PATA - Summer Courses 2025

PULP FICTION – HANDMADE PAPER WORKSHOP

Is it fact or fiction that paper can be made of any material? Come and learn how much there is to discover when not much is needed – some plant fibers, an old T-shirt, perhaps a pair of jeans… Get inspired by nature, see how many colours and structures it has to offer. Experience and experiment until the matter becomes tame and yields to your creative ideas.
The summer course of handmade paper invites you to experiment and broaden your skills. It is addressed to artists, graduates and students of Polish and foreign art academies as well as to all art. Enthusiasts who wish to realize their artistic ideas using the support of the experienced course leaders and the possibilities of the medium of paper.
During the classes we will follow an authorial programme. Participants will acquire the following skills:
- making paper with the use of European and Eastern methods,
- making paper pulp from plant fibres (Japanese kozo, Polish grass or the golden straw)
- making paper from recycled cotton textiles
- dying the pulp,
- drying the paper.

These practical skills will be the starting point for making participants’ own artistic projects. They may also be complementary to the printmaking or textile art courses.

SHOWCASE

Teachers

MAGDALENA SOBOŃ Dr hab. Pracownia Papieru.

She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts Władysław Strzemiński in Łódź, Faculty of Textiles and Clothing. Currently, an assistant professor at the Paper Studio Prof. Ewa Latkowska - Żychska. She deals with the art of paper, graphics, and painting. IAPMA member (International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artist). She is the author of several individual exhibitions, she took part in several dozen collective exhibitions, including: the 14th International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms, Galeria Willa, Łódź, 2011; VI International Textile World Art Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2011; "From Lausanne To Beijing - 6th International Fiberart Biennale", Henan Art Museum, China, 2010; 11. National Exhibition of Unique Fabrics, Central Museum of Textiles, Łódź, 2010; "6th International Biennale of Miniatures 2010", Center for Promotion of Culture, Częstochowa 2010; "Intersections", International meetings of sculptors, ODA, Piotrków Trybunalski, 2009; Educators of the Department of Textiles, Kobro Gallery, ASP, Łódź, 2009; "The taste of this moment resembles my spool reigns", Galeria Młodych, Centrum Kultury "Dworek Białoprądnicki", Kraków, 2009; 6th International Triennial of Paper, Musee du Pays et Val de Charmey, Switzerland, 2008; Paper x 8 x 8 x 8 = VIII. FORUM OSTWEST, Villa Zanders, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, 2007; "I see, see, see", Central Museum of Textiles, Łódź, 2006. She received a bronze medal at "From Lausanne To Beijing - 6th International Fiberart Biennale" in China, 2010; distinction "Łódź Eureka 2010"; distinction in 2011 at the VI International Textile World Art Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art in Mexico, in 2012 the prize of the Presidium of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Confederation of Rectors of Public Universities in Łódź for young science and art workers for 2011. In 2013, she received the Gold Medal at 14th International Textile Triennial in Łódź.