Cuts and Folds: Explorations with Paper Workshop with Heather Blume

A multicultural art form, cut paper has practically unlimited possibilities in both 2 and 3 dimensions. This workshop will cover some basic Old World cutting methods and Contemporary pop-up.

Students can look forward to creating unique work using variety of these combinations.
Instruction will include demonstrations accompanied by information on and images of other contemporary paper artists. Students are encouraged to use their imagination and bring any paper materials they would like to try including recycles, scraps, and old drawings or rejects that need a new life. This workshop includes studio access until 4pm.

A native of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Heather Blume graduated with a BFA summa cum laude in Painting from the University of North Florida in 1992 and an MFA cum laude in Sculpture from the New York Academy of Art in 1994. She focuses on creating metaphorical and archetypal figurative drawings, paintings, and sculptures in mixed mediums. These works represent her concern with the human story. Blume's work has been exhibited nationally in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco, as well as internationally in London, England, Paris, France, and Weimar, Germany. She is the recipient of several art awards and grants including a Florida State Grant, a Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant, and three Arts Foundation of Cape Cod grants. Several of her works are included in the permanent collection of the British Museum and most recently The Royal Coin Cabinet of Sweden in Stockholm.

Of this class, one student remarked on Her patience, her experience, her talent!