The Sunday Paper Blog
The Sunday Paper #81
Paper of the Week: Envelope Paper
I love developing new uses for common products. Envelopes are attractive because they are like pockets. I’ve developed two projects (featured in my book Playing With Paper) – the …
The Sunday Paper #79
Paper of the Week: Money Paper
Did you know that you can buy shredded money from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing? They sell 5 pound bags of shredded U.S. currency that contain approximately $10,000 in …
The Sunday Paper #78
Sponsored Paper of the Week: Oguni Shikishi – Kakishibu – Persimmon Treated Kozo Washi Paper from Washi Arts
This Kakishibu dyed 65g kozo washi Japanese paper is 7.5″ x 7.5″ and is handmade with four deckle …
The Sunday Paper #77
Paper of the Week: Korean Paper String
Ooh la la. This is a lovely video showing two Korean artisans, Kang Seong-hi and Kim Eun-hye twisting paper string and then weaving it into vessel forms.
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The Sunday Paper #76
Featured Paper of the Week: Pour Papers from Arnold Grummer’s® Papermaking
Women In Retreat: Recently, sixty women from all over the country descended on Neenah, WI – in the heart of the Paper Valley – to …
The Sunday Paper #75
Paper of the Week: Shaped Paper
Making shaped papers is a unique hand papermaking technique. There really isn’t any other way to get a shaped sheet of paper with deckled edges. For those of us who …
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 …
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 …
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 …