Paper Making Basics

In Papermaking Basics, participants will be using recycled paper and organic elements to pull their own unique sheets of paper, adding paint, natural pigments, plants, and various other applications as part of the process (all provided). We will learn about papermaking, its historical context, and how it relates to the materials we are using in our creative process. Participants are guaranteed to create and leave with many sheets of paper, as many as we have time to make in two hours. Collaborative processes will be taught and encouraged, including the poured pulp method, collaging personal materials, and an introduction to Pulp Sculpting, which will be offered as a different workshop.

Class fee is $35
maximum of 10 students
minimum of 8
Any skill level

Meet your instructor- Makenzie Davis

Makenzie Davis is based in the Front Range, living and working between Longmont and Fort Collins, CO. Makenzie completed her MFA in Drawing and Painting at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in May 2022. She also holds a BFA in Painting from Colorado State University, where she graduated cum laude in 2017. Makenzie currently teaches a range of classes at Front Range Community College, including Drawing I-IV, Figure Drawing, 2D Design, and starting in the Spring, Painting I-IV. Alongside teaching, she works as an Art Director for Godot Communications working on projects that span from rebranding town marketing, creating company logos, and hosting papermaking workshops that support the All Nations Support Line across Nebraska. In her personal art practice, Makenzie has shown at galleries across the United States with her oil paintings and paper installations that have to do with identity in the scale of deep time. Recently, she has shown at the Firehouse Art Center in Longmont, CO, where she was also an Artist in Residence for the summer of 2023. Additionally, her work has been shown at the Commons Gallery in Oahu, HI, at Webster Art Center in Webster Groves, MO, and at 311 Gallery in Raleigh, NC.