Book Early For Courses From Joanne B Kaar

3rd January 2008

Paper Scissors Stone
Paper arts workshops with Joanne B Kaar

Silk Paper Making - 20th April 2008
Pulp Paper Making - 27th April 2008
Arty Book Binding - 4th May 2008
Chinese Seal Stone - 11th May 2008

All workshops will be in the recently refurbished Castlehill Heritage Centre next to Castletown Harbour & Dunnet Beach, Castletown, Caithness. All will run from 10am - 4pm.

They are limited to 12 participants each day. All materials are provided as part of the workshop fees. Please bring your own pack lunch. There are facilities for making hot drinks.
Booking essential

Sunday 20th April 08 - Silkpaper making
Make your own silkpaper using hand-dyed silk fibre in brilliant colours. Add threads, ribbons and feathers for that exotic touch. I will demonstrate how to dye silk fibre using direct dye. Your silkpapers will take 24 hours to dry at home. These papers can be used for book covers/collage/hand and machine stitching when dry. There will be plenty of time to experiment with your ideas throughout the day. Invented in the 1970's by Dutch fibre artist, silkpaper making is not a traditional method of papermaking it's much easier!! £35pp

Sunday 27th April 08 - Pulp Papermaking
Make your own decorative handmade paper using bamboo and linen half-stuff. Learn the decorative techniques of rain paper, watercuts, cloud paper and landscape paper using A7, A6 and A5 size mould and deckles. You will take home with a variety of papers to use for special greetings card, bind into books or combine with stitch for collage. There will be plenty of time to experiment with your ideas throughout the day. I will demonstration how to dye bamboo half-stuff using direct dye. Papers will take 24 hours to dry. £35pp


Sunday 4th May 08 - Arty Bookbinding
During this workshop you will learn 4 different styles of bookbinding: Stab-stitching, Single section binding, multi-section binding and origami style books.

Unlike most books you can buy, yours will include many types of papers, perfect for those who like to sketch but don't want to carry an armful of different sketchbooks!

I'll have a selection of good quality machine made papers for the pages (eg watercolour, cartridge, pastel), and a variety of decorative papers and book-cloth for covers of your books. For the binding we'll be using waxed linen thread for the multi-section books with opportunity to be more individual choosing from paper string and ribbons to bind the stab-stitch and single-section books. £35pp

Sunday 11th May 08 - Chinese stone carving
You will be able to carve you own 'seal' (personal stamp) from stone using a traditional wooden vice and chisel from Taiwan, then print your designs with brilliant red cinnabar ink on traditional paper. So you can continue to enjoy your 'seal' stone carving, you will each receive a small container of the cinnabar ink to take away!

Paper has many purposes in Taiwan, some are practical (recycled paper boxes), others are religious (ghost money). All have a simple beauty. You'll learn much more about these. Make your own grass-hoppers, and listen to Taiwan Music to get you in the mood…. £35pp
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Silkpaper making 20th April
Pulp Papermaking 27th May
Arty Bookbinding 4th May
Chinese seal stone 11th May

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Send your completed booking form and a 50% deposit cheque made payable to Joanne B Kaar, to secure a place on the workshops of your choice. Balance will be payable on the day of the workshop. Your deposit will be returned to you in full up to 14 days before the course starts should you wish to cancel. After this date the deposit is non-refundable. Joanne reserves the right to cancel the workshops, in this event, all deposits will be refunded in full.

Joanne's contact details:

Joanne B Kaar, Paperworks, Seafield, Westside, Dunnet, By Thurso, Caithness, Kw14 8YD.
Tel: 01847 851 449
info[AT]joannebkaar.com
www.joannebkaar.com