Festival of Stuff: Recycled Papermaking Masterclass (Morning)

Dis­cov­er the cre­at­ive pos­sib­il­it­ies of paper and delve into the world of recycled pulps and found mater­i­als in this paper­mak­ing masterclass. 

Under the guid­ance of book artist and paper expert Mandy Bran­nan, you will learn how to make paper sheets using the ancient mould and deckle tech­nique, and explore the pos­sib­il­it­ies and chal­lenges of work­ing with repur­posed materials.

Mandy Bran­nan Since the 1990’s, Mandy has developed her exper­i­ment­al paper­mak­ing prac­tice by com­bin­ing both Japan­ese and West­ern paper­mak­ing meth­ods; mer­ging tra­di­tion­al bast fibers (gampi and kozo) with leaf fibers (abaca and sis­al) to cre­ate com­plex pat­terns and layers. 

Import­ant inform­a­tion about our tick­et bal­lot for this event:

We are using a bal­lot tick­et book­ing sys­tem for this event. The bal­lot is open for a lim­ited time: from Tues­day 13^th May until 23:59 on Sunday 18^th May. Enter­ing into the bal­lot means that you have entered into a draw for the oppor­tun­ity to book a tick­et. Unfor­tu­nately, the bal­lot may be over­sub­scribed — enter­ing the bal­lot does not guar­an­tee a mas­ter­class slot. From Monday 19^th May onwards, suc­cess­ful entrants will be sent a book­ing link, which must be com­pleted with­in 24 hours in order to secure a ticket. Once all tick­ets are fully booked by the bal­lot win­ners, we will noti­fy every­one who signed up to the bal­lot, and offer the oppor­tun­ity to join the wait­ing list for last-minute dropouts.

Age range

This mas­ter­class is suit­able for ages 10+. All chil­dren under the age of 18 must be accom­pan­ied by an adult. 

This event is part of the Fest­iv­al of Stuff
Photo by The Insti­tute of Making

Please remem­ber to wear closed-toe shoes and clothes that you do not mind poten­tially get­ting dirty or dam­aged when using our workshops.

Every­one is wel­come in our spaces for our Fest­iv­al of Stuff day event and mas­ter­classes. We strive to make all of our pro­cesses access­ible, includ­ing attend­ing our events and work­shops, and using our web­site and book­ing sys­tems. Please mes­sage us if you have any ques­tions, or require­ments, or need assist­ance using our plat­forms. We’ll be happy to help.

We’re always inter­ested in feed­back to help us improve access to our activ­it­ies. Please con­tact us at events@​instituteofmaking.​org.​uk if you’d like to chat.