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December 2, 2023
Making Absence, Present
The Sunday Paper #488
December 3, 2023
FREE Zoom mini-workshop alert! Create a Tea Light Topper to illuminate the shortest day of the year and celebrate the return of the light. The session will begin with a short, face-paced overview of The Paper Year, followed by the workshop. (The Paper Year will open for registration that day).
Register for this event and get the supply list here. This workshop will take place on Weds, 12/20 at Noon mountain time.
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Yulia Brodskaya never ceases to amaze! Over the past year, the artist has developed a series in which she portrays the “people of Gaia”—a hopeful vision of what people will be like in the future.
©Yulia Brodskaya, as seen on My Modern Met
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Origami artist Arbnora Fejza Idrizi recently made this mosaic of the Albanian flag to celebrate the country’s Independence day. Now she’s also hoping Guinness will take note of her work and award her a World Record (she’s trying to beat her own record).
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In 2020 (remember that year?) Christine Aaron ordered some of my wild abaca paper. Click through to see what she used it for. About the work: “The numbers washed over me and I began to numb. I started this project to try to make visual the enormous loss and all it wreaked, thinking it would take me a few weeks. I chose a skin like beautiful handmade abaca paper and burned a mark for each person lost to Covid in NY State…”
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In 2021, I started a tradition – creating a list of 100 favorite paper resources of the year. For 2023, I’d love to include your recommendations as well. Tell me about them here. You’ll find a link to last year’s list for inspiration when you click through. Many thanks to those of you who have already submitted!
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Paper TidbitsAlicia Bailey has discounted 20 of her early book editions. Some of these would make great gifts or an addition to your collection.Do you need a handy dandy Book & Paper Press? Arnold Grummers’ annual press sale is going on now. I own one and love it!———————————————————————————————––––––
Featured WorkMaria Stoller took my Shadow Lantern online class and created this beautiful book called Autumn Forest. View more photos here.
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November 25, 2023
Hand-Cut Silhouettes
The Sunday Paper #487
November 26, 2023
Last Chance! My Book Light online class takes place next Saturday, December 2nd. This is a 3-hour live online workshop. Join us and fold this expandable file folder structure; attach it to two uniquely wrapped book covers; create a removable spine that holds a fairy light; slip the spine into pockets; and flip the switch. All levels are welcome, and if you can’t attend live, the session will be recorded.
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National Book Award finalist Beth Kephart’s new book — My Life in Paper: Adventures in Ephemera (Temple University Press)—is a memoiristic inquiry into the ways in which paper shapes and holds our lives. In a series of letters written to the late Dard Hunter, Kephart muses on the obsessions that define us, the ambitions and frustrations that threaten to defeat us, and the legacies we hope to leave, among many other things. Baby books and scrapbooks, sewing patterns and doilies, wills and deeds, rare books and paper arts are all integral to the story. The New York Times Book Review editors called the book a “searching memoir grappling with life, memory and legacy.” Foreword Reviews called it “evocative and informative.” And Kirkus wrote ” As she offers insight into the fascinating world of papermaking, Kephart also reveals the intimate connection between memory and its most ubiquitous—and also most fragile—receptacle. An eloquent and unique memoir.”
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I was delighted to learn about the work of Eliza Redmann from a blog reader (thank you)! Redmann began Folded Poetry after a car accident and traumatic brain injury changed her life. She found a way to utilize her creative potential for healing by creating functional art. Check out her holiday shop here.
© Eliza Redmann, Shell Dance
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Colette Fu was artist-in-residence at BIMA and created this giant pop-up book called 许愿树 (Wishing Tree).
