In the Studio:

Every winter and summer I have an online paper sale. I have so much fun curating a selection of special papers, and the next one begins at the end of the week! My newsletter subscribers will be notified first (sign up here) and of course, I’ll remind you here next Sunday!

• The Maker’s Paper: a NEW feature of the sale (purchase this unique paper and I’ll send you a video tutorial about how to create a paper vessel)
• Green Banana Paper Wallets: NEW I’m featuring a product from this really cool company in Micronesia (watch for my upcoming interview with the CEO)
• Bubble Paper Translucents
• Colored Bubbles
• Translucent abaca package
• Handmade small sheets

Papery Tidbits:

• Do you know about the Twelve Months of Paper? The 2019 Calendar is coming soon!
• Here’s an opportunity for you book artists who stitch.

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You may know of the book Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes. Her brother Sasaki Masahiro set up a nonprofit organization in Japan called the Sadako Legacy, which is engaged in peace activities. Some of Sadako’s original cranes have been donated to particular sites (like Pearl Harbor) and as Sasaki explains: “I can’t donate one of these (cranes) if it’s just a one-sided gesture. It won’t mean anything if the recipient doesn’t understand its meaning, or feel a real need for it.”

This is such a great product in the 21st century: a paper notebook that you can hack! The kickstarter campaign has ended, but you have to check out the campaign page that describes these educational notebooks that combine paper, pop-ups, and circuitry. And two paper stars you might know were involved in the project: Jie Qi and Susan Lowdermilk.

Paper Specs produces a weekly video about unique designs with paper. Check out this incredible sample book called The Great Wave that shows off the features of laser cutting. This book is grandiose in terms of design, but incredibly is only the size of a business card!

It was a busy week over in Club Paper – too much to share here, so I hope you’ll join us and see the what others are up to. Here you see Everdina Mielekamp’s unique form of paper quilling.

This is a great story about how an artist in England used paper cups to highlight a waste problem.

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