Spend two hours with artist Catherine Cross Tsintzos at the Duke Campus Farm experiencing paper making techniques that can be utilized at home. Students learn vocabulary, the basics to get started including making pulp and working with the mould and deckle, deckle box and non traditional methods and tools for embellishing and inclusions. This botanical agrarian experience will have you enjoying the beautiful Duke Forest property and learning about Heritage Crops, the farm and exploring open ended hands on fun with pulps and raw materials that reflect the seasonal harvest. Expect to take home paper that can be written and painted on as well as used for paper arts projects, book arts and framed mementos.
Catherine Cross Tsintzos has spent her life developing arts curricula and arts education opportunities for all in the visual arts in the Southeastern United States. She is honored to have solid experiences rooted in museum education, rural advancement, nonprofit arts organizations, and community outreach and organization. Her handmade books have been exhibited at the North Carolina Museum of Art, the Hand Art Center at Stetson University, the Mark Twain Library, and the Artfields art festival.