The Sunday Paper #566

I do most of my in-person teaching between early spring and late fall, when the snow isn’t flying. My studio – in Red Cliff, Colorado – is high up in the Rocky Mountains, just 1000 feet lower than the highest incorporated town in the country, Leadville. I’m busy planning for 2026 now, but there are still a couple of events left in 2025. 

But first, I’d like to share a video I created about my Taos Paper Retreat, which was held at the historic Mabel Dodge Luhan House recently.

Let me know if you’re interested in the 2026 Taos Paper Retreat, Capture the Light. Registration will open this fall.

Interested in hand papermaking? One spot has opened in my next Papermaking Master Class, which will be held in my Red Cliff Studio September 29 – October 3, 2025.

The Red Cliff Paper Retreat takes place the week of August 18th (full this year, express interest for next year).

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Susan Warner Keene’s work in handmade paper explores ideas about states of matter, ways of recording experience and, more broadly, the impact of experience on an individual narrative. The shaping forces of nature, history, and circumstance imprint themselves upon our lives, colliding with our sense of control and generating new realities. Her work will be on view at the Mississippi Textile Museum in Almonte, Canada, August 9 – September 27, 2025.

© Susan Warner Keene, Breathe, 2001, 11” x 25” x .5” / 27.9 x 63.5 x 1.3 cm, handmade paper: flax fibre, pigment

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On February 23, 1944, Anne Frank wrote in her diary, “I firmly believe that Nature brings solace in all troubles.” Inspired by the wisdom of a young girl who endured unimaginable fear and depended on the kindness of others for survival, this exhibition offers a quiet moment of reflection in turbulent times. Back to Nature features selected works from the Power of the Presses exhibition in the Sherry Grover Gallery at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, now through September 21st. My book, LandEscape, co-created with Karen Kunc, is in the show.

© Lucia Harrison, Stitching the Forest Together, 2019. Wire binding, letterpress, photo engravings, 9”h x 17w” x 17″d. Photo: Art Grice.

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Local Peeps: Join me at the Bookworm of Edwards next week. We’ll stitch paper to create these Reusable Book Covers with pockets, and The Bookworm is providing mini-journals to slip inside. Sign up here.

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Most of you know that I’m a huge fan of paper lanterns. Check out Chantelle Rytter’s work and lantern parade resources.

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Paper Tidbits

• Have you had a chance to listen to my interview with Galen Gibson-Cornell on Paper Talk
• Do you follow Jade Quek’s Books and Paper Arts Calendar Updates? It is a must for book and paper lovers!

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