Papermaking Play

with Rowan Leek

Saturday, June 15, 2024, 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

Tuition: $125 per family

This workshop includes lunch at 1:00 p.m.

Join us for papermaking fun for the whole family. Learn to make your very own gorgeous paper, using different types of fiber, and leave with multiple sheets that can be air dried at home. We will explore various materials for papermaking including recycled paper, cotton, rag, and natural fibers. Family members will also paint together with brightly colored pulps to collaboratively form expressive and lively sheets of paper. After your paper is dry you can use it to craft, draw on it, or simply admire it as an artwork in its own right.

Rowan Leek is a multimedia artist who works in textiles and papermaking. He grew up in Memphis, TN and graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 2020 with a BFA in Sculpture + Expanded Media. His work has been exhibited at the Artists Archive of CWRU, Bostwick Design Art initiative, Zygote, Women's Studio Workshop, and The Future.

Rowan Leek, Moon Lit Feild, 2022, Handmade Paper- sisal, cattail, hemp, abaca milkweed seeds, dried grass, crickets, grasshoppers, beetles, spider left overs, 30 x 40 inches. Images courtesy of the artist.