The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster presents Family Papermaking Workshops with artist and native plant expert Sheryl Jaffe: Wednesday April 23, 2025 from 9:30am-11am and 12pm-1:30pm.
GO FISH! And learn papermaking, too! Turn plants into fish and take home your unique creation. In this fun family workshop, you will learn the process of making paper from plants and take home a unique, expressive sculptural fish. Once you have made and pressed your wet sheets of paper, you will form them around a simple mold and decorate with watercolors. You can choose to create a bluefish, mackerel, sea robin or a fantasy fish from your imagination. Please come prepared to get wet, bring a cookie sheet to transport your creation and be ready to have fun exploring paper pulp, color, shape, and form.
Sheryl Jaffe has been exhibiting her artwork throughout New York and New England for over 30 years. She works with organic materials, handmade paper from local and exotic plant fibers and found objects to create 2 and 3-dimensional works. Jaffe studied traditional hand papermaking in Japan and China and has taught papermaking at home and abroad with students aged 4-84. Jaffe was a resident artist at The Barn, Edward Albee Foundation and at Yellowstone National Park, where she explored fibers found in those unique locations. She now volunteers in the community with the ArtPeace Makers and with Delilah’s Healing and Educational Collective in bringing Wampanoag culture and education to the Outer Cape.
All materials provided EXCEPT for cookie sheets. Aprons recommended.
*Age appropriate for 4 years and up
TICKETS: $15 per person available online at ccmnh.org
Space Limited to 12 people per session / No refunds
Museum Admission is an additional fee