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It’s Here: 12 New Paper Projects!

The Sunday Paper #228

October 7, 2018

Paper of the Week: 2019 Twelve Months of Paper Calendar

Hooray! The 2019 Twelve Months of Paper Calendars are ready to make their way out into the world. This is a combination how-to book and calendar all-in-one. Explore a variety of papers and techniques while creating unique gifts, cards and home décor. 12 months and 12 projects feature a list of materials and tools you’ll need to complete each project, plus step-by-step photos, templates and easy-to-follow instructions. Although this is a wall calendar, the how-to content is everlasting!

Click on over to place your orders! Early birds get a bonus gift while supplies last (see below)!

New this year:

12 new projects featuring origami, pop-ups, paper cutting, weaving, quilling, and folding
4 guest artists: Trinity Adams, Béatrice Coron, Ann Martin & Shawn Sheehy
Videos showing the most challenging part of each month’s project + an online resource list featuring all of the supplies in the calendar
$5 (or 20%) of each calendar sale will be donated to Paper For Water (I’ll release a podcast about this wonderful non-profit next Sunday)

And you get to choose one of these bonus gifts when you order by October 22:

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In the Studio:

I’m spending the weekend at the Midwest Paper Fest in Green Lake, Wisconsin, which is underwritten by Mabel Grummer and Arnold Grummer’s LLC as an educational outreach to advance the art of handmade paper, and the work of individual paper artists in the Midwest and beyond. How cool is that?! I taught a 3-hour workshop on manipulating high shrinkage abaca.

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Papery Tidbits


I stopped by the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library on my way home from Kansas City and was delighted that they acquired several of my artist’s books!
Did you see the book round up I posted last week? How many of these books do you own?

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This is a heartwarming story about the Card Crusaders, who originally formed to help buy a bus for a senior center in Brentwood, TN. The volunteers create greeting cards and sell them to fund projects such as new upholstered chairs, a big screen television, repaving of the senior center’s parking lot and a new sound system. Each and every one of us can make a difference!

I’ve read about Tara Donovan’s work over the years and was thrilled to see it in person a couple of weeks ago at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver. I’m looking forward to attending a lecture with her in November!

Transplanted (2001), made from tar paper, COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND PACE GALLERY

I love this arch by Nicole Donnelly: paper as public art! If you’re in the Philly area, hop on down (after October 20th) to the lawn between the American Swedish Historical Museum and the Boat House, where her art installation is going to create a short arching corridor and line of sight between the museum and the water. The 20-foot-long sculpture will utilize handmade paper, tree branches and leaves from invasive plant species, leaves and flowers from native plant species, and imagery depicting the Delaware watershed.

I wonder if handmade paper will ever become a common medium? Betsy Dollar, whose current exhibition “New Paper Works” is currently on view at the Chatham Area Public Library in Illinois.

Betsy Dollar’s paper art on display at the Chatham Area Public Library.Photos by Betsy Dollar

I enjoyed listening to Karen Kunc on the podcast Faculty 101 from the University of Nebraska. Karen talks about her work, her studio in Lincoln, NE (which includes a big papermaking studio), and likening art to science. Karen and I made a collaborative book together called LandEscape. Watch the video at the bottom of that page to get a glimpse into our collaboration.

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Pop-Ups and Movables

The Sunday Paper #227

September 30, 2018

Paper of the Week: A Round Up of My How-To Books

I’ve been creating these book round-ups throughout 2018 featuring five books a month. It just dawned on me that I’ve written five how-to books, so this post is dedicated to them. You might be interested in the story behind my how-to books. Quite early in my career, an editor at Storey Books saw a listing for a workshop I was teaching at the New York Horticultural Society called Compost Papermaking. This piqued her interest, because Storey published all kinds of gardening books and had recently branched out into crafts. She wrote me a letter (this was before e-mail) and asked whether I’d be interested in writing a book on the subject! Well, that idea became Papermaking With Plants (in hardback), which is now Papermaking with Garden Plants and Common Weeds (in paperback). Click through to read a bit more about each of my how-to books.

