Handmade Paper Online Live Workshop (Inclusive of Materials)

About the Workshop:

In this session, you'll learn the art of making handmade papers, which can be used for a billion things! You can use them as cards, gift tags, letter papers, decor pieces, and what not!

It'll also be therapy to soothe your soul and rejuvenate. Handmade paper is made with love. Love of art and love for the environment.

This is a 'beginner-friendly' workshop.

About the Artform:

Handmade paper making is a traditional art that has been practiced by a particular class of people for generations together. This art has been passed on from one generation of craftsmen to another. These craftsmen are known as "Kagzi's". Their name is derived from the Urdu word 'Kavas', which means paper. The size of this community has dwindled over the years. There is a small settlement of Kagzi's in Sanganer near Jaipur, where a section of this community settled thousands of years ago. They claimed that they were originally from Turkey and from there moved to China and then finally settled in India.

During the workshop you'll learn the art of making:

- Basic Handmade paper

- Handmade Floral papers

- Seed paper

- Silk threads paper

- Coloured handmade paper using botanical pigments

Materials in the Kit:

- Dried flowers petals

- Silk threads

- Basil Seeds

- Colors / pigments

- Frame with a sieve (main equipment)

- Instruction sheet

- Sponge

Preparation: A large vessel, water, and an old cotton bedsheet/cloth