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Paper TidbitsIn 2021, I started a tradition – creating a list of 100 favorite paper resources of the year. For 2023, I’d love to include your recommendations as well. Tell me about them here. You’ll find a link to last year’s list for inspiration when you click through.Have you had the chance to listen to my interview with Ilze Dilane on Paper Talk?The Craft Industry Alliance creates an annual Holiday Gift Guide. Support the creative economy and make this holiday season truly memorable when you give handmade.Save 25% on a Craft Industry Alliance membership through 11/27. Strengthen your creative business, stay up to date on industry news, and build connections.———————————————————————————————––––––
In the Paper StudioShannon Green shared this piece in The Paper Studio, my free Facebook group. Audrey is a decorative metal dress form she bought at a home decor store about a decade ago. Green has dressed her in many creative ways over the years but this is her final outfitting. As part of Green’s term as one of the visiting artists at the Fayetteville Public Library this year, she is dressing Audrey in paper beads…7,000 and counting! She cuts the bead strips from outdated issues of Arkansas magazines and travel guides, rolls them up and then seals them with Minwax wood hardener. Green is using a strong nylon thread to weave the beads together in a way that hugs Audrey’s curves at the top, but flow to the floor as fabric would.
Audrey, © Shannon Green, 2023.
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Products and Workshops:Click on the photos to read more and purchase:
Handmade Paper Pack • The Art of Papercraft
Papermaking with Garden Plants • The Papermaker’s Companion
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About our Sponsor: Beth Kephart is the award-winning author of more than three-dozen books in multiple genres, an award-winning teacher of memoir, co-founder of Juncture Workshops, and a woman still exploring the power and place of paper. Her new books are My Life in Paper: Adventures in Ephemera and Good Books for Bad Children: The Genius of Ursula Nordstrom. More at bind-arts.com
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November 18, 2023
Taco Book
The Sunday Paper #486
November 19, 2023
In 2021, I started a tradition – creating a list of 100 favorite paper resources of the year. For 2023, I’d love to include your recommendations as well. Tell me about them here. You’ll find a link to last year’s list for inspiration when you click through.
I needed to grin today. This Taco Book was created by Janna Willoughby-Lohr of Papercraft Miracles. She does such interesting projects with paper and flaunts it on Fridays over in The Paper Studio on Facebook (I always enjoy seeing what others share, and I learn so much from in this lovely community). Janna created the taco guest book for a 10th Anniversary Party – the taco “shell” paper is called Blonde Ale and is made from abaca fiber and yellow recycled paper with spent hops from a local brewery. So fun!
Wishing all of you in the U.S. a lovely Thanksgiving this week! Is anyone having tacos?
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I had the pleasure of interviewing Ilze Dilane on Paper Talk. Dilane is a papermaker and artist in Riga, Latvia who runs a papermaking studio out of the Pardaugava Music and Art School, where she teaches children, teachers and adults about the art and craft of handmade paper. Dilane also runs an annual papermaking symposium in Rite, Latvia.
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Nicki Crock, Permeate; 7.25 x 7.25 x 2, paperboard, secondhand house paint.
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Unveiling, an exhibition of paper kites by Susan Perry, is on view at Blue Ridge Arts Center in Seneca, SC. These handmade sculptures are created with bamboo, paper and ink. The opening night program featured a collaborative performance between a dancer, musician and poet, who responded to the work spontaneously.
Different pieces of kite artwork by Susan Perry at Blue Ridge Arts Center in Seneca. Photo by Caleb Gilbert
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This is an interesting story about folded paper triangles.
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Paper TidbitsI had the good fortune of meeting Fred Siegenthaler at the IAPMA Congress in Fabriano, Italy in 2014. Fred passed away on September 30, 2023. I was delighted to find this blog post that I wrote about him back in 2014, where you can read about two of his great contributions to the papermaking community. We will miss you, Fred!———————————————————————————————––––––
Featured ProjectsSpeaking of paper triangles, Donna LaVallee sent me this sweet holiday card, adapted from the Valentine Love Note project in The Art of Papercraft (designed by Cathryn Miller). Donna made a bunch of these for a holiday card exchange. The card unfolds to reveal this poem by Christina Rossetti. How sweet is that?
