Decorative Paper 2: Paste Paper, Texture, and Hot Stamping

Decorative Paper 2: Paste Paper, Texture, and Hot StampingCourse Code: 26SPT102I This in person workshop takes place on Saturday and Sunday, March 28th 29th, from 11AM to 5PM ET Saturday, March 28th, from 11AM to 5PM ET Sunday, March 29th, from 11AM to 5PM ET Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on March 14th, at 11: 59pm Eastern Time. About the Workshop: Create richly patterned decorative papers using paste paper, frittage, found textures, gampi layering, and hot stamping in this hands on

Course Code: 26SPT102I

This  in-person workshop takes place on Saturday and Sunday, March 28th - 29th, from 11AM to 5PM ET

• Saturday, March 28th, from 11AM to 5PM ET
• Sunday, March 29th, from 11AM to 5PM ET

Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on March 14th, at 11:59pm Eastern Time.

About the Workshop:

Create richly patterned decorative papers using paste paper, frittage, found textures, gampi layering, and hot stamping in this hands-on weekend workshop with Ana Cordeiro. You’ll explore one of the oldest and most versatile paper decoration techniques in book arts, then experiment with contemporary variations to make your own striking surfaces for future bookbinding and artist book projects.

This workshop is part of a two-part series, but each session can be taken on its own. In Part 2, students will learn how to prepare paste mixtures for strong results, build layered patterns through combing and surface manipulation, experiment with texture-based methods, and finish selected works with embossed text and ornaments using CBA’s hot stamping equipment. Leave with a variety of handmade decorative papers and practical techniques you can continue using in your studio practice.

For those who register for both sessions of this class, you will receive a 10% discount on your total registration by applying this code at checkout: PastePapers26S

View part one of this workshop here!

This in-person workshop is taught by CBA instructor Ana Cordeiro.

Required Materials:

• Optional: gampi paper or other thin Japanese paper

All other materials will be provided by the Center for Book Arts at no additional cost.

About the Instructor:

Ana Paula Cordeiro is a Brazilian national, New York City -based visual artist working primarily in the book form. The co-author of a book about making books called Bookforms, she has also co-organized the multi-media installation Introspective Collective at The Clemente. She was awarded a grant from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation and an Honorable Mention at the International Human Rights Arts Festival Creators of Justice Award for her essay “Citizen”. In 2024, she had her first solo show in the US at the Gallatin Galleries, and she was awarded The Governor’s Medal of Arts and Culture during the Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations. Ana is graduating in 2026 as Dean Scholar for the Arts in the MA program at the Gallatin School of Individualized Studies at NYU, with a concentration titled “The Collective Introspective: How Artist’s Books Can Sabotage Patriarchy and Colonialism”.

Artist books can be a solitary practice, but as the Introspective Collective manifesto states, no artist is an island. Ana Paula thrives in the shared space, having been a part of the Center for Book Arts communal shop for her entire career. She was a resident at the LMCC Arts Center in Governors Island and a research fellow at Hispanic Society Museum and Library, which became her sponsor for a regrant by NYSCA. Ana Paula has an extensive exhibition history, and her artist books are collected privately and institutionally.

All images courtesy of the instructor.