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Water Paper Time Trailer

Film Synopsis

What is the relationship between art and nature? In ‘Water Paper Time’ the gradual and oftentimes imperceptible processes of natural change are given artistic form through a sensitive portrayal of the work of paper artist Helen Hiebert. Using time-lapse photography, the film explores how external forces such as time, gravity and molecular structure bend, tear and wrinkle Hiebert’s handmade paper, producing startlingly allusive and organic forms which recall the fibers and plants that the artist used in the paper-making process. A meditation upon the cyclical relationship between human and nature, ‘Water Paper Time’ reveals the fascinating ways in which nature and art go on changing even (and perhaps especially) when we are not looking.

Artist: Helen Hiebert; Filmmaker: Gretchen Hogue; Musician: Kell Black

Read the review in Hand Papermaking Magazine.

This film was sponsored in part by the Regional Arts & Culture Council.

Purchase a copy of Water Paper Time in the Store.

This DVD is a visual guide to hand paper-making based on my book, The Papermaker’s Companion.

My goal with this film is to show hand papermaking in action: The Papermaker’s Companion comes to life, and the film complements the book. Save when you purchase both in The Store.

The Papermaker’s Studio Guide Introduction

$30

$29.95

In the DVD you will:

*Get tips on setting up a professional papermaking studio.
*Discover multiple ways to process pulp.
*Explore a variety of sheet forming techniques.
*Utilize diverse pressing and drying methods.
*Explore unique papermaking techniques such as pulp painting, watermarking, and working sculpturally with paper pulp.
*View the work art of over 20 international contemporary paper artists.

This film was sponsored in part by grants from The Celebration Foundation and the International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists (IAPMA).

Please look in The Store if you are interested in both films and/or my books. There are package deals which will save you money!

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