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Instructor: Cristina Hajosy

Join book artist Cristina Hajosy for an online exploration of Paste Paper Surface Designs. Paste Paper is one of the earliest forms of surface decoration. In the contemporary context, mixed media artists are finding new uses beyond traditional book arts. This is a fun, fast-paced decorative art with its true nature seated within the realm of printmaking. As with monoprints, each Paste Paper is unique.

We’ll apply colors mixed with a thick paste using a variety of tools. Custom color choices, tool-making tips, and a wide variety of papers and substrates will be covered. We’ll collage while paste papering using paste as glue, we'll create 2-sided paste papers, and we'll "overpaste" shifting the context of a variety of printed media.

Materials

• Paper - 80# drawing paper, Strathmore, Mohawk Superfine, Canson Mi-Teintes, Rives, brown craft paper, maps, old posters, heavier watercolor papers, Arches text weight...experiment!

• Acrylic paint

• Cornstarch

• Paint containers and foam brushes

• Shower curtain liners, vinyl tablecloths, or disposable painting drop cloths: one to protect the work surface. More to create drying stations for finished prints.

• buckets/bowls of clean water with sponges: one to stay clean for dampening the paper. One for clean-up.

• Texturing tools ideas - Bone folder, brush handles, string, wooden skewer, tooth picks, cardboard with notches, fingers, lace, fabrics, crumpled plastic or paper, bubble wrap, hair combs or picks, sponges, cookie cutters, rubber stamps, fork, trowels with ridges on the sides intended for making designs in wall plaster, q-tips...endless ideas!

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