The blue team is very excited to announce the 2025 edition of the Handmade blue paper workshop. Join us in the beautiful Charente region for a week rich in discoveries, with nice food and good company. This year, we have renewed the program, thanks to our new collaboration with Edina Adam, Assistant Curator of Drawings at the J. Paul getty Museum.

Dates: September 22-26, 2025

Location: Moulin du Verger, Puymoyen, France (near Angouleme)

Registration fee: 1200 EUR (materials incl., accommodation and food excl.)

Max. 6 participants

Workshop description:

Organized in a functioning 16th-century papermill in the South of France, this 5 day-workshop offers participants the opportunity to experiment with pre-industrial papermaking and dyeing methods. Fed by years of research in the field of blue paper, the team shares their last findings on the manufacturing of Western blue paper and its possible uses throughout time. Participants will be making their own reference sheets, with various coloring methods. The workshop allows time for discussion, participants are encouraged to bring their questions to share with the team.

Workshop objectives:

·   Discovering traditional Western papermaking techniques

·   Preparing blue dyes from natural colorants

·   Identifying paper- and dyeing techniques from samples

Uses of blue paper by artists in Europe (prints, drawings,books) between 1400 and 1800.

Questions and registration: leila.sauvage@gmail.com

The Blue Paper Research Consortium (Jacques Brejoux, Didier Navarot, Nadine Dumain, Philippe Chazelle, Edina Adam, Leila Sauvage)