Performance On Paper
The Sunday Paper #563
July 14, 2025
I’m getting work ready to ship off to Atlanta for a group exhibition at The Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking with Nancy Cohen and Sara Garden Armstrong. One element in the show will be these abaca specimens. I hope you can come meet the three of us at the opening on September 4th – save the date if you’re in the area – an official announcement will be coming soon.
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I read about this exhibition in Hiromi Paper’s newsletter. Performance on Paper (May 3 – August 10, 2025) features prints and drawings created at the intersection of music and dance by twenty artists active from the 1960s to the present, exploring how works of art on paper can store sound and movement, becoming lasting visual records of ephemeral sonic and dance experiences.
Jason Moran, Touch 6, 2019. Dry pigment on Gampi paper. 25 1/4 × 38 in. (64.1 × 96.5 cm). UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, Hammer Museum. © 2019 Jason Moran.
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I can’t wait to get my hands on Aimee Lee’s new book, As Good As Our Tools. “For over two millennia, humans have made paper by inventing, improving, and adapting a range of tools and equipment to effectively create the best product. In the 20th century, European-style hand papermaking experienced a revival made possible by specialized studios and tools. This field of creative hand papermaking is small but robust, enabled by a key group of people: the toolmakers. These skilled makers build the equipment and tools essential to making paper by hand but receive little attention.” Published by The Legacy Press; available from Oak Knoll.
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I enjoyed reading about this interview with Megan Cignoli, who is drawn to materials that feel fragile – paper pulp, raw clay, fabric, plaster, eggshells, glass – because they carry emotion and feel honest. She tries to hold onto a moment, like saving a note or a feeling. That tension between holding on and letting go is at the heart of what she makes.
RUOK, 2025, recycled paper, clay and pigments on Birch Board
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This headline caught my attention: What Happens When You Throw a Paper Plane From Space?
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Paper Tidbits
- Here’s a sneak peak inside my upcoming book, Weaving With Paper. Although you can pre-order on Storey’s website, you might want to wait until I announce my special pre-order in early bonuses in early October. The book comes out on December 16th.
- I so enjoyed the Jitterbugs created by members of The Paper Year in June. Watch the video!
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