In this class I'll show how I treat paper with encaustic wax before folding, and each student will get an opportunity to coat/paint their own sheets of encaustic wax paper. The result is paper coated with wax, and optionally painted (if the encaustic medium contains pigments as well). This can add transparency to the sheet, and can change the surface texture. The paper also becomes slightly sticky, and behaves differently when folded.
I will provide encaustic medium and paint, as well as paper for use in the class (two sheets per student), although if you have specific paper you'd like to try coating/painting with wax, feel free to bring that and use it (the sheet size is limited to 12 inches in the larger dimension due to the size of the working surface). (In general, uncoated, natural fiber papers work better because the wax infuses into the sheet as opposed to just forming a surface film.)