Focus on Fiber

Agnieszka Helman-Wazny on Asian paper in historic works of art: a comparative fiber analysis.

Bronwyn Marshall describes the use of indigenous fibers and invasive vegetation in rural South African papermaking.

Helen Hiebert compares drying methods with hemp fiber (with paper samples). 

Suhag Shirodkar on Jenny Pinto and South Indian Banana Paper. 

Melissa Potter reports on Serbian papermaking: crop evolution and micro-industries.

Marjorie Alexander on hanji fashions (with sample of Korean paper “fabric”).

Jane Galubinger on pulp painting today (adapted from her essay accompanying Hand Papermaking's seventh limited edition paper portfolio).

Theresa Fairbanks-Harris on the exhibition “Mr. Whatman’s Mill: Papermaking and the Art of Watercolor in Eighteenth-Century Britain.”

Noted Exhibitions 

Pat Almonrode reviews Papermaking for Printmakers.

Dominique Nahas reviews Kwang-young Chun exhibition.

Melissa Potter reviews The History of Hand Papermaking in the Philippines.

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