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In the Studio:

Quick question! Do you subscribe to this blog? If you do, you should be reading this in your in box. If you don’t, what are you waiting for? Click through and sign up, and I’ll send you a list of links where you’ll find instructions for creating the twelve paper projects featured below. And…. drumroll please… the 2019 Twelve Months of Paper Calendar goes on sale next Sunday! You’ll read all about it here, but in the meantime, you can warm up by creating the projects you see below.

Papery Tidbits


I’m in Kansas City at the Movable Book Society Conference hanging out with some of the coolest paper engineers in the country (and the world)!
Have you listened to my interview with Melissa Jay Craig on Paper Talk?

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Small world: I had the pleasure of meeting Kelli Anderson this weekend, author of This Book is a Planetarium (worth a peek)!  She recently designed this animation for Brainpickings (a terrific blog by Marina Popova) to animate a poem by Jane Hirschfeld. Marina writes: “I had a sudden vision of bringing the poem to life in an animated stop-motion short film playing with this idea of the improbable and inhospitable environments in which life, against all odds, persists — the raw optimism of nature.

One after another, performers stepped into pans of ink and moved along the 30 foot long sheet of paper which stretched out on the floor. I love this execution of John Cage’s “STEPS: A Composition For A Painting”.

Here’s a wonderful who/what/when/where/why all about Japanese paper!

I was amazed to read that there is a Malaysia Origami Academy! And wow, they created the  Jalur Gemilang with more than 6,000 paper cranes, in conjunction with Malaysia Day.

Check out this remote controlled paper airplane that connects to your phone!

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When It’s On paper, It’s Considered Art

The Sunday Paper #227

September 22, 2018

Paper of the Week: Paper Talk!

Every month I record a podcast episode for Paper Talk, an ongoing series of interviews featuring artists and professionals who are working in the field of hand papermaking.

When I was in Chicago this summer, I had a conversation with Melissa Jay Craig. Have a listen and there’s a video peek into her studio too. In this episode, she explains how her first artist’s residency coincided with having just learned about papermaking, and how instead of lugging 400 books to the residency to create the type of work she had been making, she took just two books and some kozo fiber and was able to cast paper-shaped books instead. We discuss a nomadic artistic life comprised of a period in which she traveled around the country doing residencies and teaching gigs. And we touch on one of her works, S/Edition, that ended up going viral by being featured on This is Colossal. 

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In the Studio:

This week I was busy cleaning up my studio (after the retreats) and getting back in the swing of things. Truth be told, I spend only 10-ish hours a week in the studio (and at least 3 times that running my business). How much time do you spend in your studio? I love this photo which was taken by a participant at the retreat – thanks, Tomomi! This is the wet floor – I have a dry work area that’s the same size to the right.

Papery Tidbits


Do you subscribe to Paper Talk? (sign up in ITunes) There’s a Who’s Who of hand papermakers building up over there!
I’m heading to the Movable Book Society Conference this coming Thursday. Can’t wait to meet some of the paper engineers I’ve written about (and see others I’ve met before)!
I’m going to the annual meeting of the Friends of Dard Hunter in Iowa City this October. Will I see you there?

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Elena Osterwalder’s installation Here and There features amate bark paper dyed with chochineal (bugs). Her work also includes writings, videos and talks on the history of both elements – Cochineal and Amate, from her native Mexico. I wish I lived closer!

One of the most important costume features of the Mid-Autumn Festival in Vietnam is the paper mask that children love to wear. With plastic and rubber dominating the market for mask-making, handmade paper masks have lost out and many families that used to make have either given up their vocation or curtailed it significantly. I hope the tradition won’t die out completely – at least this one family has been making masks for 40 years. Hmmm, I wonder if big box stores could make supporting artisans a priority?

