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Grant Received for “Living Quilt for Santa Rosa” public art project

25 Thursday Oct 2018

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Jane Ingram Allen has been awarded a grant by the City of Santa Rosa for a public art project to commemorate the October 2017 wildfires in Santa Rosa, California, that destroyed so many homes, businesses and forests. Jane’s artwork “Living Quilt for Santa Rosa” consists of a handmade paper quilt with seeds for wildflowers added to the pulp in the same colors as the quilt pattern. The quilt uses the traditional “Wild Geese” quilt pattern. The blue color in the quilt is paper pulp made from recycled blue jeans. The yellow-orange pulp is abaca (a type of banana leaf fiber) dyed with a non-toxic fiber reactive dye, and the white pulp is the natural color of the abaca. The wildflower seeds in the yellow-orange strips are for California poppies. The seeds in the blue pulp are for California bluebells and mixed blue wildflowers, and the seeds in the white pulp are for Baby’s Breath and white poppies. Community people will join the artist in helping to make the handmade paper quilt and weave a headboard and footboard of local trimmed branches for the “flower bed”. All of the materials in this eco-quilt are natural and bio-degradable and will change over time to become a living, blooming bed of wildflowers. “Living Quilt for Santa Rosa” will be installed in a public ceremony at Rincon Ridge Park, off Fountaingrove Parkway, in Santa Rosa, CA, at 2PM on Saturday, Dec. 1.

Everyone is invited to visit Jane’s studio in Santa Rosa on Saturday and Sunday, November 4 and 5, from 11AM to 5PM to help make paper for the project. During these two days, Jane will be holding community participation workshops to make handmade paper for the “Living Quilt for Santa Rosa”.  The workshops will be held during the Open Studio weekend at Studio Santa Rosa, 3840 Finley Avenue, Building 32, Studio 107.  For more information email info@janeingramallen.com

 

Photos from “Papermaking for Printmakers” Workshop on Oct. 6

09 Tuesday Oct 2018

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The participants in my Saturday Oct. 6 workshop “Papermaking for Printmakers” had a productive and creative day making handmade paper from a variety of plant fiber pulps. They learned Western and Asian/Japanese papermaking techniques for sheet forming, pressing, drying, watermarking, embossing, laminating and other special technique to create their own unique handmade paper suitable for priintmaking. It was a very congenial group because all of the participants in this workshop do letterpress printing together at the Sebastopol studio of North Bay Letterpress Arts https://www.northbayletterpressarts.org

During this workshop we made paper from the following pulps: Abaca, blue jean, eucalyptus and Sitka Spruce as well as some sedge, beach grass and paper mulberry. Here are some photos of the workshop. The photos are by Timothy S. Allen (allentimphotos2.wordpress.com)

I can’t wait to see what the printmakers will do with the sheets they made and how the finished prints will look.  I hope to post some photos of their prints on handmade paper soon on this Blog.  The next hand papermaking workshop at my Santa Rosa studio will be “Papermaking for Fiber Artists” on Saturday and Sunday, Nov.10 and 11.  This class is already full, but contact me at info@janeingramallen if you want to be put on the waiting list.

I am also teaching a special workshop “From Plants to Paper” at the Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation, 900 Occidental Road, Santa Rosa, on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 20 and 21. We will make paper from local plants and go through the whole process from gathering plant materials to producing unique handmade papers from plants of the Laguna, such as dogbane, willow, sedge, cattail, bullrush and others we will discover there. We will also see what papermaking we can do with some invasive plants found in the Laguna.  Places are still available in this workshop, and to register go to this link:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/from-plants-to-paper-papermaking-with-laguna-plants-tickets-49579227805

 

 

Workshops at my Santa Rosa Studio in February

12 Friday Jan 2018

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I am happy to offer papermaking workshops now in my Santa Rosa, CA, studio. Please contact me for more information (info@janeingramallen.com) or to register for a workshop in February. Other workshops will be planned, so also let me know what you would like to learn and what days or times are best for you.

Papermaking Workshops in Santa Rosa with Jane Ingram Allen
Introduction to Hand Papermaking: Feb. 10, 2018
Exotic Fibers for Papermaking: Feb. 24, 2018
at Studio Santa Rosa, 3840 Finley Ave., Building 32, Studio 107

