Learn to make your own paper from recycled materials with Lulu Luyao Chang. We are partnering with our friends BaQyard Babes (Chicago based Queer Community Event & Workshop Collective) to bring you this guest artist workshop. 

Join local artist Lulu Luyao Chang to transform recycled paper into beautiful handmade sheets infused with dried flowers and plants. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn the basics of papermaking—from pulping old books and newspapers to forming, pressing, and drying your own unique creations. Participants will experiment with textures, colors, and natural elements to create one-of-a-kind paper suitable for writing, drawing, or mixed-media work.

What’s Included:

• Introduction to papermaking, including how to create pulp from recycled materials and form sheets

• All materials provided, including mould and deckle, recycled paper, dried flowers, and other materials for embedding

• Each participant will make 3–4 unique A5-sized sheets

Note:

Participants are welcome to bring their own recycled materials or tissue paper to experiment with.

Additional Information:

• Handmade sheets take approximately 4–7 days to dry

• If participants plan to take their work home the same day, they are encouraged to bring a wood panel or hardcover books as a support for transport

• Once fully dried, you will receive an email notice. Works can also be picked up from me in the Humboldt Park area

• An $8 shipping option will be available at the end of the workshop