The Sunday Paper #455

April 9, 2023

I’m off to The Big Apple tomorrow for a vacation with a childhood girlfriend. I’m really looking forward to it! You’re welcome to follow my daily posts on Instagram.

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Check out the transformation of old abandoned books into sculptures and installations by Jukhee Kwon. The artist repetitively twists, ruffles, weaves, or links the pages, creating a variety of meshes and draping forms that cascade from the binding and vary greatly from one piece to the next.

As seen on Colossal: “Oval Book Forum” (2023), paper (eight books), 400 x 200 x 150 centimeters. Photo by Jonathan Greet. All images © Jukhee Kwon, courtesy of October Gallery, London

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This is heartbreaking news, friends. A shining star in the book arts field has left us. From the GoFundMe page for Chandler O’leary: “We are shocked and heartbroken by the unexpected passing of our beloved Chandler O’Leary on Sunday the second of April, after a brief bout of sudden and severe pneumonia.” Chandler’s illustrations and witty humor were one-of-a-kind. You can support her family at this link.

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This is an interesting discussion about how paper is not just a support, but a protagonist in Georgia O’Keeffe’s drawings. Laura Neufeld, associate paper conservator at The Museum of Modern Art, speaks with curator Samantha Friedman about the work in the exhibition Georgia O’Keeffe: To See Takes Time.

Georgia O’Keeffe. Evening Star. 1917

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Who knew that mathematicians were searching for a shape that never repeats itself (of course they were)!  The guy behind the discovery of ‘The Einstein Tile’, David Smith, is a retired printing technician who spent a lot of time at home cutting shapes out of paper and experimenting with them.

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Paper Tidbits

• I’m still collecting map strips if you haven’t sent any yet.
• Applications are now open for the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art BRAVA Awards for Emerging Artist, Artist’s Book Artist, Native American & First Nations Artist, and Children’s Book Illustrator.
• Have you had a chance to listen to my interview with Margaret Rhein on Paper Talk?
• My Red Cliff Paper Retreat will take place August 21-25, 2023. Come explore a variety of papers that can be made by hand, cut, folded, stitched and assembled in a variety of ways to create books, wall hangings, sculpture, lighting and more.

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Papermaking Series: Beater Maintenance

Here’s the latest in my series of papermaking videos. I’ll be filming a new batch of videos in the near future. Let me know if there’s a papermaking technique that you’d like to see a video about!

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Featured in my Studio shop: The Art of Papercraft, Sets of 5 sheets of Translucent Abaca, the Red Cliff Paper Retreat, and The Papermaker’s Companion.

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