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September 16, 2022
Looks Good on Paper
The Sunday Paper #430
September 18, 2022
If you’re reading this on Sunday, I will have just arrived at ICA Arts in Monte Castello di Vibio, where I’m teaching for the next two weeks. I’ll be in Europe through October 8th, and I’m taking a blog siesta. Enjoy your Sunday mornings for a few weeks, and I’ll be back in your in-box on October 16th. If you’d like to follow my trip, I’ll be posting on Instagram. I’ve set up something fun for you while I’m away. Scroll to down to the In the Studio section to read all about it.
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I featured the work of Lisa Nilsson in my book, Playing With Paper. Check out her latest masterpiece in paper quilling. I love what she says about working on such a large project (it took her six years): “Having a working relationship with one piece for such a long period of time brought novel thoughts and emotions and required new things of me as an artist and as a person.”
Image © Lisa Nilsson
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If you’re in the DC area, I hope you can get over to Pyramid Atlantic to see the show, Looks Good on Paper.
“Wearer of All Socks” by Samantha Modder, part of the “Looks Good on Paper” exhibit at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center. (Stereo Vision Photography)
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After a devastating earthquake which hit China, killing 69,000 and leaving hundreds of thousands homeless, designers have tried to figure out a way to make shelters to house the homeless. One concept, designed by Ming Tang, is a bamboo house created with a series of bamboo poles that are assembled into a rigid shape and then covered with recycled paper. This design was recognized at a function at this year’s Re:construct competition sponsored by San Francisco’s Urban Re:Vision.
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I wrote an article for the Craft Industry Alliance: Tips & Tools for Creating a Successful 100 Day Project. My own 100 x 100 Paper Weavings Project was the inspiration for this article.
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Paper Tidbits:Paper For Water is hosting their annual fundraiser in Dallas on October 11th. This organization was started by two young girls (now young women) who have a passion for changing the world through origami.The Lucca Biennale Cartasia, which features paper and cardboard art, is happening through 9/25 in Italy. I’m hoping to get there.Join me for a virtual workshop on how to create a collapsible Japanese lantern November 4-6.———————————————————————————————–––––––
In the Studio:The next enrollment period for The Paper Year, my monthly membership program, takes place October 1-15. I usually offer a free zoom workshop, but since I’ll be traveling for part of that time, I invite you to get A Taste of The Paper Year while I’m getting a taste of Italy & France!
Sign up to receive a link to a FREE PDF featuring this collapsible Linked Lights Project.
The free project will arrive in your in-box on October 1st, and if you make the project and post a photo in the online classroom by October 10th, you’ll automatically be entered into a random drawing to win a free membership in The Paper Year through 12/31/22. You can get another chance to win by posting your project on Instagram (details provided with the project info). Feel free to spread the word to your paper-loving friends!
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September 10, 2022
Paper + Color
The Sunday Paper #429
September 11, 2022, A Day of Remembrance
I invite a guest artist to teach a surface design workshop every quarter in The Paper Year. We explore working ‘on’ paper instead of ‘with’ paper for a change (and then, of course, we have more paper to create with). Last weekend, Radha Pandey taught a natural dyeing workshop, which was so much fun! Here are the papers I dyed with onion skin and logwood dyes (and a mix of the two). I used alum as a mordant. Check the Paper Tidbits section below for info about a new book that Radha edited.
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It is with great sadness that I share the news with you about the passing of Betty Kjelson at the age of 94 in North Carolina. My first memory of Betty is from about 1995, when I attended a Friends of Dard Hunter (now the North American Hand Papermakers) conference in Austin, TX. Betty was a great supporter of my work over the years. She took a course with me at The Penland School and shared a small sample she’d made in a class with Peter Gentenaar, who I went on to interview for an article in Hand Papermaking as well as on my podcast. I’m not sure when she got into papermaking, but she kept making art and even showing it until recently. She had a 40 year retrospective of her work in Winston Salem, NC in 2018 (the photo below is one she sent to me at that time). Betty called me just this spring to order a copy of my new book, and all seemed well. She passed away peacefully on August 26th, after battling pancreatic cancer for 2 months. I know that Betty will be missed by her large family and many papermaking pals.
