Making Absence, Present
The Sunday Paper #488
December 3, 2023
FREE Zoom mini-workshop alert! Create a Tea Light Topper to illuminate the shortest day of the year and celebrate the return of the light. The session will begin with a short, face-paced overview of The Paper Year, followed by the workshop. (The Paper Year will open for registration that day).
Register for this event and get the supply list here. This workshop will take place on Weds, 12/20 at Noon mountain time.
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Yulia Brodskaya never ceases to amaze! Over the past year, the artist has developed a series in which she portrays the “people of Gaia”—a hopeful vision of what people will be like in the future.
©Yulia Brodskaya, as seen on My Modern Met
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In 2020 (remember that year?) Christine Aaron ordered some of my wild abaca paper. Click through to see what she used it for. About the work: “The numbers washed over me and I began to numb. I started this project to try to make visual the enormous loss and all it wreaked, thinking it would take me a few weeks. I chose a skin like beautiful handmade abaca paper and burned a mark for each person lost to Covid in NY State…”
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In 2021, I started a tradition – creating a list of 100 favorite paper resources of the year. For 2023, I’d love to include your recommendations as well. Tell me about them here. You’ll find a link to last year’s list for inspiration when you click through. Many thanks to those of you who have already submitted!
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Paper Tidbits
- Alicia Bailey has discounted 20 of her early book editions. Some of these would make great gifts or an addition to your collection.
- Do you need a handy dandy Book & Paper Press? Arnold Grummers’ annual press sale is going on now. I own one and love it!
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Featured Work
Maria Stoller took my Shadow Lantern online class and created this beautiful book called Autumn Forest. View more photos here.
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