Come join Cristina in her studio for this workshop – Paste Papers. Experience a full day of creativity while learning this popular art technique. Introduced in the Middle Ages in Northern Europe, Paste Paper is a decorative paper technique that produces highly textured surface design. In our contemporary context, we can jump past it’s initial uses in bookbinding to more varied ideas like stationary, gift wrap, packaging, home decor, as well as unlimited fine art areas like collage, assemblage, and mixed media. Perfectly suited to a one-day workshop, this fast-paced, hands-on art experience will be fun, messy, and you’ll leave with a mountain of beautiful papers.
Read the rest of this post...Paper Marbling – The Eliot School – Fall 2017 Winter 2018
Paper Marbling workshops at the Eliot School of Fine and Applied Arts in Jamaica Plain, Boston with Cristina Hajosy. Create beautiful swirls and mottling colors on paper with marbling. Learn “ebru”, the Turkish-style of marbling, on water thickened with carrageenan (Irish moss). Experiment with a range of materials, colors and papers to create lovely, unique designs.
Read the rest of this post...Artist’s Books Intensive – MassArt Continuing Ed – August 2017
This 2-day intensive will introduce more than a dozen different binds from historical to modern, from streamlined to sculptural. We’ll explore the connections between content and structure, outside vs. inside, and layers of meaning for interesting, engaging visual books. Additional book projects will include: Flag books, star books, lotus books, scrolls, and boxes.
Read the rest of this post...Paper Marbling Intensive – MassArt Continuing Ed – August 2017
Spend 2 days learning several types of paper marbling. Make a mountain of unique paper designs for use in mixed media projects, collage, bookbinding, greeting cards, calligraphy, or printmaking. Tuesday, Aug 8 and Thursday, Aug 10 at Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA with Cristina Hajosy of Hajosy Arts.
Read the rest of this post...Fabric Marbling Workshop – Saturday, July 22 at Hajosy Arts
The exploration continues! Fabric marbling is a glorious way to spend a day. Both a delight in the making, as well as the having. You’ll be amazed at the process and the products. Join Cristina in her home studio for a full day of Fabric Marbling on Saturday, July 22 from 10am to 4pm.
Read the rest of this post...Paper Marbling Workshop – Saturday, June 24 – Hajosy Arts studio
Spend the morning learning the process or jump right in, if you’re familiar with the materials. This workshop is structured to be an introduction for beginners or an open studio for intermediate or advanced students. Fostering an open, relaxed environment where all levels of artists can learn and share ideas, producing beautiful papers, and expanding your art practice; that’s what it’s all about.
Read the rest of this post...Teen Book Arts at New Art Center – Fall 2017
Get ready to challenge your definition of “Book”. Explore exciting ways artists self-publish with Artist’s Books. From photo albums, visual journals and accordions to altered books and zines, we’ll cover a wide range of bind techniques, box structures, and even image transfers. Design your own decorative papers with paste paper, block printing and Suminagashi (Japanese marbling).
Read the rest of this post...Books Inside Out – New Bookmaking Workshop – New Art Center Newton – Fall 2017
Create sculptural book and box designs that challenge the notion of “book”. Start with basic binding techniques and practice on small-scale example books before diving into larger personal projects. Stimulating assignments, book content ideas, image transfers, altered books, and even decorative paper techniques like paste paper and Suminagashi (Japanese marbling) will combine to create these mixed media books.
Read the rest of this post...New Fabric Marbling Workshop – Sunday, June 4
Each participant will have their own vat for printing in different sizes to fit the dimensions of the fabrics and products. Typical choices include: Fabric Yardage in cotton, silk, polyester and blends, Pre-sewn “Blanks” in silks and cotton to include pocketsquare, flour sack cloth, and long scarves, Ribbons in a variety of fabrics. Of course, you’ll have custom color mixing for plenty of choices. You’ll leave with a pile of fabric marbling, strategies for marbling on your own, and a cookie in your mouth.
Read the rest of this post...May Marbling Weekend – May 27 and or 28 – Hajosy Arts studio
We’ll focus on Turkish-style marbling. This method, “Ebru”, can produce lovely figurative designs of fish, flowers, birds. and abstract shapes or go with the traditional combed patterns. Your floating designs may be free-form, combed, or even blown.
Read the rest of this post...Paste Papers – Studio Workshop – Sat. May 20, 2017
Paste Paper, one of the earliest forms of decorative papers, Paste Paper is commonly used for bookbinding, as well as calligraphy, printmaking, collage, stamping, and origami. Paste Paper is created using acrylic paint or similar pigments mixed in a suspension of paste. After being applied to a dampened sheet of paper, the colored paste can be patterned by pulling various utensils across the paste.
Read the rest of this post...New Marbling Workshop at Fuller Craft Museum – May 6, 2017
Spend the morning learning the process or jump right in, if you’re familiar with the materials. This workshop is structured to be an introduction for beginners or an open studio for intermediate or advanced students. Fostering an open, relaxed environment where all levels of artists can learn and share ideas, producing beautiful papers, and expanding your art practice; that’s what it’s all about.
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