I enjoyed this powerful and enlightening review of the work of William Cordova, now on view in Miami at the Pérez Art Museum. “Cordova doesn’t fancy himself an ethnographer, but “making the invisible visible” is something he is very good at — especially when it comes to telling stories that decentralize whiteness.

william cordova, “daniel boone, pat boone y mary boone (and firestone, pero los Olmecas venceran)” (2008). Gold leaf, paper collage, and spray enamel on reclaimed backdrop paper

Okay, this isn’t paper at all, but I find it really unique, and since these cakes are inspired by origami, they made it onto this blog! You have to click through to see what else pastry chef extraordinaire Dinara Kasko is up to!

Anni Albers was a pioneering figure in modernism who took the ancient craft of weaving and elevated it to fine art. This quote by Albers struck me: “I find that, when the work is made with threads, it’s considered a craft; when it’s on paper, it’s considered art.” This is a good read about a fiber artist I adore, and there’s an exhibition that is traveling around + a new book out about her work.

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Video: How to Make an Origami Candy Dish

The Sunday Paper #226

September 16, 2018

Paper of the Week: Double Sided Origami Paper

Get ready to smile! Meet Trinity Adams, an 8-year old from Dallas, TX whose family runs the non-profit organization Paper For Water. You will be hearing more from me about this amazing organization in the coming weeks. Trinity designed one of the projects in the upcoming Twelve Months of Paper Calendar. In the meantime, grab a piece of origami paper and make this Candy Dish with Trinity! I’ll be donating $5 from each calendar sale to Paper For Water – I hope you will join me and pitch in to help build wells for families around the world (details coming in early October)!

In the Studio:

My studio (and this gym in the old school house where my studio is) was full of retreat participants for the past week! It was a stimulating week full of inspiration and creativity. One of the best parts of the Red Cliff Paper Retreat is making new friends who share the paper bond.

Papery Tidbits:

Two new books about book making that you’ll want in your library!

Hedi Kyle’s book, The Art of the Fold, co-authored with her daughter Ulla Warchol. I’m interviewing Hedi on Paper Talk – stay tuned!
Rachel Hazell, aka The Traveling Bookbinder has a new book coming out called Bound.

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Ooh la la. I love this work by Los Angeles-based artist Echiko Ohira. Ohira’s sculptural artworks echo (but never imitate) natural biomorphic forms – bird nests, marine life, flowers, human and animal torsos, breasts, and internal organs – and her sculptures are created from large kraft paper sheets cut from rolls, which she folds, pleats, bundles, twists, or coils into biomorphic shapes. This work is on view now.

Ryan Riller, a former Disney Store Ambassador, transforms his favorite characters from the silver screen into paper portraits.

I’ve never been to ArtPrize, although I’ve heard about it for years. Check out this piece by Michigan artist Karen Hammond. She created this portrait of the state using rolled paper (it looks like crepe paper in the detail image).

I met Craig Anczelowitz in the early 1990’s when he was working at Kate’s Paperie and I was working at Dieu Donné Papermill in NYC. He’s now affiliated with Awagami Factory in Japan, and here’s an interview in which he talks about the unique qualities of this 200 year old paper factory.

This is an incredibly moving story about Moliere Dimanche, who spent years in a Florida prison and used anything he could scrounge up – pieces of folders, the back of commissary forms, old letters – as canvases for his drawings that depict the brutality of his time spent behind bars, much of it in isolation.

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Geo-Graphic Gems

The Sunday Paper #225

September 9, 2018

Thanks to everyone who entered the September Twelve Months of Paper Giveaway featuring a Bookbinder’s Delight from Colophon Book Arts Supply. And the winner is … Ryan Roberts. Congratulations!

Paper of the Week: Red Cliff Paper Retreat

What a thrill it is to have people from all over the country (and one from Japan) come together in my studio for the 5th annual Red Cliff Paper Retreat. Read all about it here and maybe you’d like to join us next year!