I asked Betty’s daughter-in-law if she knew how Betty got into papermaking (please reach out if you happen to know). Margee sent me this lovely artist’s statement (which I’ve shortened and condensed for brevity): “My parents encouraged me to express myself and had the good sense to know that mine was a visual expression. … When I discovered hand papermaking, it was like all the threads had pulled together and that I had come home. There have been many rich experiences along the way… – many happy, some tragic – but always, I have been able to react to them and act upon them in this physical, visual way. I have been very lucky.”
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A group of artists in Santa Fe, spearheaded by Sally Blakemore, created a fantastic interactive pop-up book about this beloved place.
Santa Fe Origins & Ancient Travelers, 2022
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Check out the illuminated cut paper landscapes by Ayumi Shibata, who encapsulates enchanting worlds in glass vessels.
© Ayumi Shibata, as seen on My Modern Met
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This a lovely video that captures the transition from traditional to contemporary paper in Japan: New Directions for Washi: The Sustainable, Elegant Use of Paper.
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Paper Tidbits:Radha Pandey recently edited the book, Paper and Colour, Dyes and Dyeing Around the World, which was just published by The Legacy Press.Have you had a chance to listen to my interview with Sara Garden Armstrong on Paper Talk?The Morgan Conservatory in Cleveland, OH is seeking a full-time Executive Director.Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts in TN is looking for an annual giving manager.Join me for a virtual workshop on how to create a collapsible Japanese lantern November 4-6.———————————————————————————————–––––––
In the Studio:Kelli Anderson is a designer and paper engineer whose work operates in the space between conceptual art, graphic design, and tech. Earlier this summer, I made a watermarked paper for her brilliant invitation idea for an upcoming exhibition at The Center for Book Arts in NYC. Watch it in action.
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September 3, 2022
Off the Shelf
The Sunday Paper #428
September 4, 2022
I’m honored to be in a book arts exhibition that just opened in Fort Collins, CO. Off the Shelf: Contemporary Book Arts in Colorado exhibits artists that innovate and defy our conceptual framework of the book and its contents. The artist book, a medium spanning the public and private sphere of creators and viewers, reflects on issues intimate and grand. The diversity of works represented in this exhibition demonstrate the breadth and depth of the book as a potent artistic device. I’ll be attending the opening and a panel discussion this coming Wednesday, September 7th at 5pm.
Sammy Seung-Min Lee, Mammorial, 2017. Image courtesy of the artist.
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I had the pleasure of speaking with Sara Garden Armstrong on Paper Talk. Sara Garden Armstrong is a visual artist whose decades-long practice embraces a wide range of scales and techniques, from large site-specific sculpture to artist’s books. Lyrical, nature-based biomorphic abstraction characterizes the work, focusing on life processes and systems. It addresses organic change and transformation, while exploring properties of materials. Armstrong received her Master of Fine Arts from the University of Alabama and a Master of Art Education from UAB. After living in New York City for 36 years, in 2017 she returned to Birmingham, where she currently lives and works.
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Art on Paper begins at the end of this week in NYC. Accola Griefen Fine Art is exhibiting works on/with paper by women artists from 1970 to the present.
JoAnne McFarland, Cotton Gin Dress, 2021, collage on paper, 16 1/4″ x 12 1/4″
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Matt Leedham explores who he was before the pandemic and who he is after it in the exhibition Recto / Verso at Multiple Exposures Gallery in Alexandria, VA.
“Going Somewhere / Going Nowhere” by Matt Leedham
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The Renwick Gallery’s 50th Anniversary Acquisition Exhibition represents a range of craft mediums, including fiber, (paper weaving!!) ceramics, glass, metal and wood.