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Products and Workshops:Click on the photos to read more and purchase:
Handmade Paper Pack • The Art of Papercraft + a Handmade Paper Pack
Make a Book Light (12/2/23) • Red Cliff Paper Retreat: (8/26-30/24)
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November 11, 2023
Books Abound
The Sunday Paper #485
November 12, 2023
*** If you need paper – or maybe some project ideas to turn that paper into – I’ve got you covered! Scroll down to purchase a Handmade Paper Pack or The Art of Papercraft + a Handmade Paper Pack.
My week was full with an intern in the studio. Alyssa Roggow assisted me in making paper for an upcoming artist’s book (a woven paper alphabet). It feels daunting to have 650 sheets to make, especially when each sheet requires 3 layers of paper (that’s 1950 dips in the vat). We made a small dent, but more importantly got a system down. Now she’s off to do a music composing residency and will return for another week in December. I hope to pull a few more sheets on my own while she’s away, and I’ll continue designing the weavings for each letter of the alphabet (E is for elephant hide paper; P is for paste paper).
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Do you think that origami tessellations are really cool to look at, but way too hard to fold? Or maybe you don’t want to spend an hour gridding just to make another snowball in the trash can? If that’s you, then what you need is a series of small projects to gradually build the skills needed to tackle larger and harder tessellations.
With 25 daily tutorial videos starting on Dec. 1 that are designed to teach one new technique at a time, Advent of Tess can help kickstart your tessellation folding success with small wins that can be completed in under an hour and help you see the infinite possibilities available when you play with twists!
The challenge is free for everyone, the videos will stay available after the end of the challenge, a limited number of paper packs are available, and you can sign up now at and join the fun!
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I have long been a fan of Mary Merkel-Hess’ gorgeous basket-like rolled paper sculptures. She uses reeds, paper cords, and a mixture similar to papier-mâché to shape the organic forms.
———————————————————————————————–––––––Join our Facebook group, The Paper Studio, where we flaunt it on Fridays (you’ll have to answer two questions, to prove you’re not a bot). I always enjoy seeing what others share, and I learn so much from in this lovely community: last week, Barbara Burns-Dore (@papergoddess) shared that she was sending mail art with an illustrated note to Love For Our Elders, a national non profit that fights loneliness with love for our elders.
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This is a fantastic video about small workshops owned by artisan families in Mexico City that transform ordinary cardboard and paper into create traditional Day of the Dead decorations.
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Paper TidbitsI am a fan of Erica Spitzer Rasmussen’s work. She creates one-of-a-kind and limited-edition hand-bound books, which most often explore family stories and issues of identity. Her solo exhibition, Books Abound, is currently on view at the Kalamazoo Book Arts Center. In 2021, I started a tradition – creating a list of my favorite paper resources. For 2023, I’d love to include your recommendations as well. Tell me about them here.———————————————————————————————––––––
Featured ProjectsWe explore a new technique each month in The Paper Year. Here’s the video featuring what members made in October, a Triangular Bag structure, designed by guest artist Claudia Lee. Member Terry Englehart turned some old calendar pages into these tall lantern forms. Registration for The Paper year opens 4x a year (Reserve your spot!) and will kick off with a free Zoom workshop on December 20th: details coming soon.
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About our Sponsor: Gathering Folds helps aspiring tessellation folders to deeply understand tessellations with courses focused on broad structures, theory, and folding skills so they can approach new patterns with confidence and even start designing patterns of their own.
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Products and Workshops:Click on the photos to read more and purchase:
Handmade Paper Pack • The Art of Papercraft + a Handmade Paper Pack
Make a Book Light (12/2/23) • Red Cliff Paper Retreat: (8/26-30/24)
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November 4, 2023
The Art and Art Therapy of Papermaking
The Sunday Paper #484
November 5, 2023
I received my copy of The Art and Art Therapy of Papermaking by Drew Luan Matott and Gretchen M. Miller this week. Veterans Day is coming up, and the wars in our world are top of mind, so I turned to the last essay in the book: Papermaking and the Process of Returning Home, by Eli Wright (His organization, Frontline Paper, was featured in this post).
