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March 17, 2018
The 200th Edition of the Sunday Paper
March 18, 2018
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Paper of the Week: Papermaking Kits
My husband and I are in Europe this month to visit our daughter Lucah who is spending a year in Landau, Germany. We’ve been on the move this first week with a stopover in Iceland (drop dead gorgeous), a quick check-in with Lucah in Landau on our way to the Alps, where we are spending a few days at the Sonnenalp Resort, Lech Zurs (skiing) and Garmisch. Next week we’ll return to Landau, when our daughter has a 2-week school break around Easter.
Look what I found at the hotel gift shop in Germany: a papermaking kit! It was right there on the end of the shelf, staring at me. Here are a few resources for papermaking kits and suppliers. Let me know of you know of others!
Arnold Grummer’s
Carriage House Paper
Twinrocker Handmade Paper
Wooden Deckle
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Out of the Studio: New Episode on Paper Talk Featuring Sue Gosin
Paper Talk is my monthly podcast series featuring artists and professionals who are working in the field of hand papermaking. This month I interviewed Sue Gosin, founder and Co-Chair of the Board of Directors of Dieu Donne Papermill, Inc. in New York City. Have a listen!
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Papery Tidbits:
Follow me on Instagram to see where our trip takes us!
There are two spots left in the Red Cliff Paper Retreat! This is the only event I hold in my Colorado studio. Join us Sept 7-9 and/or Sept 11-13.
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Steve Messam has created an armada of 180 boats which look like white ‘paper’ creations by day and light up at night. Each craft is made from a special polymer paper that folds and behaves like paper, but is also waterproof and weather resistant. These are on view through April 12th at Paddington Basin in London. Messam creates environmental installations, often with paper. I wrote about one of his paper bridges in this blog post.
This is a must-see paper show coming up at the International Print Center New York: Paper/Print: American Hand Papermaking, 1960s to Today, curated by Susan Gosin and Mina Takahashi. This focused exhibition is the first to trace the American hand-papermaking revolution as an outgrowth of the printmaking renaissance. It brings together the best, along with some of the rarest and lesser known examples, of two-dimensional works, artist books, and cast-paper multiples to spotlight the closely intertwined American stories of printmaking and papermaking in the contemporary period.
Other, 2009. © Richard Tuttle / Universal Limited Art Editions. Hand-formed, pigmented paper pulp on handmade wooden brackets. 25 x 54 x 3 3/8 in.
Lexus has created a 3D installation, done by perceptual art pioneer Michael Murphy. Titled “Letters”, the 16-foot art piece hangs from six ceiling panels and a steel frame, and features more than 2,000 suspended pieces of origami, each made from individual thank you letters from guests to Lexus dealerships. Watch to the end to see how the car turns into the Lexus logo – it’s pretty cool!
Have you seen the photos of JR? This is one of his photograph’s that popped up in September along the U.S./Mexico border. A 64-foot tall picture of a Mexican child named Kikito who lives just on the other side of the fence — built on scaffolding on Mexican soil, there was nothing U.S. border patrol agents could do about it. JR’s giant photographs have appeared in some 140 countries, sometimes in fancy art galleries, but more often than not pasted illegally on sidewalks and subways, buildings, and rooftops.
The movie A Wrinkle in Time features a flexagon in the opening scene, and this article about the costumes talks about the variety of materials the designers explored, including handmade paper for one of Mrs. Who’s dresses.
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March 10, 2018
Folded Motif Video Tutorial
March 11, 2018
Thanks to everyone who entered the March Twelve Months of Paper Giveaway for a chance to win a subscription to UPPERCASE Magazine! And the winner is… Jeanette Davis. Congratulations!
Paper of the Week: Wrapping Paper Folded Motif
This is a new monthly feature on the blog: a video tutorial featuring a paper and a project. Click here to watch my Folded Motif video tutorial.