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Paper Tidbits:Check out these lovely handmade paper cards, bookmarks, ornaments, magnets and original art.Join me for a virtual workshop on how to create a collapsible Japanese lantern November 4-6.———————————————————————————————–––––––
I’m featuring one-sheet wonders here on the blog, since the projects my new book, The Art of Papercraft, fall into that category. I’d love to feature your one-sheet wonders!
California-based visual artist Andie Thrams uses watercolors in wildland forests to create paintings and artist’s books that explore mystery, reverence, and delight, while grappling with the vanishing habitats of our era. Merging the lineages of illuminated manuscripts and natural history field journals with a contemporary art and science awareness, her paintings weave intricate botanical detail into rich layers of shape, color, and hand-lettered text to evoke the complex interconnections within ecosystems of the Greater West.
This is a G-fold single sheet book of 24 pages housed in folding paper case. Original images were scanned from hectograph prints made with ink and watercolor on kozo, with additional drawing, painting, and writing applied using ink, watercolor, gouache, and tree resin. Text by Andie and anonymous contributors. Edition of 32, with 6 artist proofs, digitally printed in Andie’s studio using pigment ink on Awagami kozo paper. Folding case of Cave paper.
HOPE? Whiskey Tango Foxtrot; One of twelve artist’s books included in the collaborative project, HOPE? by Andie Thrams, Donna & Peter Thomas, and Susan Lowdermilk.. 4-1/8 x 4-1/8 inches (folded), 16-1/2 x 12-3/8 inches (open)
In the Studio:Here’s a 5-minute video featuring the participants who attended the recent Red Cliff Paper Retreat. Enjoy!
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August 27, 2022
A Sheet of Paper Casts a Shadow
The Sunday Paper #427
August 28, 2022
I hosted the Red Cliff Paper Retreat this past week in my Colorado studio. What a delight to meet in person after a 2-year hiatus. This was my 7th retreat with several who have attended multiple retreats and many newbies. We had such a lovely time weaving paper, making paper, and spending time with a group of kindred creatives from around the country.
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This looks interesting! San Francisco-based Telematic Media Arts is hosting an exhibition of animated films by artists who work with paint, paper, drawing, cut-out collage, and sculpture, producing time-based, moving image works.
Selina Trepp, Virtual Exhibition, 2021, video still.
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This artist duo is creating an ongoing series of 100 miniature paper artworks, marking the importance of and appreciation for pollinators and all kinds of natural creatures.
© Vaishali Chudasama and Nayan Shrimali, A Tailorbird
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Oh my gosh! Check out these shadows on paper that inspire fun illustrations by Belgian artist and filmmaker Vincent Bal.
As seen on My Modern Met.
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“A Sheet of Paper Casts a Shadow” is a conceptual show of paper art opening on September 16th at Alexander Gray Associates in Germantown, NY. The exhibition features the work of Ricardo Brey, Luis Camnitzer, Melvin Edwards, Harmony Hammond, Jennie C. Jones, and Betty Parsons.
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Paper Tidbits:Looks Good on Paper is now on view at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center in Hyattsville, MD.Join me for a virtual workshop on how to create a collapsible Japanese lantern November 4-6.———————————————————————————————–––––––
I’m featuring one-sheet wonders here on the blog, since the projects my new book, The Art of Papercraft, fall into that category. I’d love to feature your one-sheet wonders!
This past week, I received a touching note from Heather Finlay-Morreale, along with several images (She’s made all of the projects in The Art of Papercraft)!
I wanted to write to thank you for sharing your gift with the world. I have an autoimmune neuro illness and have been really sick. I am mostly stuck at home and have been really depressed at a recent worsening. Crafts and art is a major distraction, joy, and way for me to create and find meaning but I was in a roadblock/writer’s block. I went to the library and signed out an armful of arts/crafts books one of which was The Art of Papercraft. I think I have made all the items from that book by now. It pulled me out of that depressed rut.