In the Studio:

Have you made the September project in the Twelve Months of Paper calendar yet? I’d love to see a photo of your Twisting Light. The 2019 calendars are at the printer and will be available next month!

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I have yet to the visit Getty Research Institute, but if I were closer to LA, I’d hop right over to see the Artists and their Books / Books and Their Artists exhibition. I love this story behind a book by Andrea Bowers: at her high school in Ohio, the girls had to make scrapbooks for the athletes at her school (“whaaaaa?”). Instead of parting with hers, she kept it, not willing to give up her creative labor in support of an outmoded patriarchal trope. And that’s when she became a feminist. Below you see another book structure by Bowers with a cool structure.

Andrea Bowers, “Labor Is Entitled to All It Creates” (2012), Published by Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, Flyers and printed ephemera, Colby poster stock. Edition of 2

Check out these upcycled Geo-Graphic Gems by Marcia Passos-Duffy. She makes them by treating pages of vintage National Geographic magazines with citric acid to marbleize the ink that is printed on the pages and then mounts the designs on colored bezels.

I love the variety of paper art that is begin shared over in Club Paper. Here’s you see a unique book work by Sarah Belanger and all of the pieces in the photo on the right are made by Rich Gray (from paper, of course). Join us and share what you’re making!

Pushing Paper: Realizing the Potential of the Medium is currently on view at the Barrett Art Center in Poughkeepsie, NY. Juried by Paul Wong, this show is up through September 22nd and features 45 artists from around the world.

Emanuelle Schaer- “Pieces” (7″ x 6″ x 4″)

This is a great history of Isamu Noguchi’s akari lights. In 1951, the American sculptor was passing through the Japanese town of Gifu City when the mayor asked him to revitalize a centuries-old art form: hand-crafted paper lanterns.

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Colophon Book Arts Supply Giveaway!

The Sunday Paper #224

September 2, 2018

Paper of the Week: A Bookbinder’s Delight!

Colophon Book Arts Supply is excited to offer supplies for this month’s giveaway! Included in this group of goodies is: a 12 inch steel ruler, a two sided cutting mat, a scoring bonefolder, a 9mm olfa snap off knife, and ½ inch double sided tape. All of these tools can be used to create September’s project in “12 Months of Paper” calendar or any other project of your choosing!

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In the Studio: 

I’m gearing up for the fifth annual Red Cliff Paper Retreat, which begins on Friday! We’re exploring illuminated paper this year, and participants will be making a sheet of this unique light paper (click to watch the video) that can be manipulated into various shapes.

Papery Tidbits

Did you see this round up of five books about paper cutting?

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I got lots of e-mails last week about all sorts of paper cuts after my post about books on the subject. This one (from This Is Colossal) is the best! Click through to watch these zoetropes by Veerle Coppoolse in motion.

Terri Codlin found inspiration in the work of Eric Carle (whose books she read to her pre-school students). She creates collage works using paper that she already has on hand, ranging from sheets of music to receipts to letters, and she paints them with fluid acrylics to create a pallet. She likens her technique to quilting.

This has been a sad summer in book and paper arts with the loss of two women who contributed to the fields in unique ways. We lost Faith Shannon, who wrote Paper Pleasures, which was one of the first books in my collection. Take a look at her website, which includes some unique bindings for that book, as well as a her design bindings, images from her retrospective (the exhibition layout is cool), and more.

I also learned this week that Deborah Sharpe Lunstead, whom I met several times, has also left us. But I found a quiet, soothing happiness in revisiting this excellent video about her work. She documents the entire process of making paper from plants and rags and turning those fibers into pulp paintings.

This article isn’t about paper per se, but it does reference the longevity of paper compared to other materials. Plastics (which many of us would like to see disappear) are not withstanding the test of time in museums.

