Chuck Close - Pulp Paper Making Process at Pace Prints NY

-like fabric dye

-little bits of paper
-uses stencil to build layers
-presses it down to get all of the water out
-other techniques used (blocking), stencil down, fill in, take off stencil, put another stencil down,
fill in
-Piscine Avec Trois 1978 from Paper Cools accentuates
-Shinro O - need a lot more pigment
-Chery Catty - intricate, use non-bleeding paper
Materials - Tubs, toilet paper, warm/hot water, paper dye, blender, ketchup/piping containers,
forks, chopsticks, trays to catch water, frame, window screen
Pulp painting - can also be done with silk screen
1. Make pulp
2. Blend for fineness
3. leaves/sparkles/seeds

PRE-ASSESSMENT:

-Art History (you got to see artists, students can make connections with artists and techniques
(encounters), exposed to multiple way of doing the same thing) *make sure there is A DIRECT
CONNECTIONS WITH THE ENCOUNTERS AND THE ART (summaries of each section),
hands on skills, creating space/illusion with paper, thinking of scale.

Atmospheric Perspective
Foreground Colour/ Space/ Shape/ Line/ Thick/ Detail Value/
Contrast Large Contrast

Middle Horizon- Worms eye/

Birds Eye

Background Blurry Smaller Thin/ Less/ Detail

Moving into Bookmaking-

TEACHER: have structure (have the materials READY)! Started with the most simple
representation of the art, and then allow them to explore on their own.

Accordian Book/ Pop up books (consider each page as a whole/ create a 3d space
Personalized books (Concertina)/ Mon Chien (My Dog) - Grade 2 (Papers, Covers, Materials,
Needles & Thread)
-the way u attach other pieces of paper becomes part of the esthetic (handmade paper/ found
paper) with glue sticks or thread (Use a needle to make the hole- sewing/or fine drill bit/nail for
the Japanese band style). First fold it in halves, quarters. Accordians allow for use in exploration
and perspective. When working with TAs include TAs in planning, as a student you want to
explore this specific way in art, ask them not to do the work for students, but rather to help or
guide.
Mail Art - cross curricular with Social Studies and Language Arts (Griffin & Sabine: An
Extraordinary Correspondence) by Nick Bantock
Bookmaking combined with Poetry
Accordian books, take two long strips of any kind of paper (we used mayfair)
How we respond to materials/ draw from our memory

HOMEWORK!

Writing prompt: (story) multimedia/funny generate a story based on memory, bring paper for
Japanese bound book, particular material you want on the cover
First 10 cars that come to mind: toyota corolla, dodge, beetles, safari vans, miata,
Pick one car, where are you? What are you doing? What are you looking at? What time of day
or night is it? What season? In or out of the car? If outside? Which part are you facing? Who
else is in there? Who is with you? How old are you? If inside, which side are you facing?
(Present Tense)