Western Papermaking Sertoma (click here to register)
Western Papermaking Annual Weekend Workshop 2 sessions
July 27, 10:30-4:00pm
July 28, 12:00p.m. – 4:30p.m.
Ages16-99
$106.00
Sertoma Arts center
City of Raleigh Arts
Learn to make handmade paper from start to finish in this weekend workshop. During this workshop you will be introduced to the basics of Western hand papermaking and its history. We will look at different types of fiber, discuss their physical properties, how to process them, and the type of paper they produce. Through hands-on demonstrations you will learn to prepare the studio, consistent sheet formation, and will make paper from cotton and hemp fibers. This program is low noise. Students that need less stimulation may work with instructor for achievable comfort. Touch is a large part of this craft and engages with many different textures and wet and dry environments. Waterproof apron and shoes suggested. No experience required. $15 supply fee due to instructor at the start of class.Once you take this class you will have the access to register for open studios in my home studio on a monthly basis where we will explore papermaking and more!
Bookmaking- Chapbook w/ custom Clamshell Box Pullen Arts Center
07/15/2024 -07/29/2024 Monday Evenings 3 sessions
6-8:15pm
Pullen Arts Center
Raleigh, NC
This evening course will teach you the basics of bookbinding and box making, culminating in the creation of a unique chapbook with a custom clamshell box enclosure. Book board, fine text and marbled papers, headbands, spine reinforcement, book cloth, and Sarah Ann's handmade papers will be used to create a beautiful and functional blank chapbook, perfect for writing or sketching. Once your book is complete, you will learn how to protect it with a protective and decorative clamshell box, a bindery staple for fine binding and book conservation. Overall dimensions when completed are 6 1/2" x 5" x 1". Students pay $40 supply fee for specialty papers, book board, PVA and more to the instructor at the beginning of class.Plants to Paper Weekend Workshop- Eastern Papermaking Sertoma Arts Center (August
Papermaking - Eastern Papermaking
August 24th Saturday 10:30am-4:30pm
& August 25th Sunday 12-4pm
Learn to make beautiful handmade sheets of paper in this hands on workshop. The workshop will begin with a demonstration and hands-on processing, cooking, scraping, and beating of bast fibers (e.g. kozo) into both washi paper using Eastern, specifically Japanese, sheet forming methods and thick alternative papers. Embracing the communal aspect of papermaking, we will concoct and experiment with pulp mixtures combining techniques of both the eastern and western worlds of sheet forming by exploring alternative techniques and materials to use with bast fibers. Bring your lunch and sign up with a friend or a loved one to explore this historical craft of making paper fibers from the plants all around us. $15 supply fee due to the instructor at the start of class. All Levels of Experience Welcome. 2 sessions.
Sertoma Arts Center
1400 W Millbrook Rd
Raleigh, NC, 27612
(919)996-2329Cyanotype photography Sertoma Arts Center
Photography - The Art of Capturing Shadows: Cyanotype Printing
July 20th
9:30-12:30
Sertoma Arts Center
16-99
$76.00/$90.00
Enjoy making cyanotype photography from plants in this rewarding, educational, and playful workshop. Sarah Ann has been offering workshops and university courses in cyanotype printing for over 9 years. This one-day class on creating cyanotype photography with plants and light offers a fun, easy, and rewarding experience in printmaking using the cyanotype technique as well as an introduction to getting the supplies on your own. You’ll make your own cyanotypes and go home with your very own, usually frame-worthy, cyanotype art! The cyanotype process, also known as the blueprint process because of its deep blue color, was first introduced in the early 1800s. For artists and scientists, this cyanotype workshop is rewarding. Experimentation is encouraged, no mistakes are possible in cyanotype art! No experience required. $5 supply fee due to the instructor at the start of class will cover the cost of cyanotype chemicals. All other supplies included.ARTSPACE: Paper Pulp Grades 6-8 morning session
PAPERMAKING : Paper Pulp at ARTSPACE Summer Camp
Registration begins Feb 7th
June 10-14, 2024
Grades 6-8
Morning Class, 9am-12pm
$150 members / $175 non-members
Raleigh, NC.Young artists will learn how to make pulp for handmade paper to be used in many different artworks. Each student will participate in every stage of the papermaking process as we discuss variations on studio set ups, preparing pulp, mixing additives, sheet forming, pulp painting, pressing, and drying. We will create a hardbound book with the handmade paper we create.
https://artspacenc.org/summer-art-camps/
Scholarship application Link will be available when registration begins.
Sweet Peas Cyanotype Class in Garner
Join us on May 4th at Sweet Pea Urban Garden in Garner, NC.
12-3pm
For a fantastic afternoon of Cyanotype Printmaking with flowers and plant life from the farm.Brushmaking at Pullen Arts Raleigh
Mixed Media - Artist Brushmaking: From Tool to Treasure
Meeting Details
02/05/2024 -02/12/2024
Time: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Days: Mon
Pullen Arts Center
105 Pullen Rd
Raleigh, NC, 27607
(919)996-6126
Pullen AR Creative StudioExplore the idea that a tool can be a piece of functional artwork. Learn to make a variety of brushes and how to harvest and source materials. You’ll create brush heads from hair, fur, and natural fiber. For brush handles you’ll use bamboo, wood, and even learn the possibilities of how clay can be incorporated to make handles and ferrule. This workshop includes discussions, slide presentations, and collaborations. The brushes can be used in various media with the possibility of mark making unique to each brush. You can use them in alternative process photography, ceramic mark making, lithography, watercolor, and much more. A materials fee of $55 per student is payable to the instructor at the start of the workshop to cover the natural hair and locally sourced materials for making the brushes. 2 sessions.
