Papermaking + Lantern Workshop
Papermaking + Lantern Workshop
When: Sunday December 15
2-4pm
Where: Sacramento, CA (address provided upon registration)
Make your own handmade paper and then transform it into a lantern table lamp, just in time for winter.
In this 2-hour workshop, participants will use deckle boxes to create unique 9x11" sheets of handmade paper out of plant fibers and inclusions. Steph will demonstrate and guide participants through the papermaking process, including sheetforming, couching, pressing, and drying. Participants will each make approximately 3 sheets.
Local maker and collaborator Kevin Columna will discuss his lantern design which incorporates 3D printing and LED lighting. He will demonstrate how to assemble the lamp and solder wires together. Participants will leave the workshop with all of the parts necessary for the lamp base, including the design file for future reference. Please note: because sheets will not be dry by the end of the workshop, your sheets will be ready to be picked up the following day/week, or can be shipped to you for an additional fee. Once you receive your finished sheets, you can easily install one of them into the lantern base and illuminate your sheet immediately.
This workshop is suitable for adults and kids (at least 8 years old with an accompanying adult). Workshop is limited to 12 registered participants.
SLIDING SCALE PRICING (limited # of seats per pricing level):
$50 - reduced rate - please only select if you are unable to pay the standard rate
$70 - standard rate - please select this option if your financial capacity allows!
$90 - solidarity rate - please select this option if you are financially able and willing to contribute to my workshop solidarity fund, which allows me to offer sliding scale pricing and scholarships for multiply marginalized folks.
The workshop price includes all materials. Scholarships available; please email to inquire at steph.rue@gmail.com.
about the instructorS
Steph Rue (she/her) is an artist working primarily with handmade paper and books as her medium. She is a 2023 Living Cultures Grant Recipient through the Alliance for California Traditional Arts and a 2023 Individual Artist Fellow through the California Arts Council. She received her MFA degree from the University of Iowa Center for the Book and BA degree from Stanford University. Steph is a 2015-2016 recipient of a Fulbright Research Grant to South Korea, where she studied traditional Korean bookbinding, papermaking, and printing. Her artist books and paper works are held in a number of public and private collections, including Yale University, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Library, and the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. Steph is a co-founder of the Korean American Artist Collective and a member of the Book/Print Artist/Scholar of Color Collective. She is also a co-founder of Hanji Edition, a publisher of fine art and print works with/on hanji. Steph teaches workshops and classes on papermaking, bookmaking, and related arts, with an emphasis on East Asian techniques, and has taught at Mills College, Penland School of Craft, and the San Francisco Center for the Book. Steph lives, works, and teaches out of her home studio in Sacramento, CA.
Kevin Columna is a neurodivergent maker of all things and is obsessed with working with his hands. While he graduated from Cal State Sacramento with a bachelor's degree in physics, Kevin has always been captivated by the art of everyday materials. He has taken classes in silversmithing, glass lampworking, electronics, photography, and ceramics. Kevin has taught as a substitute teacher for the Elk Grove Unified School district, as well as led jewelry classes at The Studio 26 in Cameron Park. He is currently a health physicist for the state of California, and enjoys collecting musical instruments.