The Museum for Paper Art

The Sunday Paper #525

September 29, 2024

I am back from my travels, suffering a bit from jet lag, which is to be expected. I picked up a novel that is set in Tasmania that is keeping me company when I can’t sleep (The Moon Gate, by Amanda Geard). The Paper On Skin Wearable Art Competition was truly a delight to attend on so many levels; I will share the video when it is released. The winners are listed here.

Book signing event at the Devonport Bookshop, with Paper On Skin finalists (l-r): Kaori Kato, Kaaran Skeppskedt, Leonie Oakes and Ann Lines.

There’s a lot going on here, and I’m trying to keep up! While I was away, our daughter moved to Rostock, Germany, where she is spending the year on a Fulbright Teaching Assistantship, and our son got a job – he’s moving to Detroit to work for the Consulate-General of Japan.

I’m traveling (again!) to Storey Publishing in North Adams, MA next Sunday to help with the step-by-step photo shoot for my upcoming book about paper weaving; and I’ll be giving the keynote address at the North American Hand Papermaker’s conference in Denver on October 18th (you can still sign up to attend the conference).

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If you’re in Denver, be sure to stop in and see this exhibition featuring the work of longtime resident and papermaker extraordinaire Ray Tomasso. Listen to my interview with Ray on Paper Talk.

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Congratulations to Radha Pandey, winner of the MCBA Prize (an international artist’s book award, given by the Minnesota Center for Book Arts). Radha runs Halden Bookworks in Norway with her husband, Johan Solberg.

© Radha Pandey, “Flora of Mughal India”

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This is soooo exciting, and I can’t wait to visit, although the museum, with a ‘single sheet of paper roof’, still has to be constructed. Danish architecture studio BIG is expanding a former Aldi supermarket in North Jutland, Denmark, to create The Museum for Paper Art, which is being developed to celebrate the history of paper art in Denmark (think Hans Christian Andersen and Le Klint Lighting).

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Don’t forget: I’m hosting a free online workshop tomorrow (9/30 at 12 noon MST). We’ll make this single-sheet lantern, and you can register here. I’ll talk briefly about The Paper Year, which opens for registration tomorrow, too.

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Paper Tidbits

We’ll be making woven paper lanterns and books in a one-day online session through Maine Media Workshops in December – perfect for holiday gift giving. Join me!
Have you purchased a copy of Peter Dahmen’s new book, Pop Up Sculptures? It is available on Kickstarter.
The University of Iowa is seeking an Assistant/Associate Professor of Book Arts.

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