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Archives for January 2017

For Beginners: Common Plants for Paper

 

Hand Papermaking Newsletter #46‘s “For Beginners” column walks discusses plant fibers one can grow in the garden for papermaking. Dreaming of your spring garden to escape the winter? Read the full text here.

Seasonal cycles affect some people more than others but few can ignore the coming of spring, when life bursts forth at every opportunity in every locale–from mountain meadows to sidewalk cracks. With such drama unfolding, even non-gardeners yearn to get their hands in the dirt and be a part of it all. Papermakers, like cooks, can expand their experience by growing their own raw materials, thus enjoying more control over–and connection with–the finished product. More….

 

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15th Anniversary: Summer 2001 Issue

Summer 2001 Issue

Hand Papermaking’s Summer 2001 Magazine celebrated its 15th anniversary with a full-color issue including features on the work of seventeen artists, an essay on the work of Winifred Lutz, an article about conservation papers by Lynn Amlie, and more.

 

 

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Paper in China: Winter 2014 Issue

Winter 2014 Issue

Since papermaking began in China over 2,000 years ago, how has it evolved? Hand Papermaking’s Winter 2014 Magazine is guest edited by founder Michael Durgin and looks at hand papermaking in China today. This cover presents the luminous painting, “Memory of Autumn,” by Mansheng Wang. Nancy Norton Tomasko interviews this Chinese scholar-artist and paper philosopher, who shares his views on paper in practice, history, and present day.

 

 

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Tibetan Paper: Winter 1996 Issue

Winter 1996 Issue

At the end of its 10th anniversary, Hand Papermaking’s Winter 1996 Magazine considered the handmade sheet of paper. This cover mixes of two traditions: a young Buddhist monk in Tibet carrying papermaking felts and a mould and deckle by American Lee Scott McDonald. Jane Farmer writes about her work in Tibet and Nepal with her collaborators on the Paper Road project, trying to support and reestablish Tibetan papermaking traditions.

 

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Community: Support Bridget O’Malley’s Medical Bills

Our thoughts are with the incredible paper maker and artist Bridget O’Malley as she recovers from spinal surgery. Please consider supporting her through her recovery via the GoFundMe page set up by Bridget’s Cave Paper Co-Founder and Hand Papermaking, Inc. Co-Founder Amanda Degener. Details at GoFundMe.com/bridget-omalleys-medical-bills.

30th Anniversary Youth Issue: Jillian Bruschera and her Mobile Mill

4-cmyksizeThe anniversary issue of Hand Papermaking focuses on the handmade paper work of artists under the age of 30.

From the issue: Jillian Bruschera couching sheets of recycled handmade paper onto cement surfaces in a Chicago alleyway, 2015. Photo: Krista Franklin. From Jillian Bruschera’s article “Beyond the White Rectangle,” Hand Papermaking, vol. 31, no. 1 (Summer 2016), p. 11.

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