The Sunday Paper #267
July 7, 2019
This month’s giveaway includes a “flock” of mini-origami cranes, four sheets of lokta paper in dark brown and cream, and a lovely floral picture frame with places to hold three pictures. This prize is generously donated by the Robert C. Williams Museum of American Papermaking in Atlanta, GA. Click here to enter!
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In the Studio:
It was super fun to have Peter Thomas come through town last week! He and his wife Donna are the Wandering Book Artists and they drive this sweet caravan around the country for part of each year. Peter gave me this quick video tour.
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Papery Tidbits:
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Here’s an interesting perspective on the future of Japanese papermaking. It is a story about a 50-something Japanese man who studied business in Seattle and returned to Japan to continue making the thinnest Japanese paper.
Once indispensable for the daily life of Japanese, washi — literally ‘Japanese paper’ — was used not only for writing and painting but also for sliding doors, room dividers, lampshades and umbrellas. (AFP/Kazuhiro Nogi)
Paper offerings in the form of furniture and appliances are displayed in the living room of a “ghost house” at the “Palace Paradis” exhibition at the Quai Branly Museum in Paris. Photo: CNA
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3 Comments
Hello Helen,
The Japanese company you share on your blog help us a lot in the Philippines. They supply us on our paper conservation we need through our Taiwanese trader here. Hope to visit them Sometime. Are you attending the IAPMA meeting next year?
A diverse and wonderful issue this week. The traveling book makers are wonderful and the Japanese paper OMG.
Glad you liked it, Sally! It’s really incredible isn’t it?!