A Woven Alpaca

A Woven Alpaca

© Therese Lennart

The Sunday Paper #492

January 7, 2024

The beginning of the year is my busy season, and I have so many things to share with you this week!

January is when I open annual enrollment for The Paper Year, my yearlong online program (deadline to join is 1/9/24) and Weave Through Winter, my month-long online class (registration deadline is 2/1/24). Thank you to those of you who have signed up! If you’re interested in either class, please click on the images below to read more, watch the videos and register.

We are developing a wonderful paper community, it is exciting to offer these programs to a growing number of international participants, and I learn so much from everyone I get to work with! Here’s to another year of fun together.

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I am thankful to get to accompany my hubby on a two-week ski holiday in Europe. He is editor of Vail Beaver Creek Magazine and will do some reporting about a couple of the ski areas that Vail Resorts is associated with, including Lech Zurs in Austria, and Andermatt and Crans-Montana in Switzerland. We’ll be traveling 1/10 – 1/24, and I’ll be taking a little hiatus from writing this blog. Look for the next issue on 1/28/24. I’ll be posting most days on Instagram if you’d like to follow our journey. 

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I had a lovely conversation with Julie McLaughlin on Episode #118 of Paper Talk. McLaughlin has been making paper and exploring its sculptural possibilities since the early 90’s and making large sheets from kozo fibers for the last 14 years. Her interest in wearable paper garments subconsciously began over 50 years ago when she wore her first paper dress (popular in the 1960’s) and she continues to push the boundaries between paper and textiles today.

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Do you watch Craft in America on PBS? Special thanks to a blog reader for sharing this recent episode that features the unique piñatas of two artists: Roberto Benavidez, who makes sculptural piñatas, influenced by Hieronymus Bosch paintings and medieval manuscripts; and Lorena Robletto, who creates spinning piñatas. The segment starts at 11:50 mins.

© Roberto Benavidez

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