A materials fee of $55 per student is payable to the instructor at the start of the workshop to cover the natural hair and locally sourced materials for making the brushes.Papermaking Pigment and Play ART FOR ALL at BaySix
Papermaking - Pigments and Play
Experience the Craft of Love at our Annual Valentine's Papermaking Event on Feb 3rd!! I'm excited to invite you to join me for my Valentine's Papermaking Class at BaySix (Space for Good) on February 3rd from 10:30am to 3:00pm, with a lunch break in between. In this class, each student will have the opportunity to create their own unique valentine shape and make personalized, fun, and colorfully playful sheets of professional quality handmade papers. We'll dabble into some tricks of the trade, and learn a few pulp painting techniques alongside pigmenting pulp to make just the color you desire. I can't wait to see the creativity and joy that will come out of this class, and I hope you will be a part of it! $65 - (includes a $10 donation to Art For All - NC)All Ages
BaySix Raleigh, NC. (Boylan Heights community)
Supplies included. 1 session.
Course Fee: $65
Feb 3, 2024 Sa 10:30am-3:00pm with a lunch break over to Boulted Bread
Broom Making Craft Experience Raleigh BAY SIX ART FOR ALL
Join Sarah Ann Austin of Legacy Prints and Paper for a hands-on workshop on the traditional craft of broom making.
In collaboration with Art for All NC Nonprofit, and with special thanks to Bay Six for providing the venue:
Learn to create two beautiful and functional Appalachian brooms: the turkey wing whisk broom and the tiny loop broom. The turkey wing broom is a stunning example of Appalachian folk art. Its unique shape and intricate construction make it a conversation piece as well as a useful tool. The tiny loop broom is a smaller, more delicate broom that is perfect for dusting delicate items or sweeping up small messes. Both brooms are made with natural broomcorn, a type of sorghum grass that is known for its durability and flexibility. Learn the traditional techniques for binding and shaping the broomcorn to create a sturdy and attractive broom.
This workshop is suitable for all skill levels. You will leave with a deep appreciation for the traditional craft of broom making and two beautiful and functional brooms to enjoy for years to come.
Learn more about |www.artforall_nc.org|Art for All NC here|.
Brushmaking at Baltimore Clayworks April 2024
Be sure to check back for the link to my next brushmaking in Baltimore April 12&13th, 2024, Save the date.
The Peanut Factory Valentine’s Papermaking Edenton NC
A little know-how can turn the ordinary into something magical…
In collaboration with The Peanut Factory NC Nonprofit:
Every year an enormous amount of clothes and other fiber products are thrown away and never used again. What if you could turn that trash into something reusable and uniquely beautiful? Sarah Ann Austin is a materials artist expert and she is going to show you how to turn ordinary fibers into fully recycled, handmade valentines.
Discover this fun and useful process in the perfect setting at The Peanut Factory: All materials will be provided, but bring along any 100% cotton or linen fabrics you have that you would like to up-cycle into something new and beautiful! Sarah will walk you through the entire handmade process and you’ll get to leave with your very own recycled materials in some adorable valentines shapes.
This event is $35, but if you can afford to tip the Artist it would be greatly appreciated. Come support something wonderful!
The Magic of Cyanotype (2 spots)
Photography - The Art of Capturing Shadows: Cyanotype Printing
04/06/2024
10:00 am - 2:30 pm
Sertoma Arts Center
16-99
$75.00/$90.00I invite you to a unique opportunity to learn the magic of painting with light! In this workshop, you will use a historical photographic process called cyanotype to create one-of-a-kind prints. You will learn how to create a composition with found plants, expose the prints, wash them, and display them. These beautiful prints will be perfect for framing or giving as gifts. All supplies included.
Painting with Light at ARTSPACE grades 3-5 Morning session
Painting with Light at ARTSPACE SUMMER CAMPS
Register Feb 7th,
grades 3-5
July 29- Aug 2, 2024
Afternoon Class, 9-12am
$150 members / $175 non-membersMake your own mark! Using only the unique chemistry (handled by instructor in demonstration) and the sun, young artists will capture works of art from nature and objects they adore. This historical photographic process dates back to the 1800s and creates one of a kind photograms. Much like the very first phonebook published by artist Anna Atkins, we will make a small accordion book of our images for keeping in the library. The class will end with a small presentation of their works on the last day.
https://artspacenc.org/summer-art-camps/March 2024 Artist Brush Making:From Tool to Treasure NCSTATE CRAFTS CENTER (register here)
NCSTATE CRAFTS CENTER
Public full-add yourself to the waitlist for another class to open NC state student spots still open!Explore the idea that a tool can be a piece of functional artwork. Learn to make a variety of brushes and how to harvest and source materials. You’ll create brush heads from hair, fur, and natural fiber. For brush handles you’ll use bamboo, wood, and even learn the possibilities of how clay can be incorporated to make handles and ferrule. This workshop includes discussions, slide presentations, and collaborations. The brushes can be used in various media with the possibility of mark making unique to each brush. You can use them in alternative process photography, ceramic mark making, lithography, watercolor, and much more.
A materials fee of $65 per student is payable to the instructor at the start of the workshop.
Saturday, March 2: 10:30am - 4:00pm
& Sunday, March 3: 12:30 - 4:00pm
Skill Level: Open to all
COST: $55/students $70/public
Prerequisites: NonePhotography for Beginners Sertoma Arts Center
July 16th, 23rd, 30th 5-6:30pm. Tuesday Evenings
Sertoma Arts Center Raleigh, NC.
Photography for Beginners Series: Aperture, Shutter Speed, and ISO. What are all these numbers anyway? In this course you will learn how to adjust camera settings appropriate to your way of making and light source. Learning the use and harmony of these camera's settings is key to making impeccable images with any camera technology. No experience required; student must bring camera with manual functions. Digital and Film Cameras are welcomed. 3 sessions.