Members of the non-profit Tu Casa Gráfica will host a March 15 paper making workshop in San Ygnacio at the studio of renowned artist and printmaker Dr. Eric Avery.
According to Avery, paper is not made from wood. It is made from cellulose. “All plant matter has cellulose. Its purest forms are cotton, linen, and flax,” he said.
He explains his papermaking process, which he has refined over decades, at docart.com, detailing that he makes paper pulp for block printing using 90% cotton linters (the small byproduct fibers left after ginning cotton) and 10% high strength Abaca paper fibers.
The workshop is open to 10 participants. For further information, write to tucasagrafca25@gmail.com.
Upcoming Tu Casa Gráfica events include a July 18 ”Introduction to Plexi-Etching” and a September 7 workshop on “Erasers as Prints.”
