Since paper is such an adaptable medium, topics can vary from recycling and science to collage and bookmaking projects. Workshops must be scheduled at least 3 weeks in advance. All materials are prepared ahead of time and are delivered to the workshop site. Students look at papermaking fibers under the microscope and make paper from those fibers. Artists are available to conduct a series of workshops in the classroom designed to relate to a current curriculum theme or just to introduce papermaking to the classroom.
Residencies can be as short as two days or last as long as an entire semester.
Past residencies have involved setting up a papermaking facility in the classroom, making books with handmade paper and collecting old clothing and recycling it into handmade paper cards and artwork. Please call the Mill to discuss project development and fees. During a series of workshops, students construct simple papermaking equipment for the school and participate in a series of papermaking workshops. Throughout the project, children engage in discussions about the scientific aspects of gardening, the social aspects of how we and other cultures use paper in our lives, and the artistic aspects of experimentation and diversity in using paper as an expressive medium. In these workshops educators are taught papermaking and how to integrate it in their schools.