The Sunday Paper #446

February 5, 2023

The Red Cliff Paper Retreat is one of my longest running programs (I’ve lost count, but I think this is year 8) and one of the few events I host in my studio.  We’re gathering again for a week of late summer paper fun (August 21-25) and this year the theme is Paper Panels. 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. Explore these ideas as you create unique paper objects with a dozen like-minded creatives.

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Every year, the Kalamazoo Book Arts Center hosts an exhibition called The Illustrated Accordion. Of course it’s best to view books in person, but you can also see the show online.

MaryBeth Boone, ”SWIFT Encounters,” Floating Accordion book of handmade and Mohawk Superfine papers. Relief and pressure prints with Garamond type were letterpress printed. Painted papyrus adorns the covers, 2022, $160, 4 1/8″x12″x2″, Greensboro, NC, @PurplePumpkinPress, www.marybethboone.com

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Remember telephones with cords and phone books? Bernie Kaminski’s nostalgic papier-mâché sculptures are out of this world.

As seen on Colossal, © Bernie Kaminski, courtesy of Turn Gallery

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Paper flowers seem to be all the rage these days, but I haven’t seen anything quite like these. Arnold Drake turns paper napkins into beautiful flowers and brings joy to people in coffee shops around Portland as they watch him make his art.

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This is a fascinating episode about a variety of uses of cardboard in Japan on NHK World Japan.

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Paper Tidbits

• Have you had a chance to listen to my interview with Megan Singleton on Paper Talk?
• InterOcean Studio in Denver is hosting a fun Valentine making event on 2/12.
• This looks like it will be an amazing exhibition in Taiwan. You can submit work!
• Some of you contributed roots to my sculpture Mother Tree, and many of you have seen her on view, first in Portland and then as she traveled around the country. She is now at the Museum of Motherhood (yes, a museum about motherhood exists) in St. Petersburg, FL. I met the founder of the museum, Joy Rose, all the way back in 2010, right after I finished Mother Tree, and we’ve been talking ever since. They intend to purchase her to remain on site, and you can help!

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In the Studio

Here’s the next video in my Papermaking Series: Pressing.

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