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About our Sponsor: Colophon Book Arts Supply is owned and operated by Mary Uuthuppuru in Bloomington, Indiana. It is primarily an online retail store serving the unique and widespread book arts community composed of beginning students to advanced professionals that practice, teach, and study making books by hand. 

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Cut Paper – Paper Cut

The Sunday Paper #223

August 26, 2018

Paper of the Week: Paper Cutting: A Book Roundup

Here’s a round up of five books about paper cutting, a tradition that varies from country to country and a contemporary art and craft that seems to have no bounds!

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In the Studio: 

Now that my online paper sale is over (thanks to everyone who made a purchase), I am turning my attention to my next product, the 3rd annual Twelve Months of Paper Calendar. It is currently being printed – yay! – and I’ve placed orders for the first batch of parts and pieces for the custom paper pack. The paper pack comes with everything you need to create the monthly projects in the calendar. There are some real treasures in this paper pack. Calendars and paper packs will be available in early October, so start making your papery holiday shopping list. This is a great gift for paper lovers, paper crafters, families and children!

Colored vellum, Italian crepe paper, mini envelopes, origami papers, Japanese linen, Thai unryu, Tyvek, momigami, map paper, quilling strips. and three unique artist-made papers.

Papery Tidbits

Aimee Lee has just published a book on making paper from Milkweed. Check it out!
I have used various sorts of paper cutting in several of my artist’s books: Interluceo features cuts by Béatrice Coron; Vertices has hand cut symbols; and Cosmology shows off a laser cut design.

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Speaking of paper cuts, have you seen the work of Mary Delaney, an artist who began her life’s work in paper cutting at the age of 72 (in the year 1771) which culminated in Flora Delanica, a collection of 985 paper mosaics of plant life so startling in their accuracy that botanists still consult them more than 200 years later.

I have fond memories of Cracker Jacks and Animal Crackers. I don’t know how this change came about, but it was all over my Facebook feed this week: No More Cages: Animal Cracker Packagin Sets the Mighty Beasts Free. Clever!

It isn’t often enough that we see handmade paper featured in the art world. Kazuo Kadonaga‘s work, was created between 1977 and 1999 in Japan. Paper 1-BF is a pile of more than 3,000 sheets of handmade paper. Stacked while still wet, one side of the pile was compressed so the papers formed a solid block. On the other, the sheets were peeled apart, creating a swelling mass with soft, feathery edges. We see, quite dramatically, how the same material behaves differently depending on how we intervene.

“Paper 1-BF,” 1983, and “Bamboo No. 1-B,” 1984, by Kazuo Kadonaga. (Takayoshi Nonaka-Hill)

Here’s a very different kind of cut paper. Patricia Cheyne shared these images over in Club Paper, showing off the vegetable papyrus she’s been making. I describe how to make this in my book Papermaking with Garden Plants & Common Weeds.

I am in awe of the Adams family, who started the organization Paper for Water about 6 years ago. They fold and sell origami to raise money to build wells, bringing water to the thirsty. You’ll  be reading more about them in the coming months – the eight-year old designed one of the projects in the upcoming Twelve Months of Paper Calendar!

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What is your favorite part of The Sunday Paper? I’d love to know! Please leave a comment. If you’re reading this via e-mail, you’ll have to click through to the actual blog. Thank you!

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If you read this blog regularly, would you consider making a donation to support the research, writing, design and delivery of The Sunday Paper? Click on the paper button at the left to learn how. Or, perhaps you’re interested in promoting your business in The Sunday Paper.

Thanks to everyone who has already pledged your support!

 

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Cut Paper – Paper Cut

The Sunday Paper #223

August 26, 2018

Paper of the Week: Paper Cutting: A Book Roundup

Here’s a round up of five books about paper cutting, a tradition that varies from country to country and a contemporary art and craft that seems to have no bounds!

