The Advanced workshop extends everything learned in the Foundations program and pushes it into new territory — more material complexity, more structural experimentation, and a much broader vocabulary of molds, fibers, and casting approaches. This is where participants begin to work with confidence, intention, and greater technical range.

This workshop is designed for anyone who wants a clear, confident understanding of the essentials: preparing pulp for three-dimensional work, building forms, creating molds, and casting. Every stage is hands-on. Participants will mix, shape, press, manipulate, and cast their own work, gaining a direct physical sense of how material behaves when pushed beyond the flat plane.

• 1. Advanced Papermaking — Fabrics, Plants, and Hybrid Fibers

  In this workshop, pulp becomes a far more versatile and expressive material. We prepare it not only from recycled fibers, but also from fabrics and a wide range of plants. Participants learn how different fibers break down, how to combine them, and how the origin of a fiber shapes the behavior of the pulp.
  The focus is on understanding the essence of each fiber — strength, shrinkage, memory, flexibility — and using these characteristics to build more complex forms, reliefs, and casts. This expanded approach opens a much richer spectrum of textures, densities, and sculptural possibilities.

  2. Advanced Mold Making — Deepening Technique and Toolboxes

  Building on the foundations of mold creation, we explore ways to construct more sophisticated molds using layered materials, modular systems, and composite structures. Participants work with fabrics, foams, wood, glass, metal, plastics, and new combinations that allow for more precision and intentionality.
  This volume is about expanding the toolbox: learning how to design a mold that performs exactly as you need, how to capture sharper detail or larger surfaces, and how to choose the right mold for the form you want to create. The work becomes more architectural, more engineered, and more experimental.

  3. Advanced Casting — Multiple Methods, Hybrid Forms, Expanded Surfaces

  Casting becomes a field of experimentation: multiple layers, hybrid materials, directional casting, deep textures, controlled shrinkage, and intentional distortion. Participants learn advanced techniques for capturing the negative side of complex objects and surfaces — wood, leaves, fabrics, tools, fragments, and natural forms — while also exploring how to manipulate casts into new structures.
  We work with fibers in new ways: embedding, layering, bending, stretching, combining, and merging casts to create forms that move beyond single impressions into assembled, multi-part works.

The Advanced workshop continues the lab state of mind, but with greater emphasis on research, precision, and pushing boundaries. Participants create numerous studies and experimental forms, while also beginning to shape more resolved sculptural pieces. The atmosphere is intensive, technical, and highly exploratory, suited for those who want to deepen their practice and broaden their abilities with materials.

Participants are invited to work in a lab state of mind — curious, hands-on, and fully engaged with material. Over two intensive days (6–7 hours each), the studio becomes a place for constant experimentation: testing different mold materials, trying multiple casting approaches, adjusting pulp, observing behavior, and comparing results. The aim is not to create one final object, but to produce many studies, fragments, and discoveries that open new pathways in your practice.

All materials are supplied during the workshop. Participants are asked to bring a few basic tools of their own; full details will be shared in the registration files. The pace is deep and immersive, with a great deal of content, demonstrations, and time dedicated to individual work.

To support participants before, during, and after the workshop, we provide a full learning framework:

2.5-Hour Video Demonstration

After the workshop, participants receive a comprehensive video (2.5 hours) with demonstrations and clear explanations covering all main topics explored in the studio — pulp preparation, mold creation, negative forms, casting methods, and troubleshooting. This serves as a long-term reference for practice and integration.

Presentation & Resource Files

A detailed presentation and supporting files accompany the video, offering technical clarity and guidance for continued experimentation.

Introductory Session (Online)

Before each workshop, we host a live Zoom session where participants meet the team, learn about the program structure, and ask questions. This session builds trust, clarity, and confidence before arriving in the studio.

Getting Ready Sessions

Confirmed participants attend short preparation meetings to ensure they understand materials, tools, and workflow. These sessions help everyone enter the workshop grounded and ready.

Integration Session (Online)

One month after the workshop, participants gather again for a reflective session — sharing work, asking questions, and discussing how the techniques have evolved in their own practice. This session supports continuity and deeper understanding.

Ongoing Support — Paper Talk Pro

All past participants are welcome to join Paper Talk Pro, our monthly creative support session. It is a space to bring questions, new experiments, and ongoing work, connecting the learning from the workshop to a broader practice.

This combined structure — intensive in-person work, guided preparation, post-workshop integration, and ongoing community support — ensures that The Groundwork of Paper Forms — Foundations becomes more than a two-day experience. It becomes a sustained entry point into working with forms, textures, molds, and casting as part of a long-term artistic journey.

For those wishing to deepen their practice, we offer a special price for participants joining both Foundations and Advanced — a complete path through pulp, molds, and advanced casting techniques