Saturday 25th January 2010

10-4pm

Course fee- £50 (including  all tools, materials and refreshments.)

Join us for a fun and colourful workshop where you will be introduced to the wonderful art of paper folding.This structured course is for designers, artists and anyone wishing to learn how to transform a sheet of paper into three dimensional forms.

Participants will be introduced to the basic principles of paper folding and will learn various techniques and designs including linear divisions, zigzag and knife pleats.

During the course we will work on several projects and students will have the opportunity to create their own experimental variations and design their own patterns

A choice of colours of high quality paper will be provided as well as all tools, materials and refreshments.

We will also look at the history of folding and at the work of several contemporary paper folding artists to examine how it is currently used in fashion, architecture and design.

Students will leave equipped with the techniques and inspiration to continue folding themselves.

No experience necessary and all ages welcome (under 14s must be accompanied by an adult who is also taking the class).

Kate Colin is a Glasgow-based paper artist and designer whose range of work is created through intricate hand scoring and folding techniques. She is a QEST scholar, a graduate of the Crafts Council’s Hothouse programme and regularly exhibits and teaches throughout the UK.

Kate has been practising the art of paper folding for over six years and has studied in Switzerland and Italy with Paul Jackson and Dario Zeruto. She makes, lighting, homewares, installations and artworks and has exhibited at the London Design Fair, the Manchester Craft and Design Centre and The Lighthouse in Glasgow. She regularly teaches and demonstrates throughout UK in venues including the Barbican, V&A Dundee and Cockpit Arts. She is a QEST scholar and has recently been awarded a bursary from the Heritage Craft Association which will enable her to study fan making in London and Paris.

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Website - www.katecolindesign.com