| Title | Information |
| Instructor | Helen Hiebert |
| Skill Level | All Levels |
| Length of Workshop | 2 days |
| Date(s) | Thursday, June 25, and Friday, June 26, 2026 |
| Cost | $175 per day x 2 days + $75 material fee |
| Total Price of Workshop | $425 |
Workshop Description
Come explore elegant weaving structures and beautiful papers that can be integrated into the stories of your life. Incorporate unique papers and imagery as you weave paper strips and shapes in a variety of ways. Cut windows into your weavings to reveal and illuminate between the layers. Learn to create a reverse piano hinge album to house a sampling of your weavings.
This workshop can follow the one-day workshop or be taken independently.
Materials/Equipment to be Provided by Students
- Pencil and eraser
- Metal ruler, 12″ to 18″, for cutting
- Scissors
- Cutting mat, approximately 12″ x 18″
- Craft knife with extra blades
- Glue brush, approximately ¼″, for detail work; and/or a favorite glue applicator
- Other favorite tools that students might want to use (bonefolder, awl, sewing supplies, etc.)
- Brown paper grocery bag to collect paper scraps
- Optional:
- Circle cutter (Helen’s current favorite is https://www.amazon.com/Mr-Compass-Circle-Circular-Cutting/dp/B08KFNG22K) or a compass for drawing circles
- Paper trimmer for cutting strips of paper (for example: https://amzn.to/4qEtnrj)
- Rotary cutter
- Tweezers
- Scoring board (example: https://www.amazon.com/Scor-Pal-SP108-Eighths-Measuring-Scoring/dp/B00OVVL85A)
- Plastic gridded ruler
- Paper:
- Most of the weavings will be letter size and smaller. Helen will provide plenty of paper in a range of sizes, but students are welcome to bring their personal papers. Thin, stiff-ish papers weave best. Papers that are too thick are not flexible enough in some situations, and papers that are too thin tear easily and are difficult to weave. Found papers can be great in weavings: magazine pages, maps, book pages, photographs, old letters (to preserve the original, make a photocopy), catalogs, postcards, wrapping paper, greeting cards, etc.
See Materials Glossary for definitions and images
Materials/Equipment to be Provided by Instructor
- Specialty paper kit from Washi Arts, including a weaving tool
- Templates
- Cardstock papers and Tyvek for Reverse Piano Hinge album
- Acrylic paints and foam brushes for staining Tyvek
- Glue and double-sided tape
Instructor Biography
Helen Hiebert is a Colorado artist who constructs installations, sculptures, films, artist’s books, and works in paper using handmade paper as her primary medium. She teaches, lectures, and exhibits her work internationally and online, and is the author of several how-to books about papermaking and papercrafts; her latest book is Weaving With Paper. Helen has an extensive network of paper colleagues around the world and her interest in how things are made (from paper) keeps her up to date on current paper trends, which she writes about in her weekly blog called The Sunday Paper. She interviews papermakers and paper artists on her podcast Paper Talk, and she holds an annual paper retreat and papermaking master classes in her Red Cliff studio.
Instagram: @helenhiebert