I mention a few resources in the tutorial:
The Book: Folding Techniques for Designers, by Paul Jackson
The Papers are from Rifle Paper Co. & Miki’s Paper
Visit Paul Jackson’s website
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In the Studio:
The view out the back door of the studio. The rustic skate park is buried in snow!
I’m heading out of the studio tomorrow and off to Europe for a month with my hubby. Our first stop is Iceland. Follow my trip on Instagram, where I hope to post daily. And of course, I’ll be posting to this blog every Sunday as usual!
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Papery Tidbits:
Follow me on Instagram to see where our trip takes us!
There are two spots left in the Red Cliff Paper Retreat! This is the only event I hold in my Colorado studio. Join us Sept 7-9 and/or Sept 11-13.
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Here’s a lovely interview with paper artist Catherine Nash, whose installation An Inner Astronomy, is now on view at the Triangle L Ranch in Oracle, AZ. If you can’t make it to Oracle (the closing reception is Sunday, March 18th, 5 – 8 p.m) you can view it via these videos of the installation.
If you have a copy of the Twelve Months of Paper Calendar, have you made the March project, the Spring Shamrock? I’d love to see a photo! Still need a calendar? They are now half price!
Did you see the dress made from book spines by French designer Silvie Facon on Bored Panda? There are some other interesting dresses worth clicking over to see!
Check out these snowflakes based on well-known physicists! You’ll find templates for paper snowflakes with winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics incorporated into the designs.
Sandra Kroupa is celebrating 50 years as a rare books librarian at the University of Washington. She has collected hundreds (if not thousands) of artist’s books, including some of mine. This is a behind the scenes glimpse into her world.
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March 3, 2018
UPPERCASE Magazine Giveaway
March 4, 2018
Paper of the Week: It’s Giveaway Time Again!
Click through to win! UPPERCASE is a quarterly ads-free print magazine for the creative and curious with eclectic content inspired by design, typography, illustration and craft. A playful exploration of creativity, an affinity for vintage ephemera, and a love of handmade are some elements common in each issue. The magazine has high-quality paper and printing, a unique design aesthetic and incredible attention to detail. Independent and ads-free, UPPERCASE is adored by a small but enthusiastic readership around the world.
UPPERCASE is the March sponsor for the Twelve Months of Paper
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In the Studio:
I’m a firm believer in good tools. I’ve added this 12″ x 18″ custom made mould & deckle from Chester Creek Press to my inventory and took it for a test drive this week!
Papery Tidbits:
Want to visit me and learn about hand papermaking techniques? The annual Red Cliff Paper Retreat is almost full. If you were thinking of grabbing a spot, now’s the time! This is the only event I hold in my Colorado studio. Join us Sept 7-9 and/or Sept 11-13, 2018.
NYC Peeps: this looks like a fantastic panel discussion: Nature as Tool and Material at the Center for Book Arts this Thursday eve.
The Byopia Press blog is a lovely book and paper arts blog. And my recent video tutorial was featured on their Friday Night Flicks (cool concept)!
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This is so awesome! There was a Korean Crafts area at the recent olympic games in PyeongChang, South Korea where visitors could make their own origami flower. Denver is considering bidding for the next winter olympics, which would certainly spill over into Vail. Hmmmm….
Great headline: The Art Behind Barichara’s All-Female Artisanal Paper Making. This factory in Columbia employs 11 women, and the article details the papermaking process. I found myself wondering who buys the paper… tourists perhaps?
Hanging the sheets out to dry | © Fundación San Lorenzo de Barichara
I am a novice when it comes to folding paper. These single sheet complex tesselations by Moscow-based paper artist Ekaterina Lukasheva are mind blowing!
© Ekaterina Lukasheva
The exhibition FOLD: Golden Venture Paper Sculptures continues at the Museum of Chinese in America in Manhattan through March 25. The paper sculptures made by Golden Venture passengers between 1993 and 1997, while they waited for their fate to be decided at York County Prison (another heart-wrenching immigration story).