Wright, who served in Iraq, writes a powerful story about his personal journey as a combat medic–turned–papermaker/ instructor. Here is a short excerpt: “Traumatic experiences have a tendency of fracturing our sense of time and space… The sounds of ripping fabric and dripping water, and the feel of the wet pulp running between one’s fingers in a vat are rich sensory experiences that can counteract symptoms of anxiety and depression in many beneficial ways. I have witnessed so many veterans enter the room, practically crawling out of their skin with anxiety, or nearly catatonic with depression, yet within hours, they’re sharing stories with other participants, connecting the dots between their individual and collective experiences, sometimes crying, always laughing, and momentarily transformed back to themselves again.”
This book is filled with therapeutic stories about papermaking, community and the transformative power of making paper from cloth with history and meaning (military uniforms, hospital gowns, the clothing of loved ones). Wright ends his essay with this reflection:
“Perhaps one day we may learn to use paper solely as a medium for love letters and creative art, rather than declarations of war and suicide notes.”
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How cool is this? Lego printing plates! I grew up with legos, and my son adored them as a kiddo, too. Lego Letterpress for Families will take place November 11th at the San Francisco Center for the Book. I wonder what paper they’ll be printing on?
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I’m teaching how to make this Book Light on Zoom on December 2nd. Learn to fold this expandable file folder structure; attach it to two uniquely wrapped book covers; create a removable spine that holds a fairy light; slip it into pockets; and flip the switch. All levels are welcome, and if you can’t attend live, the session will be recorded. Click here to read more, watch a video of the book in action and sign up! (Paper Year All-In Plan members: I will send you a discount code for the workshop tomorrow).
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As seen on Colossal.
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Hand Papermaking produces a annual year-end broadside, and they are debuting the 2023 edition, “i am graffiti,” a stunning, provocative, and timely collaboration between Derick Wycherly, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, and Rachel Melis. Order your copy today!
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Paper TidbitsTrish Witkowski is ending her popular Fold of the Week series after 15 years. What an amazing run, and all 655 inspirational episodes (plus the 10 last ones that are coming out soon) will always available to view.If I lived closer (to Cleveland) I would attend the annual kozo harvest, which takes place next weekend!Kelly Taylor Mitchell is teaching a Studies in Southern Fibers workshop at the Robert C. Williams of American Papermaking on December 2nd.The Red Cliff Paper Retreat will focus on Paper & Thread next August. 7/12 spots have been reserved. Will you join us?Sarah Brayer’s exhibition, Scintillate, just opened at Ronin Gallery in NYC last night.———————————————————————————————––––––
In the StudioI am excited to be partnering with the Arnold Grummer family to provide a paid internship at Helen Hiebert Studio. Alyssa Roggow will spend two weeks in the studio, starting tomorrow. She is considering graduate school, and prior to investing in another degree, she wants to see what running a papermaking studio takes – smart! Arnold Grummer’s family and Helen Hiebert Studio will provide a stipend, and I will provide personalized training geared towards enabling Alyssa to pursue a career in paper.
Alyssa Roggow is a classical musician, writer, and multifaceted educator. As a certified Master Naturalist and a trained VTS (visual thinking strategies) facilitator, she can often be found incorporating her passions for the arts and the outdoors into interdisciplinary workshops for learners of all ages. Her writing has been published across multiple platforms, and Alyssa is a violist and avid chamber musician who performs throughout the U.S.
The internship I had early in my career was instrumental to who I’ve become as an artist, author and instructor, and it is my hope that the experience will have as much of a positive effect on others as my internship had on me. This is one way I can give back to the community that gave me my start.
Arnold Grummer is remembered for his broad contribution to paper education. His videos, entry-level books and user-friendly paper kits continue to introduce the creative possibilities of hand papermaking to new generations. Interns have the option of completing Arnold Grummer’s Papermaking Instructor Certification as part of their internship, with credentials to teach in school and community settings.
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October 28, 2023
Giving Voice to Paper
The Sunday Paper #484
October 29, 2023
Do you like to plan ahead? There’s one spot left in my July 2024 Papermaking Master Class, and I’ve opened registration for next summer’s Red Cliff Paper Retreat (August 26-30). Click through to read more and reserve your spot.
