The Paper Cooperative, Exeter Spacex, Saturday 6th August to Saturday 3rd September 2011
This summer Spacex presents The Paper Cooperative, a family friendly exhibition that offers the opportunity to explore the use of paper.
With free self-guided activities, daily workshops, interactive sculptures, artist’s books and a cafe, visitors of all ages are invited to explore, make and experiment with paper.
Paper Labour is a new interactive art work by London based design collective Household. The installation highlights the use of paper in our day-to-day lives.
Three large scale interactive sculptures, an envelope, a book and a paper bag, are open to explore and offer space to make your own booklets. Also included is the Paper Museum, this houses an evolving selection of paper objects collected by Household, with an open invite for visitors to contribute their own paper creations.
There is a collection of artists’ books and ‘zines exploring the variety of techniques employed in self publishing today. Some are to be observed while others are to be handled. The contributions come from a number of artists including Tom Sowden,
Emily Speed and Georgia Russell.
Workshops take place at 11am Tuesday through Saturday, until 27th August. From paper animation and paper floristry to making your own paper, there are workshops to suit all ages.
A temporary café provides a space to relax with a selection of drinks and muffins on offer. This area is decorated with a variety of handmade signs, created by students of Exeter College with local illustrator Patrick Cullum. Free activities are available at all times in the café, with opportunity to make paper birds, garlands and much more, our two friendly hosts are always on hand to offer support.
Open Tuesday to Saturday 10am–5pm
Admission free
WORKSHOPS
Workshops run 11am–1pm.
Children under eight must be accompanied by an adult.
£5 per child, adults free when accompanying a child.
Booking advised.
9th August
Monster Mash Up
Ages up to 8
Transform our stock of lovely papers into a crowd of horrible monsters! In this workshop each participant will design and make a crazy creature to take home. Led by artist Michelle Moss.
10th August
Paper Play
Ages up to 8
Have fun with Eleanor Duckworth, snipping, ripping and gluing to your hearts content. There will be plenty of opportunity to be inventive – how about coming up with your own design for a colourful paper decoration? Or try your hand at making an LED tea-light lantern to decorate your bedroom.
11th August
Flower Boxes
Ages 8+
‘The Paper Florist’, Katherine Thomas, will show you how to craft a simple card keepsake box decorated with handmade paper flowers. Fill with something special and you’ve got a perfect handmade present for a lucky person!
12th August
Zines
Ages 8+
Make a mini magazine all about the things that matter to you! You’ll get several copies of your magazine to give to your friends and one copy will go on display in the gallery. Led by artist David Chatton Barker.
13th August
Paper Animation
Ages 7+
Contribute to an animated film and bring paper to life with Anna and Claire of Clannamation.
16th August
Costume Making
Ages up to 5
In this workshop, led by artist Michelle Moss, little people and their adults will have lots of fun playing with paper to make a mask, costume or disguise. Be sure to bring your camera!
17th August
Paper Jungle
Ages 8+
Build a paper jungle, complete with paper parrots and wild animals, then watch it come alive with the use of some clever lighting. Participants will take home their own animal puppet and a piece of the jungle. Led by artist Jenny Mellings.
18th August
Message Kites
Ages 8+
Make a unique kite with artist and printmaker Catherine Cartwright. First you will print messages and patterns onto lightweight paper, then transform your designs into a small kite.
19th August
Paper Panarama
Ages 8+
Work with artist Jenny Mellings to create a fantastic 3d picture using wonderful speciality papers.
20th August
Paper Animation
Ages 7+
Contribute to an animated film and bring paper to life with Anna and Claire of Clannamation.
23rd August
Paper Making
Ages 8+ with accompanying adult
Take some waste paper pulp, add some special ingredients, and produce your own sheets of handmade paper! When its dry, we’ll pop it in the post and you’ll be able to create something special at home with your paper. Artist and teacher Eleanor Duckworth leads this workshop.
24th August
Paper Crowns, Tiaras & Hats
Ages 5+
Create a unique piece of party headwear with Rivka Jacobs. Rivka absolutely loves hats, so much so that she gave up her job to become a couture milliner (someone who makes really special hats). Come and share her enthusiasm and become a couture milliner for a few hours!
25th August
Pop Out Cards
Ages 8+
In this workshop you’ll get to design and produce your own pop out animal card. Led by paper engineer and author of countless pop-up books Ruth Wickings.
26th August
Old Books into Art
Ages 8+
We have a stock of old books that are beyond repair and we’d like you to create something wonderful from them. Look at some examples of artists who create artwork from old books and then set about tinkering to create our own mini exhibition. Led by artist David Chatton Barker.
27th August
Paper Animation
Ages 7+
Have a go at animation and bring paper to life with Anna and Claire of Clannamation.
31th August
Scissors + Paper Rock!
6-9pm, Over 16s, £5
Spend an evening at Spacex with a stock of covetable paper and likeminded paper-crafters. Workshop leaders include milliner Rivka Jacobs and Nathan Blaker of No Guts No Glory.
These workshops are part of The Paper Cooperative, a family friendly exhibition that offers the opportunity to explore the use of paper. With free self-guided activities, daily workshops, interactive sculptures, artists books and a cafe, there are ways for visitors of all ages to explore, make and experiment with paper. The workshop programme is supported by Paperchase.
For further information or to book please visit www.spacex.org.uk