On Saturday, November 16, 2024, learn how to make your own paper using a deckle box – one of the oldest methods of papermaking – in this one-day, five-hour workshop at Paperhouse Studio, located in Toronto at Artscape Youngplace. This is a beginner-level class and all materials will be included. Limited to six spots.
About deckle box papermaking
One of the oldest forms of papermaking, deckle boxing is a technique now primarily used in Nepal, India and Tibet. Paper pulp (torn up bits of paper soaked in water and mixed in a blender to create a wet, gelatinous goop) is poured into a high-walled mould with a screen attached (deckle box), then placed into a shallow container of water, allowing the pulp to be suspended so that more pulp can be added and mixed in. Using this technique creates paper with “deckled edges”, which are slightly irregular and wavy – the hallmark of handmade paper.
This technique offers lots of opportunities for experimentation, including the use of multiple pulp colours and fibres, and even the addition of found materials. The final result is a one-of-a-kind sheet of paper, a work of art on its own, that can be used for book covers, cards or as art paper for drawing.
About Paperhouse Studio
Paperhouse Studio is an experimental arts studio and collective rooted in paper as the medium. They offer educational programs, artist projects, and community-based youth initiatives from their studio in Toronto’s West Queen West neighbourhood.
About the artist-instructor, Raoul Olou
Raoul Olou is a Toronto-based multidisciplinary artist whose work references personal experiences, race, ontology, intuition and shared anthropology inspired by quantum physics and speculative fiction. A formally trained filmmaker and self-taught painter, he’s exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Mark Christopher Gallery, Patel Brown and the Run Gallery; and he’s been invited for artist residencies at the Museum of Contemporary Art x Akin Collective, Drake Devonshire and Annandale Artist Residency. Grants and awards include the Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council and Toronto Art Council, as well as the Mayor’s Award and the Honourable Painting Award at the Toronto Outdoor Art Fair (2019, 2022). He’s worked on several commissioned large-scale murals around the Greater Toronto Area; and on private commissions for the Drake Hotel, the Gladstone, Ode Toronto and the Sheraton Hotel.
(Photo credits: Paperhouse Studio.)
Event details
Hosted by: Paperhouse Studio
Type of event: in-person papermaking class
Instructor: Raoul Olou
Date: Saturday, November 16, 2024
Start time: 11:00 AM ET
Duration: 5 hours (non-recurring event)
Number of sessions: 1
Cost: C$215.77
Location: Paperhouse Studio, Artscape Youngplace, 180 Shaw Street, Unit #102, Toronto, ON, M6J 2W5
Booking link: Book your spot here.
Contact Details: Paperhouse Studio, Artscape Youngplace, 180 Shaw Street, Unit #102, Toronto, ON, M6J 2W5, Canada; 416-546-7589, info@paperhousestudio.com, paperhousestudio.com
Accessibility: Read Artscape Youngplace’s accessibility info here.
COVID-19 policy: Read Paperhouse Studio’s COVID-19 policy here.
Class policies: Read their class policies, including payment and refund info.