Papermaking with Mel Kolstead
Schedule
Sun Aug 16 2026 at 01:00 pm to 03:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
1212 N. 8th Street, Sheboygan, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53081 | Sheboygan, WI
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Come get your hands a little messy and learn how to make paper from things you probably already have lying around. In this workshop, we’ll use stuff like junk mail, scrap paper, and even plants to create our own handmade sheets from scratch. You’ll go through the whole process, tearing, blending, pulping, and pulling your own paper.There’s room to play with texture and add bits like leaves or fibers if you want to experiment a little. It’s low-pressure, a little chaotic, and pretty satisfying.
No experience needed, just show up ready to try something new. And definitely bring an apron… it’s gonna get pulpy.
All materials are provided!
Wear clothes you are okay with getting messy!
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Mel Kolstad is an artist, speaker, instructor and arts advocate who makes her home in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. She is a printmaker and collagist, specializing in large series of tiny art.
She is also delighted to be a member of ArtSpace Collective in Oshkosh; Free Range Art in Grafton; Open Door Artists in Fond du Lac; Wisconsin Craft; and volunteer curator for the Langdon Divers Gallery, located inside the Fond du Lac Public Library. She is honored to have been one of the 15 TEDx Fonddulac speakers of the class of ’18, where she gave a talk about her artwork.
Mel has participated in many artist residencies throughout the midwest, teaches various classes around the state, and has exhibited in many solo exhibits in the Fox Cities, northern Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Chicago, and Indiana. You can find her at melkolstad.com and on Instagram at @melkolstadart.
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