Two regional artists attend a private, custom-designed workshop on modeling cast paper forms.
Studio Workshops
Ray Tomasso provides custom workshops at his studio for professional and amateur artists and craftspeople who want to expand and practice their skills related to handmade paper, paper casting, letterpress printing and book arts.
Novices are welcomed. Members of a creative writing class, for example, would find the studio conducive to a group workshop to print their work on their own handmade paper.
Tomasso's Inter-Ocean Studio is also part of a larger Colorado Front Range community of papermakers, calligraphers, printers, bookbinders and book artists. On request, Ray will organize broader workshop programs that include other local artists and craftspeople.
Accomodations are available for out-of-town workshop attendees.
Demonstrations, Lectures and Instruction
Tomasso has conducted papermaking lectures and workshops in Germany, Denmark, Penland, North Carolina, and many other locations throughout the United States and Rocky Mountain Region.
Most recently, Tomasso taught hand papermaking at the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Lakewood, Colorado, and the Logan School for Creative Learning in Denver.
Tomasso has teaching experience at every age and educational level from pre-kindergarten to advanced degree programs. Youth workshops have spanned a broad range of social and economic levels ranging from gifted students in private schools to incarcerated teens.