September 26, 2015
The Sunday Paper #74
Paper of the Week: Pleated Abaca
I learned about manipulating wet paper from Jocelyn Chateauvert, who is the queen of this technique in my book (see her work below).
After you make and couch a …
September 19, 2015
The Sunday Paper #73
Paper of the Week: Hosta Paper
In about 1996, when I was working at Dieu Donné Papermill in NYC, I received a letter via snail mail from an editor at Storey Books, inquiring whether I would …
September 12, 2015
The Sunday Paper #72
Paper of the Week: Graph Paper
There are a lot of mundane papers that are pretty cool, like graph paper. I thought I’d do a little research about it, and it turns out that rectangular grid …
September 5, 2015
The Sunday Paper #71
Paper of the Week: Vellum
Before there was paper, vellum was a paper-like substrate made from calfskin, which was cleaned, bleached, stretched on a frame, and scraped to produce single pages for scrolls and books. Today, …
August 29, 2015
The Sunday Paper #70
Paper of the Week: Abaca with Embedded Wire
When I learned that I could embed items between two sheets of wet handmade paper during the papermaking process an entire new world opened up for me. I …
August 22, 2015
The Sunday Paper #69
Featured Paper of the Week: Pour Papers from Arnold Grummer’s® Papermaking
Arnold Grummer is one of the grandfathers of hand papermaking, and I’m so happy that I had a chance to meet him several years ago. …
August 15, 2015
August 8, 2015
The Sunday Paper #67
Paper of the Week: Brew Paper
Adding items (often referred to as inclusions) to the papermaking vat is one of the simplest ways to make unique and intriguing papers. I was recently approached by a brewery …
August 1, 2015
The Sunday Paper #66
Paper of the Week: Abaca with Embedded String
Most of you know that I love the qualities of translucency and shrinkage inherent in abaca fiber. This long fiber is a relative of the banana plant, and …
July 25, 2015