Come to the Papermakers’ Swap Meet!

Hand Papermaking is excited to announce our first Papermaker’s Swap Meet.

Starts: 8 pm ET on Thursday, September 10
Ends: 8 pm ET on Sunday, September 20
Where: On Hand Papermaking’s eBay page.

Find bargains on dozens of papermaking- and paper-related items, including:

Tools such as paper moulds and deckles, sugetas, a Japanese beating stick, a wooden mallet, syringes for pulp painting, blotters, mould making materials;
Equipment such as a drying box, paper presses, a Whiz Mixer;
Supplies such as raw paper fibers, prepped/dried paper fibers, linters, dyes and pigments, paper additives; and
Instructional materials such as papermaking books, papermaking articles, magazines and journals, paper sample books, papermaking kits, and a Paper from Around the World Teaching Kit.

For more information, contact Hand Papermaking at info@handpapermaking.org. See you at the Swap Meet!

Between Eye and Light — Washi Tales in Performance

Thank you to everyone who attended this special online Zoom event to celebrate the publication of the Paper in Performance (Summer 2020) issue of Hand Papermaking magazine. If you missed it, never fear — you can watch a video of the event on Vimeo. You may also want to check out this video on Asia Society’s website of the full-length 2016 performance of Recycling: washi tales.

“Theater is the ideal place to show the beauty and variety of washi (Japanese paper),” states Japanese paper artist Kyoko Ibe, who will join us online from Kyoto, Japan, along with theater director Elise Thoron, to share clips of their stunning performance piece Recycling: washi tales, and behind-the-scenes video footage for a closer look at their set design and production methods. In a moderated discussion with Hand Papermaking magazine editor Mina Takahashi, Ibe and Thoron will discuss why they centered their production on washi culture and Japanese papermaking, and how they harnessed the aesthetic and working properties of washi to create their evocative performance piece. The discussion will be followed by a Q&A session with the audience. Hand Papermaking board member Jazmine Catusus will be our host; this event is free and open to the public with advance registration.

Japanese paper artist Kyoko Ibe is a pioneer in using washi and traditional papermaking techniques to create fine art and contemporary design. Elise Thoron is a playwright, director, and translator, who works cross-culturally within the US and abroad. Together they wrote and produced Recycling: washi tales, which has been presented at numerous arts centers including New York Asia Society and Los Angeles County Museum. A performance still from Recycling: washi tales is featured on the cover of the recently published issue of Hand Papermaking (vol. 35, no. 1; Summer 2020), which includes an interview by Elise Thoron with Kyoko Ibe titled “Between Eye and Light.”

Click these links to download pdf copies of “Between Eye and Light: An Interview with Kyoko Ibe” by Elise Thoron (from the Summer 2020 issue of Hand Papermaking) and “The Long Life of Echizen Washi” by Claire Cuccio (from the Summer 2014 issue of Hand Papermaking).

Hand Papermaking was thrilled to produce this free event and to offer an archival video of the event, along with our “Papermaking in Place” Instagram Live Events. If you’re enjoying this new distance-spanning programming, show your support by giving to our newly established Black Writers Fellowship or donating to Hand Papermaking on our website (any amount will help us continue producing this new alternative programming). Also, subscribe today to receive the Summer 2020 issue of Hand Papermaking magazine, Paper in Performance.

The Handmade Paper Wheel of Fortune!

The Handmade Paper Wheel of Fortune is an exciting new fundraiser in support of Hand Papermaking.

For this event, we asked contemporary papermakers and paper artists across the U.S. and around the world to donate bundles of 10-12 sheets of medium-sized handmade and/or hand-decorated paper. We received more than 60 pledges of papers of all sorts: Elegant Western-style papers, beautiful Japanese, Thai, and other traditional papers of Asia, experimental papers made from rare and unusual natural fibers, dyed and colored papers, hand-decorated papers, and much more!

Please note: The Wheel of Fortune chances have SOLD OUT. We apologize if you missed your chance to win — better luck next year!

The Wheel of Fortune drawing will take place on July 17. Every person who contributed to this fundraiser will receives an amazing surprise bundle of paper from one of our papermakers. We will email you soon about the paper you won, and all paper bundles will be mailed out by early August. Thank you to everyone who participated!