Dudleya Succulent (design by Janna Willoughby-Lohr), Floral Lantern, Pop-Up AlphabetIn the Studio:As I mentioned above, I spent the week teaching at the Red Cliff Paper Retreat. One of the participants, Dell Combs, took this great panorama shot of my studio. It makes it look so big!
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August 20, 2022
Papermaking from Plant to Page
The Sunday Paper #426
August 21, 2022
Today is my daughter’s golden birthday: she turns 21 on August 21st. Happy Birthday, Lucah! I visited her in Portland in June – here we are on a hike in the Columbia River Gorge.
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I love this! “The man and his daughter used to go to Pearl Beach every day to spend time there, amazed by the beauty of the city’s skyline. The young girl, also passionate about origami, had the idea: “What if I built an origami the same size as the huge buildings of the city?” During Covid, Rohith Jagadisha reimagined Dubai at the inspiration of his daughter, and the resulting video went viral.
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You know I’m a proponent of paper, but sometimes it makes sense to argue against it. My husband’s family of origin used paper towels; mine didn’t. He purchases them; I don’t. Here’s a round-up of The Eight Best Alternatives to Paper Towels (hopefully my husband will read this). My favorite, some Swedish dish cloths, are pictured below. Biodegradable and enormously eco-friendly, these versatile dishcloths can be used hundreds of times.
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A Tale of Paper: Refolded is a video game that utilizes origami as you play. You are a piece of paper that’s been folded into a magical character who goes on a journey of escape and intrigue. The last line of the review is my favorite (as I’m not really into gaming): … this is a great little experience which will tempt you into wanting to learn more about the art of folding paper.
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Paper Tidbits:I’m teaching a virtual workshop on how to create a collapsible Japanese lantern November 4-6. Join us to make a centerpiece for your home, studio, office, or to give as a gift).———————————————————————————————–––––––
I’m featuring one-sheet wonders here on the blog, since the projects my new book, The Art of Papercraft, fall into that category. I’d love to feature your one-sheet wonders!
Goran Konjevod (@foldsome on Instagram) makes amazing folds with single sheets! He’s used my abaca paper a few times. You’ll get insight into some good folding papers by following him.
© 2022 Goran Konjevod;. 15x15x1cm, folded from a 45x30cm sheet of translucent abaca paper.
In the Studio:I’ve had this old planner cover in my studio for years – it belonged to one of my grandmothers. There are so many cool features: a perpetual calendar (the days of the week slide up and down); pockets; a pencil loop and a place to slip in a notepad; and the feature that’s intrigued me the most is the zipper that winds around the perimeter and allows you to zip the entire book closed. I finally purchased a zipper to see whether I could figure out how to replicate the structure. Comparing it to the one on the book helped me figure it out. Now let’s see if I ever get around to actual making my own book that zips up!
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August 13, 2022
Helen’s Handmades
The Sunday Paper #425
August 14, 2022
I’ve been going through my flat files and organizing my papers (an annual tradition that is necessary, because as soon as I get them organized, the disorganization begins, sigh). I gathered up all of my handmade papers and was surprised to find a dozen unique papers that I’d love to ship out into the world. “Helen’s Handmades” includes a dozen sheets made by yours truly (with a nice discount). Click through to read a bit about each sheet and purchase a set while supplies last.
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I had the pleasure of speaking with Russell Maret on Paper Talk. Maret is a book artist and letter designer working in New York City. He began printing in San Francisco as a teenager before apprenticing with Peter Koch in Berkeley and Firefly Press in Somerville, Massachusetts. He set up his own press at the Center for Book Arts, New York in 1993 and has been printing and publishing ever since. In 1996 Russell began teaching himself to design letterforms, leading to a twelve year study of letterforms before he completed his first typeface in 2008. In 2011, he began working to convert some of his type designs into new metal typefaces for letterpress printing. Since then he has produced four metal typefaces and four suites of metal ornaments.
