Beautiful Realistic Crepe Paper Flowers is an in-person course happening with Workman Arts and East End Arts part of Workman Arts Satellite East Programming. Registration will be open until September 1 2022, at which point accepted registrants will be contacted. Please note there is a limit on participants.
Dates: Sundays, September 11, 18, 25 & October 2, 9
Time: 1-4 PM
Location: In-person, St. Matthews Club House (350 Broadview)
Who is this course for: East End residents 16+; all indigenous people from Turtle Island welcome. *12 participant limit!
Instructor: Nancy Lalicon
Just before the global COVID pandemic Nancy Lalicon began making paper flowers for an International Women’s Day event and since then has continued to self-teach and enjoy the challenge of replicating real flowers. She has an infectious enthusiasm for this paper craft and has shared it through workshops with students at Riverdale Collegiate, seniors at Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre, and children at the Imagine In The Park Festival in Hamilton. Nancy Lalicon is a first generation Filipino-Canadian Visual Artist who received her MFA from Concordia University, and studied at Emily Carr College of Art and University of Victoria. She also studied Predictive Data Analytics at the Toronto Metropolitan University. She has exhibited in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and Vancouver, most recently in Oakville at the Queen Elizabeth Community and Culture Center. She splits her time between working as a data analyst, continuing her art practice and living in East York with her family. You can view her work on Instagram @nancy_lalicon_artist
Class Description:
Come join Nancy Lalicon for 5 sessions to create Beautiful Realistic Crepe Paper Flowers. Together participants will learn the art of creating realistic paper flowers using the sculptural qualities of Italian Crepe Paper. We start with an introduction to the basics by making simple flowers and leaves then build on the foundation from there. We will also learn to apply alcohol inks, dry pastels and other colour mediums to enhance the flowers for more realistic effects. By the end of the course participants will make flowers and foliage to form a beautiful bouquet to take home. During the course we will learn techniques to create stamens and buds, how to stretch and shape crepe paper for the petals and leaves and how to make branches. We will look at resources from web searches and botanical books to see how each flower is made. Participants are encouraged to photograph or sketch the flowers in their neighborhoods and bring them into the class to share with others. After the first session the group will be encouraged to decide which flowers to make. I will also provide resources for materials, paper flower making books and online tutorials. Participants are asked to bring their own sharp scissors. All materials and additional tools will be provided. No experience necessary and all skill levels are welcome!
