Paper-Making Workshop ft Karen Schnell-Chisholm @ CAMP

As part of the 8th edition of our annual fiber show 52 Women Pulling at the Threads of Social Discourse & a Guest: The Epistle our gallery is launching a series of Artist Talks and Workshops lead by our Miami based exhibiting artists.
Starting of this series is artist Karen Schnell-Chisholm, who will conduct a workshop on the art of handmade fiber/paper making on Wednesday, November 4th from 12-2pm. The workshop will be split into two sessions one starting from 12-2pm and another one from 2-4pm, please select your tickets accordingly.
Especial Note: All materials will be supplied to our participants however, please bring a flat metal tray or a cookie sheet pan, and small flowers which should be collected by you to bring a personalized aspect into the finished product. As well, coffee grounds and tea leaves are great.Things could get a bit messy, so dress appropriately, and bring an apron! This shall be a fun, hands on learning experience for all.

Karen Schnell-Chisholm
Karen Schnell-Chisholm has a Bachelor of Fine Arts/Painting and a Bachelor of Arts in Art Education. She is a National Board-Certified Teacher/ART. Karen is a Miami, Florida Artist and has her studio in her home. Her primary disciplines are Works on and with Paper such as, Painting, Collage, Mixed Media, and Cut Paper Constructions. As a Fiber Artist she utilizes Off-Loom and Knotting techniques, weaving organic forms focusing upon texture and color, which can be hung and or worn, as well as installations. Although abstractly so, many of her pieces speak to environmental, social, and global societal issues. She exhibits her work locally, nationally, and internationally.

Info: Participants choose two pieces of fabric. On one, they identify and stitch something they have inherited and want to carry forward: creativity, humor, faith, courage, tenderness, language, tradition, a recipe, a way of caring. On the other, they identify something they do not want to continue carrying: an expectation, fear, silence, perfectionism, shame, or pattern. Rather than requiring disclosure, these can be represented entirely through color, knotting, tearing, layering, symbolism and abstract marks. The "carry" fabric is stitched into a sort of pouch; the other can be altered, unraveled, obscured, or physically transformed.
Participants then write a short letter to themselves one year, five years, or ten years from now, responding to prompts such as: What do I hope you have protected? What do I hope you have released? What do I want you to remember about who you are today? They can transform the letter into a small textile artwork using fiber based materials.

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