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Have you purchased your copy of Modern Papermaking? I tried something different on Paper Talk for this episode with Kelsey Pike, the author of the book. You’ll find the podcast episode here, and we shot some video about some of the papermaking tools, tips, recipes and projects that are featured in the book.
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This paper cranes wreathe will be sent to a community that is grieving. In the background: “Ascentiate”, the 7/20 Memorial, is dedicated to the 13 killed and the 70 wounded during the Aurora Theater Massacre on July 20, 2012.
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Are you following #popuptober on Instagram? Paper engineers are posting amazing daily creations throughout the month.
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Paper TidbitsPaper Is People: Decolonizing Global Paper Cultures, co-curated by Tia Blassingame and Stephanie Sauer, offers a new definition of paper within a global and decolonial framework. This exhibition in on view through 12/22 at the San Francisco Center for the Book.I’m part of the holiday workshop line-up with MadeTV. I’ll be teaching how to make a woven winter solstice lantern on 12/21 (the winter solstice). My workshop is the last one listed at the link. I hope to see you there!If you’re in Taiwan, EARTH SPEAK: Giving Voice to Paper opens at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei this week.———————————————————————————————––––––
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October 21, 2023
A Papermaking Gathering
The Sunday Paper #483
October 22, 2023
I’m traveling home from Providence, RI today, where I attended the North American Hand Papermaker’s conference. It was so good to see my paper friends and colleagues after a 3-year hiatus, and the number of young people in attendance gave me hope for our field. Here are a few highlights, and I’ll be back with your regular Sunday Paper next week.
We had at least 5 Coloradans in the house, and 3 of us met up on our flight to Providence. I’m flying home alone today.
Chris Leatherwood, Helen Hiebert, Joyce Gold
We visited Special Collections in the Fleet Library at the Rhode Island School of Design (located in a gorgeous old building). It was fun to get a tour behind the scenes of their artist’s book collection and a really interesting Visual + Materials Resource Center, where students can check out different materials to explore throughout the design process.
The wall of artist’s books; bins containing the paper section of the materials lab (cardboards, sample books, etc).
We had two keynotes, one by Shel Bassel, who managed to get here from Israel (read his diary about the current situation). He spoke eloquently about his work as a scribe and Hebrew calligrapher. It was fascinating to learn about which side of the parchment various sacred Jewish texts are written on and the tools and materials he uses to write with. Tom Balbo talked about his artwork throughout the years, his studios in Cleveland and the Morgan Conservatory, which he founded.
Shel Bassel did a hands-on demo in addition to his keynote; Tom Balbo talks about papermaking.
Ayako Yoshizumi traveled from Japan to teach us about Kinkara-kami (gilded “leather” paper).
James Ojascastro, who has a PhD in botany and a lifeline passion for origami, shared his interest in exploring plant fibers that work well for origami.
Rebecca Hutchinson shared her large-scale installations, informed by her observations of the natural world. Her technique, which incorporates handmade paper + clay, is fascinating.
Timothy Barrett gave a delightful presentation about restoring Japanese travel lanterns.
I’m writing on Saturday and there is so much more to share, but I have to run off to the next thing, friends. See you next week!
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October 14, 2023
Congruence
The Sunday Paper #482
October 15, 2023
I find it so hard to make sense of the world in times like this, but I do find solace listening to podcasts like On Being with Krista Tippett. She recently interviewed Baratunde Thurston, who she calls a social creative (I love that term). He looks for learning, even amidst our hardest cultural tangles, and he intertwines all of this, innovatively and searchingly, with his lifelong joy in the natural world.
Sending big love to each and every one of you, today and everyday. In my distracted and busy week, I completely forgot about the solar eclipse. I happened to take my dogs for a short walk just as people in the neighborhood were stepping out of their homes to view it. I didn’t have any special glasses though. Did you see it?
