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Pride Paper Workshop

  • University of Illinois 2116 Griffith Drive Champaign, IL, 61820 United States (map)

In this workshop, we will learn the western papermaking technique by pulling and pressing sheets of vibrant colored pulps that you might incorporate into future art projects, poetry, and collage. We will have materials ready and you are encouraged to BYOP: papers, journal pages, photos, and old documents to turn into pulp. The process of breaking down old notes and letters and transforming them into something new can be magical. Because the fibers have the potential to hold so much history, the medium works on its own to tell stories, disrupt or establish an archive, and ask questions about origin. This practice is integral to queer experiences of being and forever becoming. You'll find that paper is also very forgiving, loose, and fun!

Earlier Event: June 10
Introduction to Papermaking
Later Event: September 30
1/ Welcome to Papermaking