Introduction to Papermaking Intensive is a combination of our beginner level Playing with Colour in Papermaking Class (previously named “Deckle Box Papermaking”) and our one day Introduction to Papermaking Short Class. Students will learn sheet forming with fibres such as cotton and abaca. We will explore the differences of pulling with a laid mold and a woven mold. Techniques such as laminating, shaped sheets and inclusions will also be introduced, Nepalese style deckle box is covered as well – a high walled mold and deckle, placed in a container of water allowing the pulp to suspend while pulp is dropped and mixed in. This allows individual pulls of different coloured pulp, mixes of different fibres and/or found materials to be part of the final sheet.

Students will leave this course with hand-pulled custom sheets of paper and enough knowledge to continue exploring paper at our intermediate / advanced level.

Saturday, October 25th and Sunday, October 26th, 2025

2 day class, 5 hours each, 11am - 4pm

Instructor: Emily Cook

Level: Beginner, no experience required.

This is a masks required class.

Artist-Instructor Bios

Emily Cook is an artist who works primarily in handmade paper exploring memory and loss through manipulating the processing of fiber into objects that often look more found than made. She studied printmaking and papermaking at OCAD University and Louisiana State University. Her practice includes book arts, large scale sculpture, and print media. She runs Paperhouse Studio with Flora Shum. As a low vision arts worker, she is active within disability arts and crip culture. She lives in Toronto with a lovely roommate and lots of books.