Installation view of FOLD: Golden Venture Paper Sculptures at the Museum of Chinese in America (all images courtesy the Museum of Chinese in America)
Did you learn to write on a Big Chief Tablet? I did! The pattern of the lines (solid/dashed) is imprinted on my brain. Here’s an interesting history of the company that produced those tablets.
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February 24, 2018
Paper On Snow
February 25, 2018
Paper of the Week: Five Books about Paper Folding
I have collected books about paper folding, paper engineering and paper design for over 30 years. There are some oldies and goodies that are still circulating out there. Some of these are visual catalogs for inspiration and others are serious how-to manuals. Check out this round-up of Five Books about Paper Folding Techniques.
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In of the Studio:
It’s finally been snowing here in Colorado and I decided to take some of my paper pieces outside. This was my favorite composition: Paper on Snow.
Papery Tidbits:
I’ll be teaching two workshops at Idyllwild in SoCal the week of July 4th, and I’d love to see you there!: #1: The Potential of Paper and #2: Paper Sculpture).
Register now for the annual Red Cliff Paper Retreat! This is the only event I hold in my Colorado studio. Join us Sept 7-9 and/or Sept 11-13.
Have you listened to the latest episode of Paper Talk featuring Priscilla Robinson?
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This is a fascinating article about how pastel artists of the 18th century supersized their pictures by piecing together sheets of paper.
Portrait of Gabriel Bernard de Rieux; Maurice-Quentin de La Tour (French, 1704 – 1788); Paris, France, Europe; 1739 to 1741; Pastel and gouache on paper mounted on canvas; 200.7 × 149.9 cm (79 × 59 in.); The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
It is becoming more popular for origami to be used to teach math and science concepts. I enjoyed reading about how Thomas Hull incorporates paper folding into his lectures. He instructed the audience to use a pen to make a dot in the center of a sheet of origami paper. Then he said to make a few folds over the dot. Once the audience folded their desired amount of folds, he asked them to open the paper back up and count the amount of mountains and valleys the paper had. As people called out their different numbers, he recorded them on a spreadsheet, allowing the audience to see what each of the pairs of numbers had in common. There’s nothing like hands-on learning!
This is a lovely Q&A with Rob Ryan, paper cutter extraordinaire!
I enjoyed these works and sentiments by collage artist Joe Dance: “I collect paper and ephemera from various sources, including what I might find on the street. When I start working on a new collage, I begin with an element that has a particular appeal to me and build from there–pulling in other elements that resonate–tearing, cutting, pasting–responding to balance, color, line and pattern as they present themselves–in essence, painting with paper.”
I’ve never purchased a lottery ticket, but this is a pretty cool paper ad for the Missouri Lottery.
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February 17, 2018
Priscilla Robinson on Paper Talk
February 18, 2018
Paper of the Week: New Podcast Episode! Paper Talk
I love hearing the stories of hand papermakers: how they discovered paper, what drew them in (hand papermaking is a serious commitment after all), how they’ve set up their studios, and the twists and turns of their careers. Paper Talk is a monthly podcast series featuring artists and professionals in the field. I just released Episode 21 with Priscilla Robinson, a paper artist based in Austin and Taos. Have a listen!
© Priscilla Robinson, Garden of the Summer Moon, cast paper, acrylic, fused glass, commissioned by Inova, Fairfax, VA
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In the Studio:
My bi-annual paper sale continues through Tuesday. I had a little mix-up when I launched it here last week, so feel free to take another look! Twice a year, I clear out my flat files to make room for new papers, and you get a paper sale! Treat yourself to unique handmade papers that you won’t find anywhere else in the world!
I have a surplus of decorative paper packs and they’re going for $20 each
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Papery Tidbits:
Did you catch last week’s video tutorial: How to Make a Paper Purse
I wrote a guest blog post last week for Thinking3D about my artist’s book Tangential.
Register now for the annual Red Cliff Paper Retreat! This is the only event I hold in my Colorado studio. Join us Sept 7-9 and/or Sept 11-13.