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In the Studio: 

Now that my online paper sale is over (thanks to everyone who made a purchase), I am turning my attention to my next product, the 3rd annual Twelve Months of Paper Calendar. It is currently being printed – yay! – and I’ve placed orders for the first batch of parts and pieces for the custom paper pack. The paper pack comes with everything you need to create the monthly projects in the calendar. There are some real treasures in this paper pack. Calendars and paper packs will be available in early October, so start making your papery holiday shopping list. This is a great gift for paper lovers, paper crafters, families and children!

Colored vellum, Italian crepe paper, mini envelopes, origami papers, Japanese linen, Thai unryu, Tyvek, momigami, map paper, quilling strips. and three unique artist-made papers.

Papery Tidbits

Aimee Lee has just published a book on making paper from Milkweed. Check it out!
I have used various sorts of paper cutting in several of my artist’s books: Interluceo features cuts by Béatrice Coron; Vertices has hand cut symbols; and Cosmology shows off a laser cut design.

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Speaking of paper cuts, have you seen the work of Mary Delaney, an artist who began her life’s work in paper cutting at the age of 72 (in the year 1771) which culminated in Flora Delanica, a collection of 985 paper mosaics of plant life so startling in their accuracy that botanists still consult them more than 200 years later.

I have fond memories of Cracker Jacks and Animal Crackers. I don’t know how this change came about, but it was all over my Facebook feed this week: No More Cages: Animal Cracker Packagin Sets the Mighty Beasts Free. Clever!

It isn’t often enough that we see handmade paper featured in the art world. Kazuo Kadonaga‘s work, was created between 1977 and 1999 in Japan. Paper 1-BF is a pile of more than 3,000 sheets of handmade paper. Stacked while still wet, one side of the pile was compressed so the papers formed a solid block. On the other, the sheets were peeled apart, creating a swelling mass with soft, feathery edges. We see, quite dramatically, how the same material behaves differently depending on how we intervene.

“Paper 1-BF,” 1983, and “Bamboo No. 1-B,” 1984, by Kazuo Kadonaga. (Takayoshi Nonaka-Hill)

Here’s a very different kind of cut paper. Patricia Cheyne shared these images over in Club Paper, showing off the vegetable papyrus she’s been making. I describe how to make this in my book Papermaking with Garden Plants & Common Weeds.

I am in awe of the Adams family, who started the organization Paper for Water about 6 years ago. They fold and sell origami to raise money to build wells, bringing water to the thirsty. You’ll  be reading more about them in the coming months – the eight-year old designed one of the projects in the upcoming Twelve Months of Paper Calendar!

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What is your favorite part of The Sunday Paper? I’d love to know! Please leave a comment. If you’re reading this via e-mail, you’ll have to click through to the actual blog. Thank you!

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If you read this blog regularly, would you consider making a donation to support the research, writing, design and delivery of The Sunday Paper? Click on the paper button at the left to learn how. Or, perhaps you’re interested in promoting your business in The Sunday Paper.

Thanks to everyone who has already pledged your support!

 

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The Maker’s Paper

The Sunday Paper #222

August 19, 2018

Paper of the Week: The Maker’s Paper

In my summer online paper sale (see below) I am offering a Maker’s Paper. The idea here is that you purchase a sheet of this unique handmade paper, and I send you video instructions for creating a paper vessel. Here’s the video which offers a glimpse into the papermaking process; step-by-step instructions on how to machine sew, hand sew or glue the seams to create a sturdy paper vessel or hand bag; variations on the style of the vessel; how to set eyelets; and ideas for creating a handle. Enjoy!

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In the Studio: 

Every winter and summer I have an online paper sale. I have so much fun curating a selection of special papers. Hop on over to the sale page to watch a video about each of the papers and make your purchase!

