Introduction to Papermaking Short is a one day class that covers the first day of our longer Introduction to Papermaking Intensive class. Students will make paper with different sizes and styles of mould and deckles, and will learn how to pull sheets using fibres such as cotton and abaca. We will introduce laminating, shaped sheets, and inclusions. You will have the opportunity to bring in your own found materials to use in class.  

Participants will leave this course with 15-25 hand-pulled custom sheets of paper and enough knowledge to continue exploring paper at our intermediate level.

Saturday, October 4th, 2025

One day class, 5 hours, 11am - 4pm

Instructor: Cindy Lam

Price includes all materials.

Level: Beginner, no experience required.

This is a masks optional class, participants are not required to wear a mask.

Artist-Instructor Bio

Cindy Yan Lam (she/her) is a Canadian visual artist & papermaker. Her current practice focuses on working with paper as a medium. Born in Hong Kong, she immigrated to Canada with her family as a toddler. She is based in Toronto.

Lam's process driven practice consists of historical craft technologies that are tactile and require time in their development, as her work often explores themes of slowness, the passage of time, juxtapositions, and regeneration. Her creative methods include hand papermaking, stitching, and painting. Many of her abstract landscape works begin with handmade papers which are created from the raw fibre stage that Lam processes by hand. Her practice aims to counter the frenetic pace of our highly digitized age where faster is often deemed better. Much of Lam's work is influenced by her daily walking practice where she attunes to the many non-human lifeforms, we share our planet with.

Lam holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from Falmouth University, UK. She was awarded distinction classifications for both her final major project and for her degree. In 2024, she was the recipient of an Explore and Create grant by the Canada Council for the Arts which support her further explorations in hand papermaking. Lam studied traditional washi (paper) making in Niigata, Japan under the tutelage of Master papermaker, Hiroaki Imai and Paper Researcher/Papermaker, Paul Denhoed. She has exhibited locally and internationally. Her works are held in private collections in Canada, USA, Asia, and Europe.

When she is not making art, you will find her exploring the residential streets, parks, and ravines in her neighbourhood with her two beloved Samoyed dogs aka her studio mates.

​cindyyanlam.com