I’ll be teaching two workshops (#1: The Potential of Paper and #2: Paper Sculpture) at Idyllwild in SoCal the week of July 4th, and I’d love to see you there!
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Here’s a paper chain with meaning. Auckland artist Tracey Cannon is using her latest exhibition to show how the mental health system is failing some people. Her experience with mental health issues and being admitted to an Israeli psychiatric hospital in her 20s inspired her art, Chain of Events.
A 200 meter paper chain made up of pages from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Volume 4.
This is a sweet tutorial for making an origami fortune cookie. When I lived in NYC and worked at Dieu Donné Papermill, we printed up paper fortunes and had them inserted into our own custom fortune cookies in Chinatown!
Here’s a clever gift! Give the gift of paper with Hand Papermaking Magazine’s special “Paper Valentine”! Simply order a one-year subscription to Hand Papermaking any time in February, and they’ll send a free extra copy of our current (Winter 2017) issue to a loved one of your choosing. Use the code “PAPERVALENTINE-MC1” when you order, and be sure to have your loved one’s address handy.
I love this sentiment about the substrate that the artist Zarina uses in her work: “Paper — sheets of creamy surfaces that reveal an extraordinary range of tones and textures — forms the core of Zarina Hashmi’s epic showing at Gallery Espace in New Delhi“. Some of the headlines are great too: Prayer and Geometry, Abstract yet Minimal. And the title of the show: Weaving Darkness and Silence. If you find yourself in New Delhi, have a look at her work at Gallery Espace, on view until March 3, 2018.
(Left) Zarina Hashmi, Behind the Fence, 2017, woodcut printed in black on BFK light paper, mounted on Arches Black paper, edition 1/15; (Right) Untitled, 2017, collage with BFK paper printed with black ink, mounted on Somerset Antique paper
This is a great article about how designer Anna Bond built Rifle Paper Company, which started in her garage, into a multi-million dollar company.
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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! It makes a difference!
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February 10, 2018
Origami Paper Pouch Tutorial
February 11, 2018
Thanks to everyone who entered the February Twelve Months of Paper Giveaway for a chance to win a selection of pop-up cards from Up With Paper/UWP Luxe! Congratulations to Stuart Copans for winning!
Paper of the Week: Winter Online Paper Sale
Twice a year, I clear out my flat files to make room for new papers, and you get a paper sale! Treat yourself to unique handmade papers that you won’t find anywhere else in the world! Everything is discounted – yippee! Click on over to read about all of the papers and get yours. Order soon, as I typically sell out. And there’s a bonus for the first 10 who order!
This is one of 5 packages: the Funky Abaca Package features 5 different types of abaca paper.
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In the Studio:
This is a new monthly feature on the blog: a video tutorial featuring a paper and a project. Click here to watch my Origami Paper Pouch Tutorial unless you see the video below.
I mention a few resources in the tutorial:
The Book: Origami, the Art of Paperfolding, by Gay Merrill Gross
The Paper: Double-sided Thai Unryu
The Paper Threads, Yarns & Textiles facebook group
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Papery Tidbits:
Learn to make papers like those you see above at the annual Red Cliff Paper Retreat! This is the only event I hold in my Colorado studio. Join us Sept 7-9 and/or Sept 11-13.
I wrote a guest blog post this week for Thinking3D about my artist’s book Tangential.
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How cool is this? Cross Cultural Collaborative facilitates cultural exchanges between creative people of all ages, backgrounds and skill levels at it’s cultural center in a fishing village in Ghana. One of it’s many workshops teaches Ghanaian children how to make paper from sugar cane leaves and books, boxes and other paper items. The sale of the products pays for school fees and teaches the children a work ethic and pride in self. Contact aba@culturalcollaborative.org for more information about the children or traveling to Ghana.
You can see some of the items they make at this link
If you have a copy of the Twelve Months of Paper Calendar, have you made the February project, the sliceform heart? I’d love to see a photo! Still need a calendar? The how-to content is everlasting, and they are available at a steep discount in my online paper sale.