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Wowza! North Carolina-based artist Anne Lemanski stretches vintage paper or patterns of scanned objects across a minimal metal form and stitches the edges together into a geometric patchwork. Click through to see more examples.
“Painted Wolf” (2019), copper rod, archival pigment print on paper, artificial sinew, 39 x 47 x 15 inches. All images by Steve Mann, © Anne Lemanski, as seen on Colossal.
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As the kiddos head back to school, I’m guessing there are a lot of us who have fond memories of shopping for school supplies (or perhaps being disappointed on the first day of school when comparing our own supplies to those of our peers). Here’s a round up five types of classic composition notebooks.
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When dumped in landfills, paper is one of the worst contributors to greenhouse gasses. Two brothers in Kenya are saving old newspapers from that fate by turning them into pencils that feel like they’re made with real wood. Not only that, but they are donating many of their pencils to schools.
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Paper Tidbits:Join four internationally known instructors, Amanda Degender, Carol Burton, Helen Hiebert, and Denise Carbone for a workshop in various aspects of the paper arts. Their workshop, The Art of Paper, will be hosted by the International Center for the Arts in Italy from September 18 – October 2, 2022. The workshop will include sixteen hours of instruction in the following areas: hand papermaking, creating paper-based objects, sewn bookbindings and designing pop-ups.
I’m teaching a virtual workshop on how to create a collapsible Japanese lantern that is similar to my installation at Anythink Wright Farms, but much smaller and suitable for your home, studio or office (perhaps even a gift).Papermaking gets passed down to the next generation at Paper Circle in Nelsonville, Ohio.———————————————————————————————–––––––
In the Studio:I tend to stick to the papermaking fibers I know, but I try to branch out from time to time. When I order supplies, I’ll often order something I haven’t used before, or try a new fiber that is on the market. Hemp seems to be popping up everywhere these days, but raw hemp fiber requires tedious processing. I made a few sheets with hemp sheet pulp, purchased from Carriage House Paper. I beat it hard (at 2 on my Reina beater) for two hours and was pleased with the results. I was able to pull thin and thick sheets, and I air-dried a sample too. I’m curious to know whether anyone out there has achieved translucency with this particular sheet pulp (I know it is possible with raw hemp fiber).
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August 6, 2022
Traditional Vietnamese Papermaking
The Sunday Paper #424
August 7, 2022
Last Saturday night, Anythink Wright Farms held a lovely culminating event for the end of their summer reading program, mySummer. Friends and family joined me under my paper lantern, Step Into the Light. We moved outside at dusk to enjoy a variety of activities including music, spoken word, star gazing and yoga under the moon. I also signed copies of my book, The Art of Papercraft, which the library purchased to give away to attendees.
At the end of the evening, a group of 200 of us walked around the perimeter of the library by lantern-light and ended up under my piece. Here’s a video that gives you a glimpse into that part of the event.
You can read more about Step Into the Light on my website.
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This is a great overview of and how one village is trying to keep it alive. I included some Zo paper in one of my curated paper collections last year, so some of you have a sheet of paper from this village!–——————————————————————————————–––––––
An exhibition in Taiwan shows off the amazing paper art of Hsin-Fu Hung and Ching-Yao Liang. The works incorporate elements from Taiwan’s ecosystems and cultural/social milieu. Hsin-Fu Hung is also the paper artist behind The Pop-Up Creation Manual, an amazing book filled with a variety of pop-up structures.
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Eman al-Tayeb creates her quilled paper works in the wee hours, when her child is still sleeping. This article documents her struggles as an artist living in Gaza, where she teaches the art quilling to students aged 10 to 17. Nevertheless, when she is creating art, she feels she can release any negative energy she is holding inside, and she hopes her students can also find relief in art, as Israel’s attacks on Gaza make any sense of calm unattainable.
Artist Eman al-Tayeb created a quilled portrait of her son’s name, Muhammad, who was born shortly after the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip in May 2021.