[100% of proceeds from Wheel of Fortune sales will go to supporting Hand Papermaking’s ongoing operations and programs, including Hand Papermaking magazine, Hand Papermaking Newsletter, our curated & thematic Portfolios of handmade paper, our free web and social media resources, and our newly established Black Writers Fellowship.]

Contributors to the Handmade Paper Wheel of Fortune
Annie Alexander • Jane Ingram Allen • May Babcock • Tom Balbo • Suzi Ballenger • Colin Browne • Bruce Bunting • Ingrid Butler/Moth Marblers • Jazmine Catasus • Lisa Cirando • Nancy Cohen • Elaine Cooper • Kate Couturier • Amanda Degener • Katherine DeLamater • Ilze Dilane • Pam DeLuco • Katy Dement • Susan Mackin Dolan • Nicole Donnelly • Emily Duong • Jane Farmer • Lata Gedala • Tatiana Ginsberg • Zoe Goehring • Joan Hall • Mary Heebner • Lesa Hepburn • Helen Hiebert • Kyle Holland • Dard Hunter III • Lois James • Ann Marie Kennedy • Susan Kristoferson • Barbara Landes • Aimee Lee • Thomas Leech • Anne McKeown • Todd Moe • The Morgan Conservatory • Jill Odegaard • Bridget O’Malley • The Paper Circle • Paper Connection International • Andrea Peterson • Alta Price • Brian Queen • Jackie Radford • Erica Spitzer Rasmussen • Lynn Sures • Margaret Rhein • Amy Richard • Steph Rue • Gretchen Schermerhorn • Peter Sowiski • Jennifer Spoon • Gail Stiffe • Mina Takahashi • Twinrocker Handmade Paper • Gibby Waitzkin • Beck Whitehead • Michelle Wilson • Paul Wong • Jenn Woodward/Pulp & Deckle

Share photos of your handmade papers on Instagram! Tag @handpapermaking and use #paperwof and we can feature your image in our posts and Stories.

The 2019 Year-End Broadside is HERE!

Hand Papermaking’s 2019 Year-End Broadside is here! And it is the stunning result of an amazing collaboration between three Pacific Northwest creative spirits: poet Kathleen Flenniken, papermaker Mary Ashton, and printer Jessica Spring.

With art direction by Hand Papermaking board member Alta Price, “The Language of Making” was printed at Springtide Press in the fall of 2019 to benefit Hand Papermaking, Inc. This poem has not been collected or published in any of Flenniken’s works. The base paper is a white text sheet composed of 25% abaca, 75% cotton fibers, with color blocks pulp-painted in red-pigmented, 100% cotton fibers. The print was composed and letterpress printed using Artcraft metal type and vintagewood type by Jessica Spring of Springtide Press.

Please consider donating today to Hand Papermaking’s annual Year-End Fundraising Campaign. Only the first 100 supporters who donate $125 or more will receive this year’s stunning, inspiring, limited-edition broadside!

Your annual gift, whether it’s $1 or $1,000, directly supports Hand Papermaking as a contemporary, innovative, and forward-thinking organization that advocates for the art and traditions of handmade paper. Please donate and help Hand Papermaking continue to remain vibrant for many years to come. Thank you!

GO BACK TO SCHOOL with Hand Papermaking

Attention Papermaking Students!

Subscribe to Hand Papermaking magazine by September 30, and receive One Free Issue!

Hand Papermaking supports emerging artists, crafters, designers, and all young paper enthusiasts! For a limited time only, we are extending all student subscriptions to three issues (one-and-a-half year’s worth) for the price of two — a 33% savings on the cost of a regular subscription.

Just visit our subscription page, and enter the code BACKTOSCHOOL as you sign up.

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Included in our most recent, exciting, beautiful, all-color! (Summer 2018) issue of Hand Papermaking:

Three (!) stunning samples of handmade paper that reveal the artists’ intimate relationship with water
A profile of the artist Joan Hall, whose work “The New Normal: In with the Tide” (2018) graces this issue’s cover and is shown in part in the banner image above
Articles and reviews examining the work of a some amazing paper artists who explore water as a subject, medium, and conceptual underpinning
“Paper is the Thing,” a new poem by Richard Tuttle

And much, much more!

SUBSCRIBE TODAY!

