Join us on Sunday, May 19 at Colvin House for a Pulp Painting Workshop with pulp painting expert Don Widmer!

About the workshop

Have you been wanting to jump in on the papermaking craze? Join us for a Pulp Painting workshop, which combines technical papermaking techniques with your own creative imagery. Participants will learn the basics of making handmade paper and then create imagery within the sheet using colored pulp. Instructor Don Widmer will teach several techniques of applying pulp to a wet sheet, including stenciling bird imagery (one of his specialties). Participants will leave with 2-3 pulp paintings to take home. No experience neccessary.

About the Instructor

Don Widmer is a book and paper artist whose work incorporates papermaking and artist bookbinding. His papermaking utilizes detailed pulp painting with numerous layers of stenciled pulp. His artist books pair storytelling with the architectural form of the book. His tunnel book Fanny and the Doll Corpse, inspired by criminal forensics pioneer Frances Glessner Lee, was included in the Newberry Library's 2023 exhibit "Pop-Up Books Through the Ages." Images of his work will also be included in the upcoming publication The Art of Pulp Painting by Lynn Sures and Michelle Samour. Don has exhibited throughout the Midwest, most recently at David Smith Studio, A+C Architects Studio, the Paper Discovery Center, Tall Grass Art Gallery, and Morgan Conservatory. His work is represented in university, museum and library collections. Widmer received his MFA in Interdisciplinary Book and Paper Arts from Columbia College Chicago.

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