Paper It Over: Collaging the Found Object

This exciting workshop will allow participants to leap off of the two-dimensional paper plane and attach to, encase and embellish the wide world of dimensional objects.
Working with found-object jeweler Keith Lo Bue, students will learn the proper archival methods of adhering beautiful antique papers to metal, glass, wood and much more.

REQUIRED TOOLS/MATERIALS:

The list below contains things you will be certainly using in the workshop, and to avoid having to wait for a communal tool to become available, you should plan on getting them for the class. Where possible, I have provided links to the items as available from Amazon, so you can purchase more supplies at once.

• 'Re-bar tie wire' <here> (also found in most hardware stores in the construction materials section, near the cinder block and chain-link fencing. IMPORTANT: make sure it is steel or iron wire, NOT galvanized!...it should be dark grey-black). If you are travelling light, snip off about 1/4 of the roll which should be plenty. No need to bring the whole roll...it's heavy!

• DAP brand KWIK-SEAL Kitchen & Bath caulk- CLEAR: <here>

• Lightweight water-based Polyurethane VARNISHES: Here are nice small bottles of a brand I have used and works perfectly for our purposes: Glossy - <here>; and Matte - <here>. Delta Ceramcoat is also available at many craft-supply stores like Michael's, etc.

• Small bottle of PVA glue <here>

• Water-clear epoxy adhesive <here>

• an assortment of brushes

• tweezers

• plastic cups to mix paint/glue in

• PAPER! You can bring old books, new books, artist-made papers, any kind of paper that interests you! I will be showing some techniques specific to fibre-based papers, that is, either hand-made artist papers, or books that are from earlier than 1910 or so. So if you can, try to bring at least 1 old book that you have made up your mind can be taken apart.

• Assortment of found objects to play with: this may include wooden or metal boxes/tins, scraps of metal, glass, wood, plastic, etc. For a wide-open list of possible objects to bring, check out the list of 'raw materials' in my Precious Little supply list <here> Don't be intimidated by that list, please, it's simply a sampling of potential items. The upshot is: Bring materials that thrill you!

Please email me with any questions you might have that this page didn't address.

See you there! Keith