The Sunday Paper #518

August 11, 2024

We explored inflatables in The Paper Year last month. Click through to watch the video round-up of member creations. You’ll also get a glimpse of some Strap Books that we made in our quarterly surface design workshop, and a sneak peak at this month’s project too. Registration for The Paper Year will open again in October. Hold your spot!

Paper Year member Heidi Willoughby created this fun piggy!

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Discover papermaking in Oaxaca, Mexico! Spend 8 days with paper artist Paula Hartmann and local travel guide Katrin Schrimpf and explore the artisanal and culturally rich world of Oaxaca, Mexico from Feb 6-13, 2025. Participants will have the unique opportunity to learn the art of papermaking using native plants from Mexican artist Eduardo Santiago Gijón and take part in a paper-jewelry workshop with Paula. There will be several outings to explore the local craft and art scene including street art tours, visits to ancient temples and a class in Oaxacan cuisine. This retreat is the perfect mix of art, play and adventure. Part of the trip will take place in San Agustin Etla, situated near the renowned art center (Centro de las Artes de San Agustin) which was founded by the famous Mexican artist Francisco Toledo. We will conclude the stay in Oaxaca City with its vibrant street art scene.

Find out more about the trip by attending a free info-webinar on August 15th.

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Hand Papermaking’s Annual Auction is now underway (through August 16th). Bid on books, fibers, tools and so much more, including a full day working in Roberto Mannino’s studio in Rome!

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About 6,000 origami houses were displayed on the steps of State Parliament on 31 July in Melbourne, Australia, as part of a campaign for State and Federal governments to build at least 60,000 social housing properties. I love this form of activism through paper, and a community element emerged too. Folders said “the activity opened the channel to have important conversations about homelessness and housing insecurity which, across a lifetime, impacts more people than many realize.”

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Check out the Picture of the Day in Japan Today. A dome display of paper windmill origami with a mist system provides a heat countermeasure in Tokyo’s Hibiya district.

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Paper Tidbits

• My next and final in studio event of the year is the Red Cliff Paper Retreat, which will take place August 26-30. We’ll be exploring paper and thread, and one spot has opened up.
• Have you had a chance to listen to my interview with Joyce Gold on Paper Talk?
• I’m looking forward to a quick trip to Vermont this week. Ted and I will visit with a college roommate of his; I’ll meet up with members of the Vermont Book Arts Guild; I have a meeting at the University of Vermont Special Collections; and we’ll top the week off by celebrating with our son as he gets a Masters in Japanese from Middlebury College. Oh, and we fly home on our 28th wedding anniversary. That was quite a day!

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