Hand Papermaking’s 20th Annual Auction Is Almost Here!

For 32 years, Hand Papermaking has been your source for information on the art of handmade paper. This May 11-20, help Hand Papermaking continue its mission and take advantage of fantastic paper-related items during our Annual Auction, where 100% of proceeds benefit Hand Papermaking.

Choose from over 90 bargains and one-of-a-kind lots such as supplies, tools, books on paper and book arts, fine handmade papers, art works, paper experiences, and much more!

Get advance peeks at some of the most intriguing auction items starting May 1st on Hand Papermaking’s Instagram page: www.instagram.com/handpapermaking.

Highlights include:

Gift certificates from paper/book arts organizations such as BookArtsLA, Arrowmont School of Arts and Craft, San Francisco Center for Book Arts, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Pyramid Atlantic, etc.
Studio experiences donated by artists/organizations from around the country
Two paper moulds from Simon Green, and a Chinese papermaking mould from Carriage House paper
Papers from Japan Korea, and paper studios around the U.S.
Numerous prints, broadsides, and paper-based works of art
Fine and historic books and broadsides

Visit Hand Papermaking’s eBay seller’s page starting on May 11: http://bit.ly/handpapermaking

For more information, contact Michael Fallon at info@handpapermaking.org.

It’s Easy to DONATE to Hand Papermaking

Hand Papermaking relies on DONATIONS from supporters like you to continue its work to advance traditional and contemporary ideas in the art of making paper by hand.

And so we make it easy for you to contribute a tax-deductible donation to Hand Papermaking in one of several ways:

–You can DONATE money to us through Paypal at one of several donor levels.

–You can DONATE goods or services to our ANNUAL AUCTION, coming up on September 15-24, 2017.

–You can DONATE to our PORTFOLIO ARCHIVE FUND, which help us make our paper portfolios to accessible to a wider audience.

–You can DONATE to use through AMAZON SMILE, providing valuable funds to Hand Papermaking while you shop online.

–And, of course, you can PURCHASE a number of HAND PAPERMAKING PRODUCTS: Back issues, subscriptions, newsletter ads, limited-edition portfolios, and so on.

Thank you for your support of Hand Papermaking.

Support Hand Papermaking with Amazon Smile

It’s easy to support Hand Papermaking every time you make a purchase online with Amazon Smile.

Simply follow these four easy steps:

Visit smile.amazon.com.
Sign in to your Amazon account, and search for “Hand Papermaking Inc.“
Select “Hand Papermaking Inc.“
Begin shopping!

And that’s it. Be sure to go to smile.amazon.com every time you shop Amazon. As of May 2017, Amazon shoppers have raised more than $54 million for their favorite charities. We thank you for contributing to Hand Papermaking and helping us advance traditional and contemporary ideas in the art of making paper by hand.

So many reasons to support Hand Papermaking on #GivingTuesday

Giving Tuesday is here and we invite you to join in the spirit with your tax-deductible gift to Hand Papermaking.

Started back in 2012, Giving Tuesday is a day for giving and is fuelled by the power of social media. Days like Giving Tuesday are so, so important to nonprofit organizations. On Giving Tuesday in 2018 alone, a billion dollars in donations was surpassed. The day not only increases awareness for great causes, but it also helps nonprofits to spread their message and increase supporter involvement. You can visit https://charity.gofundme.com/c/giving-tuesday to learn more.

This year, there are so many reasons to give…and receive! Act now and your donation will be matched (up to the first $3000) by an anonymous donor. This means that your generosity will have double the impact and we’ll doubly appreciate your support!

1. Celebrate 30 years of our award-winning publications, and launch us into the next 30 with your year-end gift. Contributors of $125 or more will receive this year’s limited-edition broadside. Details HERE. Donate HERE.

2. Applaud our soon-to-retire executive director Tom Bannister, with a special “In Honor of Tom” gift to let him know how much his hard work has been appreciated! Details HERE. Donate HERE.

3. Give a gift subscription to a deserving papermaker and YOU will receive Helen Hiebert’s Twelve Months of Paper, a beautiful combination how-to book and 2017 calendar. (HINT: You can give the subscription to yourself and still get the calendar!) Details HERE. Order HERE.

Order and donate online or call us today (800-821-6604) and know that your support is appreciated all year long!