Paper Sculpture: Multiples, Mobiles, and Art

Print & Book Arts

Paper Sculpture: Multiples, Mobiles, and Art

Transform papers with paint and texture and explore basic book structures to create a sculptural series.

 

Tuition Assistance and Other Policies

Meeting Times
  1. Wed, 10/2/2024 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
  2. Thur, 10/3/2024 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Wed, 10/2/2024 - Thur, 10/3/2024

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Type:
Class, No Prerequisite, Intensive Workshop

Location:
Small Classroom

Interests:
Book Arts, Paper Crafting, Mixed-Media

About

Explore design, tools, and techniques as you explore the world of paper creations!

Day 1: You'll be provided with examples and techniques to explore color, pattern, and texture using paint and other media. We'll test out different tools and methods for construction and mark making in order to transform plain papers into pieces of art. Your painted papers will be incorporated as you begin sewing constructions of multiples. Embellishment ensues! Feedback will be given.

Day 2: We'll look at examples of sculptures and books created using mixed media techniques. We'll have a paper potluck and trade session with our fellow workshop artists where you'll be encouraged to donate portions of your papers for group trade. Papers will be folded using such methods as free fold, pop-up, and accordion style, to create structures for your paper sculpture adventures. You'll then delve deeper into your series work with cutting, piercing, sewing, embossing, punching, and embellishing. Mobile and installment considerations will be discussed and demonstrated. It's a day for you to play, revise, edit!

Materials

A materials fee of $20, included in the cost of the class, covers everything you'll need.

Class Policies

Ages 14 and up are welcome.

BARN Policies

Instructors or Guides

Kathy Karbo

Kathy has worked as a community artist, instructor, and lifelong learner in basketry, mosaic, paper making, book arts, tinsmithing, printmaking, puppetry, and woodworking. Her most recent work has focused on paper sculpture, creating mobiles and art installations. She has led workshops at Hoffmann Gallery in Sitka, Alaska; Newport Paper & Book Arts Festival in Oregon; North Pole Studio in Portland, Ore.; Israel Crane Craft School; Portland Art Museum; and libraries and schools throughout the Northwest. She has presented arts integration seminars for teachers at Portland State and Lesley universities. She has exhibited at galleries, museums, festivals, and art centers in the USA, Canada, and Japan. She was educated at UC Los Angeles, Marylhurst University in Lake Oswego, John Campbell Folk School, Israel Crane Craft Program, and the Mendocino Arts Center.

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