Papery Tidbits:

The Women’s Studio Workshop in Rosendale, NY has several types of grants, residencies and opportunities for artists!
Have you listened to this Paper Talk episode with Matt Simpson of Green Banana Paper? I’m selling a few of their awesome handmade paper wallets in the online paper sale.
I’m teaching this workshop after the Movable Book Society conference in Kansas City next month.

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Attention pop-up lovers and collectors! The Movable Book Society has created A to Z: Marvels in Paper Engineering and this A to Z pop-up card collection is now available for pre-order. This limited-edition set has 26 amazing movable cards from some of the top paper engineers around the world. Act now to get 20% off the list price. Special pricing ends 8/27.

I stumbled across paper quilling in my junior high school library. Learn how it got started centuries ago and how it is having a resurgence.

This is a catchy bit of text: “In a darkened chamber 100 sheets of paper are impaled on 100 large metal spikes…”. I wish I could have seen Shilpa Gupta’s installation in person!

Shilpa Gupta’s installation For, in your tongue I cannot hide (Johnny Barrington, Courtesy Edinburgh Art Festival)

Cool story: Patrick Cabral is committed to saving endangered animals by donating 50% of the money he earns by selling his work to the World Wildlife Fund. And his exquisite layered paper cuts show off the animals.

Here’s a Papercraft Darth Vader Statue tutorial, complete with a template, for you Star Wars fans.

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FREE Video about Couching

The Sunday Paper #221

August 12, 2018

Thanks to everyone who entered the July Twelve Months of Paper Giveaway featuring 27 sheets of Reminiscence Paper. And the winner is … Julie Hocking. Congratulations!

Paper of the Week: Couching & Transferring Thin Sheets

I posted a short video a couple of weeks ago here, but I included a broken link – oops! Thanks to those of you who told me, and here’s a new and improved version of the video. I’ve been editioning thin sheets of paper for a new artist’s book and figured out a way to solve the problem I was having of transferring super thin sheets of abaca from the felt to the drying system. If you aren’t a papermaker, enjoy a peek into the process!

Do you have another way to transfer sheets from your post to the dryer? If so, please leave a comment below!

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In the Studio: 

Every winter and summer I have an online paper sale. I have so much fun curating a selection of special papers, and the next one begins at the end of the week! My newsletter subscribers will be notified first (sign up here) and of course, I’ll remind you here next Sunday!

The Maker’s Paper: a NEW feature of the sale (purchase this unique paper and I’ll send you a video tutorial about how to create a paper vessel)
Green Banana Paper Wallets: NEW I’m featuring a product from this really cool company in Micronesia (watch for my upcoming interview with the CEO)
Bubble Paper Translucents
Colored Bubbles
Translucent abaca package
Handmade small sheets

Papery Tidbits: 

Do you know about the Twelve Months of Paper? The 2019 Calendar is coming soon!
Here’s an opportunity for you book artists who stitch.

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You may know of the book Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes. Her brother Sasaki Masahiro set up a nonprofit organization in Japan called the Sadako Legacy, which is engaged in peace activities. Some of Sadako’s original cranes have been donated to particular sites (like Pearl Harbor) and as Sasaki explains: “I can’t donate one of these (cranes) if it’s just a one-sided gesture. It won’t mean anything if the recipient doesn’t understand its meaning, or feel a real need for it.”

This is such a great product in the 21st century: a paper notebook that you can hack! The kickstarter campaign has ended, but you have to check out the campaign page that describes these educational notebooks that combine paper, pop-ups, and circuitry. And two paper stars you might know were involved in the project: Jie Qi and Susan Lowdermilk.

Paper Specs produces a weekly video about unique designs with paper. Check out this incredible sample book called The Great Wave that shows off the features of laser cutting. This book is grandiose in terms of design, but incredibly is only the size of a business card!

It was a busy week over in Club Paper – too much to share here, so I hope you’ll join us and see the what others are up to. Here you see Everdina Mielekamp’s unique form of paper quilling.

This is a great story about how an artist in England used paper cups to highlight a waste problem.

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