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, June, 15th, 2024

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

Instructor: Raoul Olou

Price includes all materials.

Level: Beginner, no experience required.

Max. capacity: 6 participants

Artist-Instructor Bio

Raoul Olou is a multidisciplinary artist based in Toronto. He creates work that references personal experiences, race, ontology, intuition, and shared anthropologie inspired by quantum physics and speculative fiction. Formally trained filmmaker and a self-taught painter, Raoul has exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Mark Christopher Gallery, Patel Brown and the Run Gallery. He has received several grants and awards from the Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, and Toronto Art Council, and received the Mayor’s Award and the Honourable Painting Award at the Toronto Outdoor Art Fair (2019, 2022). He has been commissioned on several large scale mural projects all over the Greater Toronto Area, working with Mural Routes, KJBit Collective, and through his own independently led projects including a recent City of Toronto commissioned mural. Raoul has also been commissioned on significant private works for the Drake Hotel, the Gladstone, Ode Toronto and the Sheraton Hotel. His work has been collected publicly and privately—by the City of Toronto, the Royal Bank of Canada, and the Wedge Collection. He has been invited for artist residencies at the Museum of Contemporary Art x Akin Collective, Drake Devonshire, and Annandale Artist Residency. 

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