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Check out these three paper artists in Singapore who are using the medium of paper to share their unique identity and style with the world.
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I’m featuring one-sheet wonders here on the blog, since the projects in my new book, The Art of Papercraft, fall into that category. I’d love to feature your one-sheet wonders!
This week, I pulled out a one-sheet wonder from my archive. The Museum of Modern Art has been partnering with artists for decades to publish unique cards. Here’s a card designed by Christina Parrett in 1988.
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In the Studio:I usually make paper for a specific project, but this week I just needed to use up some pulp. Plus, I had the opportunity to try out some 3D printed moulds created at Logos Graphics. Technology has opened the door to all kinds of ideas that are just beginning to percolate.
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I’m offering a weekly selection of Small Sheets in limited quantities for the next several weeks. Introducing…. Small Sheets #4! Click through to read a bit about these papers and purchase a set ($24.99 includes shipping in the US).
If you missed Small Sheets #3, there are still a few sets left.
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July 30, 2022
Inside/Outside
The Sunday Paper #423
July 31, 2022
I enjoyed giving an online presentation via the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking last Tuesday. I talked about three different illuminated vessel structures that I incorporate into my work; I showed actual samples of the three types of paper forms; and there were quite a few questions at the end. Special thanks to everyone who attended live. You can watch the recording here.
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Wowza! Take a look at Maria Chernakova’s pop-up homage to Caspare Henderson’s Book of Barely Imagined Beings.
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I don’t admit to completely understanding NFT’s or the metaverse, but here goes. This OG Meets Web3
collection is available at a real brick & mortar shop: Paper Epiphanies, in Portland, Ore. Digital blockchain NFTs will be displayed on screens alongside the letterpress collection at the store for a truly immersive experience. The collaboration will also be available globally at a variety of brick-and-mortar stores in late Summer 2022.
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These pulp sculptures are just too cute!
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I’m featuring one-sheet wonders here on the blog, since the projects in my new book, The Art of Papercraft, fall into that category. I’d love to feature your one-sheet wonders!
Laurie Moorhead is a book and paper artist from San Diego. Her interests include paper cutting, hand carved stamps, watercolor and ink sketches and handmade books. She can sometimes be seen as zoom facilitator in my online classes.
© Laurel Moorhead, Inside/Outside: Visiting in the Time of Covid-19, X-Zine: Single sheet of copier paper, printed both sides, s canned images from an original book made using security envelope windows, newsprint collage and gel pens, plus additional text on the inside telling the story of this book and the others in a series; 8.5″ x 11″; Photo by the artist.
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Paper Tidbits:There are still spots at The Art of Paper Retreat in Italy: 4 instructors, fine food and wine, field trips and fun!I’m teaching a virtual workshop on how to create a collapsible Japanese lantern that is similar to my installation at Anythink Wright Farms, but much smaller and suitable for your home, studio or office (perhaps even a gift).———————————————————————————————–––––––
In the Studio:The culminating event for Step Into the Light, my giant lantern at Anythink Wright Farms Library, will have taken place by the time you read this, but I’m typing prior to the event. The library has planned some wonderful festivities that I’ll tell you about next week, and I’m looking forward to spending the evening with my family and friends (although my daughter will be missed – she was going to fly in from Portland but got Covid this week – she’s doing fine).
The last time I sat under the lantern, I pulled a book, Luminous Life, off the shelf and found this lovely quote by Albert Einstein that resonates with my thoughts behind my project.
“A human being is part of the whole, called by us the “universe”, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness… Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
Let’s get to work, my friends!
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I’m going to be offering a weekly selection of Small Sheets in limited quantities for the next several weeks. Introducing…. Small Sheets #3! Click through to read a bit about these papers and purchase a set ($24.99 includes shipping in the US).
