LAFTA

Registration is now OPEN!

To register, complete the Registration form HERE: Molly Elkind Workshop – Fill out form

Then submit your payment (use the Payment Button under the Membership section of this site).

As a member benefit, early registration will be for current LAFTA members only until February 19th, 2026.

Registration will be opened to the public on February 20th, 2026.

Once all spaces are filled, attempted registrants will be place on a waiting list.

Class size limit is 24.

Paper weaving is a quick and fun way to play with color, image, and pattern—without a loom! Even if you’ve never seen a weaving draft and don’t know warp from weft, you’ll be weaving by the end of the workshop. A paper-woven surface is also great for adding collage and mixed media to, so come explore the possibilities!
Paper weaving is even more fun when you work with papers you’ve designed yourself. So we’ll begin by using watercolors to do surface design on papers that we’ll later slice up for weaving. For inspiration we will view the diverse work of several artists working in this medium today. You may also bring your own previously-decorated or found papers.  Through lecture and demonstration, you will learn how to choose papers for weaving, how to decorate them, how to cut strips, choose a weave structure, read a weaving draft, and how to do the actual weaving.  You can also experiment with added other media to your weaving such as dried plants, threads or yarns, or other weaveable elements. We will emphasize choosing papers and weave structures that create maximum visual interest and interaction between image and
weave.  Finally, we will look at how to finish and mount your completed weaving.   I will share several handouts and resources.

• Location: St. Mark's Episcopal Church 2822 Frankfort Avenue, Louiville, KY
• Suitable for: everyone. Previous weaving experience helpful but not required.
• Length: 12-hour in-person hands-on workshop, Two six-hour in-person sessions over two days
• Cost: Current LAFTA members: $120.00 / Non-members $160.00
• Supplies: Attendees will be responsible for bringing most of their own materials and supplies. A full description will be sent prior to the beginning of the workshop. There may be a small materials fee ($10- $15) payable to Molly in cash at the workshop.
• Cancellations: Cancellations will be accepted for a full refund up until March 23rd , 2026 (one month prior to the workshop.) After that date, refunds will be made only if your spot is filled from the waiting list. Refunds will be made by check and may take several weeks to process.

LAFTA is able to reduce costs to members for this workshop through generous donations made to the Lida Gordon Memorial fund. Several LAFTA members were taught and mentored by Lida, including Molly. To find out more about Lida, her life and her connection to LAFTA please visit https://www.kfw.org/board/lida-gordon/

Supplies:

• Papers:  Watercolor paper:  A weight of 90-140 lb. For the purposes of this workshop, watercolor paper size of 9” x 12” or 11” x 15” is ideal but you can bring any size you want to try.
• Other papers: Printed photographs or decorated papers (painted or found papers such as magazine pages, scrapbook papers, handmade or fine art papers). Papers heavier than 20-lb printer paper are easier to weave with, if possible. Molly will also be bringing a limited amount of papers as part of the supply fee, so please bring some papers you want to try.
• Watercolor paints: inexpensive tube watercolors in red, yellow, blue, white and black. Pan sets can work for very small pieces but you will be unable to achieve a wash on larger paper.
•  Plastic cups (for water), 3-4 jar lids (for mixing paints)
• A few brushes: a wide (1-2”) flat brush and a couple small round and/or flat ones. We will strive for large areas of color and pattern rather than highly detailed images.
• Molly will also bring some brushes to borrow.
• Blue painter's tape, drafting tape or white artist’s tape. Try to avoid scotch tape or masking tape.
• Scissors for cutting paper. Scratch paper, ruler and pencil. A few paper towels.
• Work surface:  2 pieces of cardboard, foam core or matboard at least 2” larger on all sides than the papers you are weaving with. 
  White glue and small brush for glue.
• Optional but recommended: Means to cut paper into smaller 1/4” strips:   EITHER a rotary paper trimmer and cutting mat OR an x-acto or utility knife and cutting surface.  If you have one, you can bring a paper shredder, a paper cutter, or a pasta machine to cut solid-colored papers. Molly will bring a few small paper cutters as well.
• Optional: Neocolor II Watercolor crayons). Molly will also have sets of watercolor crayons available to purchase ($25 and up).
• Optional: Mixed media items: dried grasses or small flowers, yarns, paper or natural raffia, large tapestry needle, unusual found materials. Molly will also have some of these.
• Supply fee: $10 for extra provided supplies and equipment: papers and cut strips, raffia, extra brushes, artist’s tape, skewers.