Paper Making: a way into sustainable craft
Workshop with In The Making
Saturday 8 February 2025, 2pm - 4.30pm
£35
Venue: MAKE Southwest
Suitable for: Adults
Level: All Abilities
Join MAKING IT 2025 exhibitors, Tressa Thomas and Maia Walton (collaboratively, In The Making) to learn how to make unique paper from your very own paper waste materials.
Feel like you want to do more to make your creative practice eco-friendly? Interested in the Green Makers Initiative? Keen to have a go at paper-making? Whether you're a complete beginner or an experienced artist, this workshop is for anyone curious about sustainable making processes.
This workshop will teach participants a zero-waste, low-tech process for making paper. We will process old paper waste to make new, textured, and unique sheets of paper. This event is ideal for practicing artists, hobbyists, and community members with an interest in expanding their craft knowledge.
Participants will be asked to bring in their own paper waste for reprocessing!
Please wear clothing suitable for messy work and potentially sitting on the floor (optional).
Paper made during the workshop can be left to dry and collected from MSW (if participants live within the locality), for those participants who live further away we can post you outcomes to you once they have dried.
This workshop is open to all abilities and no previous experience of paper making is necessary.
All workshop participants must be aged 18 years +
On the Day
All tools and materials will be provided.
Tea, coffee and biscuits are included and will be available on the day. Our Café is also open should you wish to purchase other refreshments during the workshop - all participants receive a 10% discount voucher for food and drink purchased on the day.
On arrival, please make your way to the side gate of the Riverside Mill, through the courtyard and up the stone stairs on the side of the building. Please let us know if you require the lift.
Please be aware that you cannot use the Co-op car park for all day parking. The Methodist Church car park and Station Road car park usually have plenty of spaces. Click here for more information on our location and car parking for the day.
View MAKE Southwest's Cancellation Policy, HERE.