Alphabet In Motion
The Sunday Paper #529
October 27, 2024
This will be old news to some of you, but I wanted to make sure blog readers are in the loop (I also send a monthly e-newsletter, which went out last Thursday). In my keynote address at the North American Hand Papermaking conference last week, I talked about taking risks. I’ve come to realize that almost every time I take a risk, I discover opportunities I could never have imagined.
I contacted the Mabel Dodge Luhan House earlier this week – I was reminded of this retreat center in Taos, New Mexico at the papermaking conference – to see if they might have any openings in 2026. They wrote right back, saying they have an opening for July 2025. At first, I thought that was way too soon for me to organize, but then I decided I should consider it, because another opportunity like this might not come up for awhile.
I asked for help in turning the risk into reality (I have to pay a deposit to secure the site in 2 weeks) and was delighted by the initial response (thanks to those who expressed interest). Please fill out this short survey (by November 1st) if you are interested in the retreat.
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Travel to Italy with Book Arts in Venice June 16-27, 2025 to visit traditional book arts and letterpress studios. Work at the Scuola Internazionale di Grafica in Venice, and Tipoteca Italiana Fondazione, one of the largest typography museums in Europe, located in the foothills of the Dolomite Mountains. Visit historic sites including St. Mark’s Square, the Accademia Galleries, and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection. Explore the beauty, art, and culture of the region in a small group with a seasoned, Italian-speaking travel guide, KBAC Executive Director, Jeff Abshear. 100% of previous Book Arts in Venice participants said they would recommend this trip. Perhaps this is your year to join us in Italy! This is what past participants are saying:
- “Venice lives in my imagination every single day and I’m so grateful that I ever took this trip.”
- “The whole experience of ‘daily living’ in Venice was absolutely great.”
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I had the pleasure of interviewing Nancy Jacobi on Paper Talk. She is the founder of The Japanese Paper Place in Toronto, a business which she began 40 + years ago after her discovery of paper’s potential while teaching English in Japan. By supplying washi worldwide, offering workshops, lectures and exhibitions, the company continues its mission to encourage creativity by highlighting the potential of this too little-understood, powerful but endangered resource.
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I’m sorry that I learned about this installation (and fundraiser) by Mona Huneidi after it ended (just last week). It is such a powerful piece – I think it will be exhibited again. I encourage you to click through and read the artist’s statement.
Mona Huneidi, Targeted: 100+ Kites, 2024, the artist in front of the installation at Performance Works Northwest, Portland, Oregon (Photo credit: Tim Sugden)
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Kelli Anderson’s Alphabet in Motion: How Letters Get Their Shape pop-up book launched this week on Kickstarter. Click through to watch the aMaZiNg prototype in action, and then join me in backing her project!
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Paper Tidbits
- The Center for Craft in Asheville, NC is reactivating the Craft Futures Fund grant program for emergency relief so that they can direct essential resources to support and care for the artists and community of Western North Carolina in the wake of Hurricane Helene. You can apply for funding or donate to help support the fund here.
- We’ll be making woven paper lanterns and books in a one-day online session through Maine Media Workshops in December – perfect for holiday gift giving. Join me!
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About Our Sponsor: The Kalamazoo Book Arts Center (KBAC) is a nonprofit organization in Kalamazoo, MI, that practices, teaches, and promotes the collaborative arts of the book including hand papermaking, printmaking, letterpress printing, bookbinding, and creative writing.
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