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July 23, 2022
Illuminate the Night
The Sunday Paper #422
July 24th, 2022
I’ve had a whirlwind of a week teaching lantern-making workshops across Adams County here in Colorado. I traveled from branch to branch of the innovative Anythink Library system and also visited the Bookmobile. I’ve installed public art pieces in two of these libraries, and it was so fun to revisit both of those pieces (The Wish is pictured in the bottom left image).
We created small collapsible lanterns in preparation for the grand finale for the library’s mySummer program. Illuminate the Night , which will take place on Saturday, July 30th at dusk. If you’re in the area, come join us!
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It’s time to submit your handmade paper artwork for Arnold Grummer’s 5th Annual Paper On The River exhibit, Oct 1-30 in Appleton, WI. All levels of papermakers encouraged to enter. August 22 deadline. Cash awards for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Viewers Choice.
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A diagnostic test that relies on a strip of filter paper and some cunning origami can quickly distinguish between different variants of SARS-CoV-2. Researchers add viral RNA to a grid of spots at one end of a paper strip; folding the paper several times mixes the RNA with reagents, causing color changes in the final set of spots that identifies different variants of SARS-CoV-2.
The pattern of red and yellow spots indicates several mutations in the RNA of a virus, identifying it as the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2.
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I’ve featured the work of Yulia Brodskaya here before, but wowza! Check out this quilled paper piece, called Phoenix, that was inspired by the way a Ukrainian refugee fearlessly began a new chapter in his life.
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The birth town of Gregor Johann Mendel, who was instrumental in the field of genetics, recently celebrated his 200th birthday. Mendel’s legacy is celebrated with a unique book printed on handmade paper and bound in leather. This book contains copies of real documents and manuscripts. Mendel’s birth certificate, handwritten notes of sermons, and texts recording the experiments that made him famous. I’d love to see that book!
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I’m featuring one-sheet wonders here on the blog, since the projects in my new book, The Art of Papercraft, fall into that category. I’d love to feature your one-sheet wonders!
Claudia Waruch is a printmaker living in the Hudson Valley. Later in life, a passion for knowledge brought her on a 10 year long journey. She returned to college, pursued a degree in printmaking and graduated at age 60. That passion for mark making continues to motivate, enrich, and inspire her art, a lifelong gift to explore. Waruch’s practice includes a variety of processes such as hand papermaking, shibori, indigo dying, eco printing, collographs, solarplate etchings, monoprints and photography.
Claudia Waruch, “Catalpa Artifact”, 2022, Catalpa Leaf with casted Abaca & Cotton Pulp 11″ x 7″.
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Paper Tidbits:Have you had a chance to listen to my interview with Tom Balbo on Paper Talk?Don’t forget: Log on to Zoom, settle in with your favorite snacks, and “Illuminate the Paper Vessel” with yours truly! Tuesday, July 26 at 7:30pmEDT; This free talk explores sculptural paper and you’ll hear more the lantern I constructed at Anythink Wright Farms! Sign up for this free presentation.There are still spots at The Art of Paper Retreat in Italy: 4 instructors, fine food and wine, field trips and paper comradery.Check out the Paper Extravanganza with Sara Burgess at MISSA in Victoria, BC (don’t delay, it’s coming right up).Come weave paper with us at the Red Cliff Paper Retreat in my Colorado studio in August. One spot left!———————————————————————————————–––––––
In the Studio:I’m teaching a virtual workshop on how to create a collapsible Japanese lantern that is similar to my installation at Anythink Wright Farms, but much smaller and suitable for your home, studio or office (perhaps even a gift). This will be a 3-day live online workshop on Zoom, with a 2-hour session each day: November 4th, 5th and 6th. You don’t have to attend live. Get all of the details and sign up here. I know that seems like it is a long ways off, but I opened registration on Monday and the class is half full. Don’t wait to sign up if you’re interested!
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I’m going to be offering a weekly selection of Small Sheets in limited quantities for the next several weeks. Thanks to those of you who purchased last week’s offering – I have 2 sets left. And since I’ve been out of town all week, stay tuned for a new selection of Small Sheets next week!