Ladies: need some red shoes for your Valentine’s Day date? Check out these paper shoes by Violise Lunn. #notpractical
Magnolia Editions in Oakland produces some really innovative work! What sets them apart from other printmakers is that they blend techniques that are hundreds of years old with ones that are cutting-edge. Don Farnsworth, who founded and still runs the shop, makes paper replicating the kind that was used by artists during the Renaissance, and he also uses a digital flatbed printer to make prints.
This is some fantastic writing by Joshua Rothman in the New Yorker about a paper jam (i.e. a machine malfunction on a huge piece of papermaking equipment). “At the apex of its trajectory, at the moment when it was supposed to connect with the conveyor belt, its back corners drooped. They dragged on the platform below, and, like a trapeze flier missing a catch, the paper sank downward.” Read the entire article here.
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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! It makes a difference!
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February 11, 2018
Oops! I sent the blog post out with a broken link… now it’s fixed, so please delete the other one and read this one. Thanks!
Thanks to everyone who entered the February Twelve Months of Paper Giveaway for a chance to win a selection of pop-up cards from Up With Paper/UWP Luxe! Congratulations to Stuart Copans for winning!
Paper of the Week: Winter Online Paper Sale
Twice a year, I clear out my flat files to make room for new papers, and you get a paper sale! Treat yourself to unique handmade papers that you won’t find anywhere else in the world! Everything is discounted – yippee! Click on over to read about all of the papers and get yours. Order soon, as I typically sell out. And there’s a bonus for the first 10 who order!
This is one of 5 packages: the Funky Abaca Package features 5 different types of abaca paper.
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In the Studio:
This is a new monthly feature on the blog: a video tutorial featuring a paper and a project. Click here to watch my Origami Paper Pouch Tutorial unless you see the video below.
I mention a few resources in the tutorial:
The Book: Origami, the Art of Paperfolding, by Gay Merrill Gross
The Paper: Double-sided Thai Unryu
The Paper Threads, Yarns & Textiles facebook group
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Papery Tidbits:
Learn to make papers like those you see above at the annual Red Cliff Paper Retreat! This is the only event I hold in my Colorado studio. Join us Sept 7-9 and/or Sept 11-13.
I wrote a guest blog post this week for Thinking3D about my artist’s book Tangential.
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How cool is this? Cross Cultural Collaborative facilitates cultural exchanges between creative people of all ages, backgrounds and skill levels at it’s cultural center in a fishing village in Ghana. One of it’s many workshops teaches Ghanaian children how to make paper from sugar cane leaves and books, boxes and other paper items. The sale of the products pays for school fees and teaches the children a work ethic and pride in self. Contact aba@culturalcollaborative.org for more information about the children or traveling to Ghana.
You can see some of the items they make at this link
If you have a copy of the Twelve Months of Paper Calendar, have you made the February project, the sliceform heart? I’d love to see a photo! Still need a calendar? The how-to content is everlasting, and they are available at a steep discount in my online paper sale.
Ladies: need some red shoes for your Valentine’s Day date? Check out these paper shoes by Violise Lunn. #notpractical
Magnolia Editions in Oakland produces some really innovative work! What sets them apart from other printmakers is that they blend techniques that are hundreds of years old with ones that are cutting-edge. Don Farnsworth, who founded and still runs the shop, makes paper replicating the kind that was used by artists during the Renaissance, and he also uses a digital flatbed printer to make prints.
This is some fantastic writing by Joshua Rothman in the New Yorker about a paper jam (i.e. a machine malfunction on a huge piece of papermaking equipment). “At the apex of its trajectory, at the moment when it was supposed to connect with the conveyor belt, its back corners drooped. They dragged on the platform below, and, like a trapeze flier missing a catch, the paper sank downward.” Read the entire article here.
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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! It makes a difference!
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February 3, 2018
Up With Paper/UWP Luxe Giveaway!
