objects onto a sheet of wet pulp (while on mould) and blowing out the shapes then couching onto a base sheet. Another technique involves stencils. Hand cut or machine cut stencils can be placed on top of a wet piece of paper then blown out so that…