Art Studio 267 - Papermaking with Local Plants
Fall
2019
01
4.00
Rie Hachiyanagi
TTH 01:30PM-04:00PM
Mount Holyoke College
107844
25 Morgan Street 006
rhachiya@mtholyoke.edu
Students collect usable local plants. They examine and record them before and after drying, then cook and crush them to make paper pulp. As they learn how to process those plants, they study how their methods directly connect to papermaking techniques in various indigenous cultures, especially in Africa, the Pacific, Latin America & Asia. Students conceive and construct their art projects inspired by historical/cultural/biological/ecological/personal aspects of plants as well as their physical qualities.
Prereq: At least one 200-level studio art course.
Students enrolled in this course will be responsible for some of the cost of course materials. Five College students require instructor's permission for this course. Email the professor with a list of all the studio courses previously taken.