Paper making workshop at Traade, Portobello

£65.00
Only 5 available

Learn how to create your own reclaimed rag and plant fiber paper

During the workshop you will:

  • Learn the basics of sheet forming from the pulp vat using a ‘Deckle and Mould’

  • Create your your own stack of beautiful A5, plant fibre, deckled edge papers (note - after the workshop your sheets will need a few days to dry and flatten. You can either collect your sheets in person during the following week or have them posted to you).

Hand paper making is a wonderfully tactile and sensory process with many creative possibilities. It can be combined with a multitude of creative mediums and practices from print-making to painting to bookbinding and more!

About your tutor:

Lauren is a hand paper maker, letterpress printer and botanical dyer. Combining these disciplines she creates original artworks that are rooted in and inspired by the living world and provides made-to-order paper and print services. Her handmade papers are created using plant fibres, bi-product and reclaimed cotton rag which is dyed exclusively with botanicals. 

Suitability: Beginner, 14+(children must be accompanied by an adult)

Required: yourself, suitable clothes you don’t mind getting a little wet

What we provide: All tools and materials are supplied during the workshop.

Workshop Details: Wednesday 6th August 2025 , 5pm - 7pm, 188 Portobello High Street, EH15 1EX

Learn how to create your own reclaimed rag and plant fiber paper

During the workshop you will:

  • Learn the basics of sheet forming from the pulp vat using a ‘Deckle and Mould’

  • Create your your own stack of beautiful A5, plant fibre, deckled edge papers (note - after the workshop your sheets will need a few days to dry and flatten. You can either collect your sheets in person during the following week or have them posted to you).

Hand paper making is a wonderfully tactile and sensory process with many creative possibilities. It can be combined with a multitude of creative mediums and practices from print-making to painting to bookbinding and more!

About your tutor:

Lauren is a hand paper maker, letterpress printer and botanical dyer. Combining these disciplines she creates original artworks that are rooted in and inspired by the living world and provides made-to-order paper and print services. Her handmade papers are created using plant fibres, bi-product and reclaimed cotton rag which is dyed exclusively with botanicals. 

Suitability: Beginner, 14+(children must be accompanied by an adult)

Required: yourself, suitable clothes you don’t mind getting a little wet

What we provide: All tools and materials are supplied during the workshop.

Workshop Details: Wednesday 6th August 2025 , 5pm - 7pm, 188 Portobello High Street, EH15 1EX