February 4, 2018
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Paper of the Week: Up With Paper/UWP Luxe Giveaway!
Get a snail mail starter pack with this giveaway collaboration from Up With Paper and UWP Luxe.
The Up With Paper package includes two Panoramics—horizontal-format greeting cards with interior pull-tabs to make the pop-ups interactive; two Treasures with cheeky art; and one globe greeting—engineered with a waffle technique and paired with both a note and salutation sticker sheet to personalize your card.
The UWP Luxe package includes a stellar pop-up boxed notes set, one laser-cut card from the Layers Greetings line, and three brightly foiled Pure Alchemy pop-up cards. Click here to enter the Giveaway, and one winner will be selected at random, notified and announced here next week.
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In the Studio:
This wasn’t a very interesting week (visually) in the studio. I packed and shipped out the supply kits for Paper Weaving , which begins next week and started editing the videos and writing the how-to guides. Here’s the Green Bridge that I drive under when I take the back way into and out of Red Cliff (where my studio is). This was an atypical no sun day!
Papery Tidbits:
Want to visit me in Red Cliff and learn about hand papermaking techniques? The annual Red Cliff Paper Retreat is open for registration and this year’s theme is illuminated paper. This is the only event I hold in my Colorado studio. Join us Sept 7-9 and/or Sept 11-13.
It isn’t too late to sign up for Paper Weaving. Join a group of paper lovers from around the world as you weave your paper stash into works of art! Class begins this coming Wednesday!
Did you see this tutorial I wrote on how to make a Vellum Paper Ring a few weeks ago?
I’m building up a paper library! Here’s the latest addition: Best Papermaking Techniques Books.
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Book artists! Abecedarian Gallery is looking for works for a traveling exhibition of book, wall and sculptural works that use threads as a primary element to present a narrative. The deadline for submissions is March 5.
© Julie Nocent-Vigil, Santa Fe
This is a mesmerizing installation! Diffusion Choir is a kinetic sculpture that uses 400 folding elements to reveal the movements of an invisible flock of birds. Its movements are always changing, driven by custom software running a flocking algorithm. The sculpture hangs in the atrium of 650 East Kendall Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was commissioned by BioMed Realty.
I enjoyed Todd Moe’s radio interview on North Country Public Radio featuring paper artist Velma Bolyard… it is an interesting experience listening to (but not seeing) paper being made. And I love Velma’s thought … “it’s like you are reaching from your hands and heart right into the earth.”
Mmmmm. the largest known early map of the world, within the pages of a book! The 60 sheet manuscript world map made in 1587 by Urbano Monte has been acquired by the David Rumsey Map Center at Stanford Libraries, which scanned the sheets, then digitally stitched them together.
This is a lovely slideshow of Japanese wrapping techniques.
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January 27, 2018
Luminous Paper Birds
January 28, 2018
Paper of the Week: Five Books about Hand Papermaking Techniques
I’m a huge fan of innovation in paper. This medium is incredible because aside from just making your own sheets, you can paint with pulp, drape freshly formed sheets over an armature, cast, embed, emboss, create watermarks, add inclusions and more. Check out this selection of books that focus on hand papermaking techniques.
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In of the Studio:
This was the week to film the videos for Paper Weaving! My friend and fellow papermaker Daria Wilber came up from Denver to help film the six lessons. Now on to editing!
Papery Tidbits:
It isn’t too late to sign up for Paper Weaving. Join a group of paper lovers as you weave your paper stash into works of art!
Want to learn about hand papermaking techniques? My annual Red Cliff Paper Retreat is open for registration and this year’s theme is illuminated paper. This is the only event I hold in my Colorado studio. Join us Sept 7-9 and/or Sept 11-13.
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There’s a new episode of Paper Talk featuring my conversation with San Antonio artist Beck Whitehead. Have a listen!
Swoon… the artist of the same name has an iconic style of portraiture, which she creates in her studio (out of paper) and then brings out to the street, using wheatpaste to transfer it onto walls.
