Exploding Cards, and Seasonal Decor from Salvaged Papers

Instructors: Chloe Davidson & Nanette Davidson

Day & Date: Saturday, May 3, 2025

Time: 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Tuition: $65.00

Ages: Adult (18 and Up)

All levels are welcome. No experience required.

Students Please Bring:

• Photocopies of family and friends or old prints ready to incorporate into your finished cards.
• Note taking materials.
• (Optional) A snack and/or water bottle. Filtered water is available in the classroom.

Create a variety of exploding and pop-up greeting cards using embellished recycled papers, including magazine and catalog pages, photographs, paper maps and commercial packaging. Techniques like paste paper, hand lettering and paper cutting will be employed. These projects cross the changing seasonal spectrum and can be used for holidays as well as birthdays, baby showers and DIY weddings. Prayer flags, garlands, wreathes and other decor will be explored with samples created to continue at home. Bring photocopies of family and friends or old prints ready to incorporate into whimsical designs. 

Please arrive early for this workshop to find parking. The Murphy Spring Festival will be happening downtown from 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and some sections of downtown will be closed to traffic.

An additional fee for materials provided by your instructor for this workshop is estimated at $8.00 THIS FEE IS PAYABLE TO THE INSTRUCTOR at the time of the workshop. Material fees may change depending on the number of participants and price of materials at the workshop. *Payment by cash or check is required for materials fees. 

* Workshops are subject to low enrollment cancellation if the minimum number of 4 students is not reached. If you have any questions, you’re welcome to call Olive’s Porch for up-to-date enrollment information.

About Instructor: Chloe Anne Davidson grew up in the richly creative environment of the John C Campbell Folk School, where she considers herself incredibly lucky to have learned from many amazing artists while exploring a wide range of crafting skills, including recycled arts, papermaking, painting, calligraphy, jewelry-making, sculpting, and ceramics. Now based in Asheville, she is a multidisciplinary artist specializing in hand-lettering, illustration, and recycled material art. She creates custom chalkboard signs for local businesses and makes unique cards, jewelry, and artwork from repurposed materials, with a particular specialty in intricate pop-up card designs. She is also the Head of Operations for the OCEAN Asheville building, where she oversees events and heads up all graphic design at The Collider, a climate-research-based event and coworking center in downtown Asheville. Beyond her visual arts, Chloe is also a passionate musician, performing as part of a musical duo in Asheville and cherishing any opportunity to sing with her dad.

About Instructor: Nanette Davidson founded the cooking program for the Folk School and served as Resident Artist for twenty years. Her classes range from baking pies and sourdough breads in wood fired ovens, to weaving rugs, and working with repurposed materials to create whimsical paper decorations for seasonal displays. Her work has been featured in Hobby Home and Our State magazines, and her recipes have been printed in Garden and Gun and Atlanta Journal and Constitution. She is a member of the Southern Highland Handcraft Guild. She authored The Folk School Cookbook: Seasonal Recipes from the John C Campbell Folk School, published in 2018.