Objects or figures made of paper - art week in Ticino

Creative design with papier-mâché

Paper has not always been a part of everyday life and it is not as long ago that it was used as lavishly as we do today. After its invention around 1700 years ago, paper was considered something special for a long time.

After centuries of serving as a carrier of new ideas and as a medium for the dissemination of current news, paper found its way into the hands of creative people in the 17th and 18th centuries to produce amazing objects in crafts and art.

Too good to be used only once.

Using waste paper, we create artistic objects or figures up to life-size according to your ideas. The sculptures are made from a wooden or wire frame and then only from "paper waste" and are not painted. The colors, for example the patterns on the clothes, are created by choosing printed paper in such a clever way that it looks like a painting.

Let yourself be inspired, start experimenting and you will discover the amazing versatility of paper.

Material costs approx. 80.- / 100.- CHF

Ambience of the houses
If you rent a room in one of our course houses, you will be staying with the other participants in one of the old Ticino houses in the area. The original furnishings are charming and the atmosphere around the open fire is very cozy...
Costs:
Double room for 1 week: 200.- CHF
Single room for 1 week: 300.- CHF
Please bring your own towels, bed linen is provided.
Hotel rooms or a rustico (Ticino vacation home) can also be rented as accommodation, we will be happy to help you arrange this!

Breakfast and lunch will be organized by the participants themselves and can be arranged freely, in the evening there will be a meal together in one of the accommodation houses in Prato Sornico.

Various chefs are happy to cook for our course participants and offer dinner in the Ex-Osteria Mignami during the week (Mon-Fri). Dinner costs CHF 26 including starter/main course/dessert (drinks such as wine, beer etc.) can be purchased from them by the bottle.

Course times: The course begins on Sundays at 5.15 pm in the large studio of the Scuola di Scultura and ends on Fridays at 5 pm.

The course leader is present from Monday to Friday: 8.30 am to 12.00 pm and 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm.
In addition, you can work freely.

On Monday, the scaffolding is built using the sketches and the first layer of paper is applied.
From Tuesday to Thursday, the scaffolding is built and the figures are modeled.
On Friday, the final corrections are made and the figures are painted with colored paper, if desired.

Arrival is by car or public transport.

Arrival by car via Gotthard (A2) / San Bernardino (A3 / A13) or Chiasso (A2) / exit "Bellinzona Sud/Locarno" direction Locarno (main road) / tunnel Locarno / exit "Vallemaggia/Centovalli/Onsernone" (DO NOT leave Locarno!) continue direction Vallemaggia (from the end of the tunnel 40 km to Peccia)

Coming from western Switzerland and Valais: Simplon route to Domodossola / Centovalli / Ponte-Brolla, then turn left into Vallemaggia (from here 35 km to Peccia)

Arrival by public transport from Locarno SBB station. Take the "Vallemaggia" bus to Bignasco, then change to the Postbus to the "Peccia Paese" stop.

Arrival in Peccia: Turn left towards Piano di Peccia, after 30 meters there is a bridge over the river, here you can park your car on the left. The sculpture school is located directly on the river opposite the former stone processing company Cristallina S.A.