Couching Materials
The Sunday Paper #457
April 23, 2023
I had the pleasure of interviewing Jane Ingram Allen on Paper Talk. Allen is a sculptor and installation artist who uses hand papermaking with natural materials and collaborative processes to create indoor and outdoor artworks that raise public awareness about environmental issues. Enjoy our conversation!
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The Center for the Visual Arts Gallery, located on the Lincroft campus of Brookdale Community College in New Jersey, presents Entanglements, featuring work by ecofeminist artist-educator Amanda Thackray. Thackray creates complex forms referencing abandoned, lyrically floating, tangled netting with paper rope.
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Coming up in Middlebury, Vermont: an exhibit at the Jackson Gallery at Town Hall Theater, which will be on view April 21 – June 10. Skylights is a collection of works on paper by Winslow Colwell, who takes the simple kite to a new and whimsical spot in the virtual sky. (Fun fact: our son will be starting a 1-year masters program in Japanese at Middlebury in July).
Artist Winslow Colwell presents #Skylights at the Jackson Gallery in Middlebury.
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Madrid-based artist Julia Yus takes us back to the delight in discovering that first pop-up book in her beautiful, hand-crafted paper illustrations.
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Would you wear a fragrance that smells like paper?
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Paper Tidbits
- My Red Cliff Paper Retreat will take place August 21-25, 2023. Come explore a variety of papers that can be made by hand, cut, folded, stitched and assembled in a variety of ways to create books, wall hangings, sculpture, lighting and more.
- This looks like a great opportunity – a paid book artist residency at Maine Media.
- If you live near Portland, OR, check out this class: Light Through the Branches with Charissa Brock.
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In the Studio
A huge thank you to those who sent map strips for my Weaving the World Together project. I am busy processing the entries and exploring models.
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Papermaking Series: Couching Materials
Here’s the latest in my series of papermaking videos. I’ll be filming a new batch of videos in the near future. Let me know if there’s a papermaking technique that you’d like to see a video about!
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