Why take a Papermaking Workshop?
• Create your own unique paper.
• Experience the zen of hand papermaking.
• Learn about the unique qualities of different plant fibers.
• Make the handmade paper itself the finished work, or combine it with printmaking, painting, drawing, bookmaking, collage, sculpture, basketry, weaving, etc.
About the Workshops:
• intimate setting; class size limited to 5 people.
• Beginners and experienced papermakers welcome.
• Equipment and supplies provided.
• Coffee and tea provided. Bring your own lunch.
• Questions: 857-234-2432 or contact by email at info@janeingramallen.com
About the Instructor:
• Award winning international artist and hand papermaking expert with 40 years of experience.
• Papermaking teacher and resident artist in Japan, Nepal, Thailand, Indonesia (Bali), Tanzania, France, England, Brazil, and the US. Fulbright Scholar Award artist in Taiwan and Fulbright Specialist artist in Turkey.
• Trained in traditional Japanese papermaking in Japan, and taught papermaking while living in Taiwan for 8 plus years.
• Former art professor at SUNY, Morrisville, NY, and College of St. Rose, Albany, NY.
• Taught papermaking workshops in US at Women’s Studio Workshop, Peter’s Valley School of Craft, Morgan Conservatory, Queens Botanical Garden, Sitka Center for Art & Ecology and others.
• For more info https://janeingramallen.wordpress.com and http://www.janeingramallen.com

Description of Workshops

Introduction to Hand Papermaking: Explore basic techniques of Western papermaking including sheet forming, pressing and drying as well as decorative techniques of laminating, embedding and watermarking. Create an array of handmade papers using cotton, abaca and local plant fibers.
• Saturday, February 10, 10AM to 4PM. Pre-register by Feb. 2; email to info@janeingramallen.com or phone 857-234-2432.
• Cost $90 – Materials and equipment provided *
Exotic Fibers for Papermaking: Learn Japanese and Western techniques for papermaking and create an array of handmade papers from unusual fibers such as abaca, kozo (paper mulberry bark), spruce bark, and eucalyptus bark gathered locally.
• Saturday, February 24, 2018, 10AM to 4PM. Pre-register by Feb. 16; email to info@janeingramallen.com or phone 857-234-2432.
• Cost: $90 – Materials and equipment provided *

*Discounts Available: $10 off for taking a 2nd workshop; $10 off for recommending a friend who signs up for a workshop.

Photos from the Dec. 3-4 Papermaking Workshop at Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation

06 Tuesday Dec 2016

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These are photos of the Papermaking with Plants of the Laguna Workshop I taught this past weekend at the Laguna de Santa Rosa Heron Hall in Santa Rosa, CA. The participants enjoyed two fantastic December days of sunshine and papermaking using local plants.

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These photos were taken by my husband Timothy S. Allen (http://allentimphotos2.wordpress.com) and show some of the activities during the two days. We gathered plants, cooked them, beat them to a pulp and then formed many sheets of handmade paper to discover what great paper we could make from the different plants of the Laguna de Santa Rosa area around Heron Hall.  It was a great workshop, and thanks to the Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation and all the very creative participants!

Papermaking with Local Plants Workshop in Santa Rosa, California

03 Thursday Nov 2016

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I will be teaching a special 2-day papermaking art workshop in Santa Rosa, California, on Dec. 3 & 4 at Laguna de Santa Rosa.   Here’s the information about the workshop and really looking forward to using some northern California native plant waste materials to make Asian-style handmade paper.

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Papermaking with Plants of the Laguna de Santa Rosa


Two-day workshop with Jane Ingram Allen


Saturday and Sunday, December 3 and 4, 9:30am-4:00pm each day

Location: Heron Hall, Laguna Environmental Center, 900 Sanford Road, Santa Rosa, CA 95401

$150. Pre-registration required  – Click here to register:

(http://www.lagunadesantarosa.org/laguna_walks_classes.shtml).  

Suitable for adults and teens 15 years old and up.  This workshop is suitable for all experience levels, from novice to experienced papermakers.

Description:  Participants will learn to make handmade paper from Laguna de Santa Rosa plants and create unique handmade paper artworks using all natural materials from the Laguna. During a walk around the native plant garden, we will identify plants suitable for papermaking and gather dried leaves and bark from trimmed branches or fallen twigs and also invasive plants that can be used for papermaking. The process will include preparing plants, cooking, beating and sheet forming with Asian and Western papermaking techniques. The emphasis will be on creative problem solving and use of waste materials to make handmade paper with sustainable methods that do not harm the environment. The handmade papers can be used for drawing, painting, printmaking and collage as well as for creating greeting cards — just in time for the holidays! Each participant will also make a sample book with papermaking recipes for the plants used in the workshop. The instructor will introduce unique hand papermaking techniques that she has developed from her experiences as an artist in residence in Japan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Indonesia, Nepal, Brazil, Thailand, China, England and the Philippines, as well as at art centers and nature parks in the United States.

Jane Ingram Allen is originally from Alabama and lived in Taiwan from 2004-2012, and in Santa Rosa since August 2012. She is an environmental artist who creates sculpture installations and community public art projects using handmade paper made from local plants and other natural materials. She is also an independent curator and arts writer and has taught art courses at colleges and universities as well as papermaking classes all over the world. Jane has received awards to do artist in residency projects in the USA, Taiwan, the Philippines, Japan, Nepal, Brazil, China, Bali, Indonesia, and Turkey, and she exhibits her art around the world and teaches workshops and creates site-specific public art installations. For more information, visit Jane’s website at www.janeingramallen.com and her blog at https://janeingramallen.wordpress.com.