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Susan Ruptash has taken several of my online courses and is a member of The Paper Year. She has an exhibition called Congruence, at the Propeller Gallery in Toronto, opening in a couple of weeks. Go see it if you are in the area (or take a look at her work online). She creates wonders with heritage washi.
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Good handmade watercolor paper is a specialty of only a few mills worldwide. Here’s one in China. I’m curious – the photos look like they are using Western papermaking equipment. The Baoding Huarong Paper Factory‘s papers are available in 40 countries, and they have a museum too.
Staff members making paper for painting and calligraphy at the Baoding Huarong Paper Factory, Hebei province in China. PHOTO: CHINA DAILY
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There are so many ways to weave paper! Look at how Sia Hurtigkari is exploring explore scale, color, and finish.
As seen on designboom. the designer during the construction process, image by Benjamin Lund
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Designers in Japan are using a technique called sunago-maki, where an artist places flakes of gold or silver leaf into a bamboo tube and then sprinkles them onto paper, to create light-powered Eco-Drive watch faces.
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Paper TidbitsI’ll be teaching a Woven Book Cover project to Heather Martinez’s Let’s Letter Together group this Tuesday (October 17th). You can join us for a small fee.Will I see any of you this week at the North American Hand Papermaker’s Paper Tides conference (10-19/21)? I’m looking forward to a little trip, and to visiting Providence, RI for the first time.I’m part of the holiday workshop line-up with MadeTV. I’ll be teaching how to make a woven winter solstice lantern on 12/21 (the winter solstice). You have to be subscriber to access the workshops. Maybe some of you already are?———————————————————————————————–––––––
Featured Projects:We explore a new technique each month in The Paper Year. Here’s the video featuring what members made in September, a Victorian Cobweb. This is an historic structure – check out these valentines at the Met.
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October 7, 2023
Paper in the Himalayas
The Sunday Paper #481
October 8, 2023
My paper community, The Paper Year, is now open for registration (through Tuesday, 10/10). Would you like to join us? Click through to watch the video, read more and register. Here’s what June Tyler, who has been a member since the beginning in January 2021, has to say about her Paper Year experience. Thanks, June:
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It is never too early to start prepping for the holidays. When you think about making a Christmas stocking, the effort involved ranges from slapping together some pretty fabrics to intricately embroidering the whole front panel with a custom design before assembly. The Gathering Folds Smocked Stocking Stitch-A-Long with Madonna Yoder is on the low-effort end of that spectrum, but with highly appealing results. The pattern is derived from origami tessellation techniques, yet no folding is needed – you mark points on the fabric with a template, then stitch groups of points together. It’ll take between 4 and 8 hours to complete, with detailed videos on each stage of the project released at 1-week intervals in November. Signing up for the videos and digital files costs $15, and reusable physical pattern templates can be added for $88 (including shipping inside the USA). The cutoff date for guaranteed delivery of physical templates before the SAL videos are released is October 11th, so make sure to sign up today!
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I had the pleasure of interviewing Dorothy Field on Paper Talk. Field is a visual artist who uses handmade paper for sculptural works and artists’ books who has traveled to the Himalayas numerous times. She is the author of Paper and Threshold: The Paradox of Spiritual Connection in Asian Cultures.
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This is a lovely profile of Ramona Garcia, who hosts workshops to teach others about the history of the traditional Mexican paper mache doll, which grew in popularity during the Mexican Revolution, and incorporates art therapy to promote mental health.
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Since the holidays appear in this post already, here’s . I love how open-ended it is, with lots of suggestions for variations.
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Paper TidbitsI’ll be teaching a Woven Book Cover project to Heather Martinez’s Let’s Letter Together group on Tuesday, October 17th. You can join us for a small fee.Will I see any of you at the North American Hand Papermaker’s Paper Tides conference (10-19/21)?———————————————————————————————–––––––
Featured Projects:I enjoy seeing what you create with the guidance of my books and workshops, so please consider sending me images! Carol Marie Vossler made paper with six pounds of daffodil stems and leaves from her yard. She used a lot of formation aid to pull the pure pulp and then slowly added cotton rag. She reports that the paper is strong and translucent, and has a nice snap.
