Paper weaving art

I recently completed a 30 day online class run by Helen Hiebert called Weaving Through Winter. The class had a very open structure, Helen did a 30 minute video introduction each week on a theme and workshop participants could take the concept and run with it. We posted pictures of what we made and offered comments and suggestions to each other. It was a wonderful daily practice and meditation. If you want to see all 30 of my pieces check out my Instagram posts at @gina_pisello. I will show…

ECHO Arts School Tiger, GA Peggy McBride, owner of Globe Gallery in Clayton, GA recently opened this wonderful venue for teaching small,...

Paste paper is a surface decorating technique in which a mixture of paint and paste, (in our case, papier mache paste,) is applied thickly to white or colored paper. Patterns and textures can be cr…

Learn how to weave with paper with our tutorial. There's 3 paper weaving card projects to choose from showing you a variety of techniques.

A blog about hand weaving, tapestry, and the place of craft and art in contemporary life.

UPDATE: The photographer is Michelangelo di Battista and the paper weaving is by Jennifer Berning: Hat tip: FFFFOUND!

Whether you call it a triaxal weave, mad weave or tumbling blocks, this pattern has a certain beauty to it, especially to those of us fond of geometric designs. I'm just glad I didn't give up when initially I couldn't figure out how to do it to save my life. This post contains affiliate links.&

I am SO excited to share this resource that I've been working on with you guys! After seeing some absolutely gorgeous paper weavings on Instagram, I was inspired to create one of my own! So I googled basket weaving designs, then used that to guide my paper weaving. That's when it struck me! What if there were designs or templates created specifically for paper weaving that made it easier for younger students to do too?! Note: I recommend this for students who have already done paper weaving…