Teaching Approach
My approach to support effective teaching is to create an environment that encourages cooperative learning in a relaxed atmosphere. Allowing everyone the opportunity participate in all aspects of the processes, encourage group discussions, and lots of experimentation. I teach the students traditional papermaking skills and then I encourage them to push the fibres to their limits – experimenting with all of the different techniques which invariably lead to serendipitous results.
My workshops are suitable for artists, designers, crafters, print makers and those who want to learn a new skill or looking for inspiration. I welcome enquiries about organising workshops, courses and one-to-one lessons from schools, community centres and artists.
Learn to make handmade paper
Traditional Style Japanese Papermaking
Bespoke workshops in your home, workshop or studio
Water Lilies
Course fee: on request
Dates: please enquire about my availability
Materials and most equipment included
Hand Papermaking Workshops – Western Style
Bespoke Western Papermaking in your home, workshop or studio
Handmade paper with pigmented cotton fibres and recycled papers
This four hour workshop for 1 – 3 students will introduce Western style hand papermaking enabling you to set up in your own studio.
Learn pigmentation, the use of inclusions and many other different decorative methods to create papers that can be used in a bookmaking project, a collage piece or for a printing. A new medium/process that can be part of your experimental arts tool kit!
Course fee: on request
Dates: please enquire about my availability
Materials and most equipment included
Hand Papermaking: Plant Papers Workshop
Paper made using garden plant fibres
All those plants out there in your garden or along the hedgerows will take on a new meaning….what kind of paper will they make?
Learn how to make Western style paper by adding the processed plants fibres to create decorative papers.
Course fee: on request
Dates: please enquire about my availability
Materials and most equipment included
Paste Paper for Book Arts
Learn to make Paste Paper traditionally used for end papers and book covers. Papermaking Workshop in west London for visual books and book art projects.
During the second session you will make a variety of paper engineered sculptural books using the paste papers by cutting, folding and revealing the designs and serendipitous images created in the first session.
Course fee: on request
Dates: please enquire about my availability
Materials and most equipment included
Cut – Fold – Tuck
Using found papers learn different techniques to make artists’ books
Then learn how to make your own rubber stamps and experiment with different mediums to add images to your books.
Course fee: on request
Dates: please enquire about my availability
Materials and most equipment included
Location of the above workshops:contact at mandybrannan@yahoo.com
Bespoke Papermaking Classes and Workshops
More advanced level, experimental bespoke and Japanese style papermaking workshops can be arranged for groups or individuals.
New Workshops for 2023
Papermaking for Book Artists
The aim of this workshop is to learn how to make paper that can be used to develop ideas for the creation of a visual language within the book arts’ format by developing book construction pertaining to each individual students’ research and practice.
This workshop is aimed at book artists, designers, graphic artists, letterpress and printmakers, fine artists and crafters.
For updates on the dates of upcoming workshops please visit my Facebook page Mandy Brannan Papermaker and Book Artist
Papermaking for Artists and Designers
The characteristic weight, colour and texture of paper is an important element in many artists and designers work. Handmade paper, as a medium, has become popular in current arts practice because of its tremendous versatility.
This 5 day course will introduce you to historical and contemporary hand paper making. You will learn both western and eastern techniques using kozo, sisal, cotton fibres. You will also learn how to process these fibres and use special pigments, learn how to recycle papers, use a variety of inclusions using both of these methods.
You will be encouraged to experiment – no plain white sheets allowed!!!!