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July 16, 2022
Two Invitations
The Sunday Paper #421
July 17th, 2022
Invitation #1: I’m delighted to be giving a virtual Lecture, Illuminating the Paper Vessel, through the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking on July 26th at 7:30pm EDT. My presentation will focus on my artistic research into creating sculptural paper forms, and I will highlight my recent project, Step Into the Light, a giant collapsible paper lantern, that I recently constructed during a residency at a library in Thornton, CO. This project involved designing the form, constructing the armature, wrapping reed around the armature, and covering it with paper. Register for this free event here.
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Winners have been announced for the 2022 Paper on Skin wearable paper art awards, held in Tasmania, Australia. The $5000 Major Prize was won by Kaori Kato of Japan for her work Bilateral Relations (pictured). Over 30 finalists were selected from around the world. The other prize winners include Lissa-Jane de Sailles (Aus), Red Waratah Girl; Derek Voorpostel (AUS) In Honour Of Musashi (Ceremonial); Aïdée Bernard (FRA), Enlace #2, Mayhla Howells (NZ), he karere ki nga atua i te rangi; and Leonie Oakes (AUS) for Listening to the Night. Leonie also won the inaugural $1500 Temple-Smith Lawyers (Linda Johnston Director) Major Award for Paper off Skin, a new sister event to Paper on Skin. Her work is a three-part piece called Between the lines a story lies. Other Paper off Skin award winners were Morena Fortino (ITA) – Homage to Hieronymus Bosch, and Erica Spitzer Rasmussen (USA) for Book of Sole. Two mentorships were also awarded to young Tasmanian designers Elouyra Hoving and Ruby Palmer.
The Paper on Skin works are being exhibited at the Devonport Regional Gallery until July 30th.
Kaori Kato (JPN) Bilateral Relations; Grant Wells Photo; Model: Shave En Vogue; Modelling Agency and Events; Hair and Make Up: Big Tease Pop-Up Parlour
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Many hand papermakers have made plantable paper, and now it is becoming a thing! This article in the Washington Post profiles several companies that are making plantable paper products.
Plantable sheets from Botanical PaperWorks. “We take paper waste from local sources, such as envelope cutoffs and discarded business documents, and turn it to pulp,” said Heidi Reimer-Epp, co-founder and CEO of the company. (Botanical PaperWorks)
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This is a fascinating article about a physicist who is studying the networks of crease patterns in paper folding.
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I’m featuring one-sheet wonders here on the blog, since the projects my new book, The Art of Papercraft, fall into that category. I’d love to feature your one-sheet wonders!
This is a bit of a cheat – it’s two sheets of paper. I taught a mini-workshop through the Vermont Book Arts Guild this past week and we wove paper houses. I told participants to hold their weavings up to the light after we finished, because we cut windows into the layers, and that can yield surprising results. Diana Dunn sent me these images of her weaving, with and without backlight. What a transformation!
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Paper Tidbits:There are still spots at The Art of Paper Retreat in Italy: 4 instructors, fine food and wine, field trips and paper comradery.Come weave paper with us at the Red Cliff Paper Retreat in my Colorado studio in August.———————————————————————————————–––––––
In the Studio:Invitation #2: If you’re in the Denver area, we’re having a culminating event for Anythink Wright Farm Library’s summer reading program and my giant paper lantern installation, Step Into the Light, on the evening Saturday, July 30th. Here’s the invitation. I’ll also be at the library this Tuesday (7/19) and Thursday (7/21) from 4-6pm if you’d like to stop in and say hi (please e-mail me).
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I’m going to be offering a weekly selection of Small Sheets in limited quantities for the next several weeks. Thanks to those of you who purchased last week’s offering – I have 3 sets left.
This week’s selection includes ten sheets ranging in size between 7″ x 10″ and 9″ x 12″. They tuck neatly into a stiff mailing envelope for first class shipping ($24.99 includes shipping in the US). Click through to read a bit about this week’s set and place your order.
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