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About our Sponsor: Gathering Folds helps crafters to deeply understand and create projects involving tessellations (infinitely repeating patterns) in paper or fabric so that they can increase the beauty of their surroundings and create connections with the infinite through online training and physical supplies.
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September 30, 2023
Paper in Community
The Sunday Paper #480
October 1, 2023
Here’s an exciting trip to participate in next summer! Travel to Northern Italy to work in traditional book arts and letterpress studios. Create prints at the Scuola Internazionale di Grafica in Venice, a design school and studio which for over 50 years has focused on printmaking and artist’s books. Learn to set movable type by hand and print a letterpress book at Tipoteca Italiana Fondazione, one of the largest typography museums in Europe, located in the town of Cornuda at the foothills of the Dolomite Mountains. Visit historic sites including St. Mark’s Square and the Accademia Gallery and tour the 60th Venice Art Biennale, one of the largest international contemporary art exhibitions. The program, led by Kalamazoo Book Arts Center Executive Director Jeff Abshear, welcomes all levels of experience, with introductory instruction in the studio. Find out more and sign up!
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My paper community, The Paper Year, is now open for registration (through 10/10). Would you like to join us? Over the next quarter we will be:
Making Triangle Bags, designed by guest artist Claudia Lee, who we’ll meet at our monthly Zoom session;Creating this Pleated Paper Wall Hanging, with structural support slipped into the pleats;Exploring a Double Pamphlet Pocket Book structure (the cover and middle panels are a single sheet of paper);Attending a live Zoom stamp carving workshop with Julie Fei-Fan Balzer;And learning all about Rock Paper with proprietor Molly Grosse.
Here’s what one member has to say about her Paper Year experience:
I joined The Paper Year in January and I’m really glad I did. The projects are interesting, with clear instructions and options – I can do a quick study or a detailed dive depending on my schedule that month. It has been a great way for me to learn lots of new skills and get inspired by others. Helen is also a master at building community – the generous sharing on the forums and monthly Zooms adds a great extra dimension. – Susan Ruptash, visual artistI hosted a free mini-workshop on Zoom on Friday, where I talked about The Paper Year and taught participants how to make a Pleated Paper Card. Watch the replay!
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Digitally enhanced origami? Check out this new Uber Reserve campaign. New York-based production company, Taylor James, created a series of paper cars crafted out of folded paper tickets (well, not exactly). They used CG photorealism to replicate the traditional paper folding technique as authentically as digitally possible.
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Paper Life! Ocean is a series of paper sculptures by Tina Kraus who is thinking about how the climate crisis, pollution, and the loss of biodiversity have already had a big impact on nature and life on this planet.
© Tina Kraus, as seen on Colossal
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The Fine Press Book Association has an Inclusivity Fund Grant ($500) to support the work of artists belonging to historically under-represented identities in fine printing and book arts: BIPOC, LGBTQ+, people with disabilities, and/or those from low-income backgrounds. The grants can be used to help offset any costs related to an artist’s professional activities: registration/travel for book fairs, classes for professional development/new skills, website costs, work documentation, etc. Deadline: October 15, 2023
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Paper TidbitsCongratulations to Rosa Rodriguez, the winner of the Giveaway for a copy of Kelsey Pike’s new book, Modern Papermaking.I’ve just settled on the theme for next year’s Red Cliff Paper Retreat (August 26-30, 2024). Click through to see what it is. Registration opens later this fall.Are you interested in a papermaking intensive? I have one spot that hasn’t been spoken for in next year’s July Master Class (deposits will be due in October). Express your interest here.———————————————————————————————–––––––
Papermaking Series: EVA Foam StencilsHere’s the latest in my series of papermaking videos.
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About our Sponsor: The Kalamazoo Book Arts Center (KBAC) is a nonprofit organization in Kalamazoo, MI, that practices, teaches, and promotes the collaborative arts of the book including hand papermaking, printmaking, letterpress printing, bookbinding, and creative writing.
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