Papier Mâché Workshop

Bring characters to life and enjoy a creative experience with this papier mâché workshop in NYC. Artist Tom Sebazco will teach you how to make papier mâché sculptures using aluminum foil.Tom will demo the technique and guide you through examples of past work to explore using papier mâché as a viable sculpture medium. The artist focuses on figurative works and masks, but you are free to choose your own subject matter. During the demonstration, you will have the opportunity to look at painting examples with acrylic tube paint.This class is perfect for beginners and will take your traditional ideas of papier mâché to the next level. You will also receive all of the materials and tools needed to build a papier mâché sculpture to take home!Once you are finished with your creation, you will leave your piece to dry over the course of 2-5 days. Tom Sebazco is a painter and sculptor in New York City. Originally from Philadelphia, Sebazco also moved through the upper Midwest and Southwest United States before relocating to New York City. His work can be found throughout North and South America as mural paintings, canvas works and cast bronze sculptures. Before entering Pratt Institute, Sebazco started working professionally at the age of 14 in Dallas, Texas where he painted numerous murals and was in the heart of the Deep Ellum art scene. After graduating from Pratt, Sebazco stayed in New York and his murals in Manhattan and Brooklyn are still enjoyed by the college campus, businesses and neighborhoods throughout the city.

• Aluminium foil
• Papier mâché set up (container with paper/glue mixture)
• Tarp materials to protect work stations
• “Take home boxes”

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