Book & Paper Arts Workshops
Cabinet of Curiosities: Parts 1 of 2 (Berkeley, CA)
This fascinating class meets over the course of two Saturdays. On the first day, John will lead you through the process of constructing a miniature cabinet using a variety of vintage wooden legs, balusters, and other bits and pieces rich with age and character. You’ll then line your cabinet with letterpress-printed papers. During the second class meeting, you’ll assemble and arrange your curiosities using items John has brought to share. This assortment might include vintage chess pieces, shell specimen displays, old finials, miniature cast-bronze statuary, a tiny skull carved from an antler, bits of coral, and other little oddities. Feel free to bring in your own curiosities no larger than one inch. Perhaps a quail egg?
Location/Venue: Castle in the Air, Studio 1
Original website page: https://tinyurl.com/yaxo2nhn
Cost/Fee: $250
Material/Studio fee: included
Instructor: John McRae is Castle in the Air’s resident marvel-maker, a magpie collector with the Midas touch. A devotee of traditions and materials on the verge of extinction, John rapidly fills classrooms with students keen to learn time-honored crafts such as pajaki, Santos figures, and Dresden-trim jewelry.