Have you seen these Game of Throne pop-ups, created by LovePop in partnership with HBO?
Did anyone go to Lumiere, Vancouver’s winter light festival? Luminous Birds by Kathy Hinde, was an animated flock of origami-style birds suspended overhead. The birds are created in Tyvek, a water- and rip-proof paperlike material. As night fell, synchronized lighting sequences and music create the effect of birds flying overhead.
Luminous Birds by Kathy Hinde in Alexandra Park, Lumière Vancouver. Photo by the artist
This is a fascinating Q&A with Robert Lang, a physicist turned freelance artist and consultant who uses his background in physics and math to solve big problems with origami techniques.
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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.
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January 20, 2018
Paper e-Love
January 21, 2018
Paper of the Week: Paper Love e-course
How about starting the New Year with an adventure in paper? Registration for Rachel Hazell’s PaperLove e-course is now open and readers of the Sunday Paper get a special 10% discount off the full price. Starting 12th February, the five week PaperLove course is packed with brilliant projects, accessible techniques and intriguing ideas. Each week explores different themes – Paper, Collage, Word, Book and Mail.
Join Rachel to:
Give yourself a challenge to stimulate your senses, and start the year with a positive burst of creativity
Develop a wide range of craft skills and techniques, such as bookbinding, origami and expressive calligraphy
Join an international community of like-minded makers.
Get inspired: Learn about extraordinary artists. Follow links. Take your ideas further
Create your own paper pleasures, with clear step by step instructions.
‘Rachel is thoroughly engaging, knowledgeable, enthusiastic and funny to boot…. I found my tribe.’ Jan, PaperLove 2017
Reserve your place using the coupon code SP10.
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Out of the Studio:
I was in NYC this week for a couple of days and stumbled across this lovely paper weaving by Gertrud Goldschmidt at MOMA! It’s tiny – just 5″ x 7″ or so.
Papery Tidbits:
The Paper Weaving online class begins soon! Join a growing international group of paper lovers and register today if you would like to receive the supply kit before class begins.
Prefer to work with me in person? The annual Red Cliff Paper Retreat is also open for registration and this year’s theme is illuminated paper. This is the only event I hold in my Colorado studio. Join us Sept 7-9 and/or Sept 11-13.
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Wowza! Yamandu Ploskonka is producing a new textured handmade paper. Cinque Tooth is Papel Texano’s specialty finish that imitates the surface of Renaissance paper. The deep grooves of Cinquecento paper are ideal for charcoal, chalk and sanguine artists. Pastels were invented during the Renaissance as the perfect medium to take full advantage of the distinctive surface of the paper. Made by hand with 21st century methods in Austin, Texas, this very classic surface on handmade paper is again available to artists and everyone! If you happen to be in Austin TODAY, you can visit Yama at the Austin 2018 Book, Paper & Photo Show. Or, read more about this paper and order some online today!
Above left: an historic page in the Gutenberg bible. Above right: present day Cinque Tooth paper from Papel Texano.
Here’s a paper-related aspect of the #metoo movement. Amy Tingle is using rape kit paper to create snowflakes and an outlet for victims of sexual assault.
Um, yes please! Check out this line of unique washable paper bags and goods by Uashmama that look and feel like leather, but wash and stand up to daily use with ease. This material looks like the product (kraft tex) I purchased recently at Fancy Tiger in Denver.
Imagine being able to walk through rows of floor-to-ceiling colored paper numbers that range from 0 to 9. Each row of numbers denotes a time of day, from sunrise to sunset. As you move, the cut-outs gradually change in color from vibrant rainbow hues to darker shades, and eventually black, visualizing the passing of time from day into night. Tokyo-based architect and designer Emmanuelle Moureaux’s Color of Time installation was recently at Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design in Toyama, Japan.
Carve out some time for this documentary about the reconstruction as well as the tale of the Montgolfier brothers’ first hot air balloon in France.
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