The Sunday Paper #533

November 24, 2024

I’m releasing a video series, called Thoughtful Thursdays, over the next several weeks. The first one is out – hop on over to my YouTube channel to check it out. These videos are my holiday gift to you. I hope you will enjoy them and:

CREATE: Creating with our hands is powerful and rewarding.

GIVE: I love the feeling I get when I am creating something for someone else, and the delight in giving it to them is priceless (of course you can keep what you create).

SHARE: How about having a stack of paper ready to turn into delightful objects when your guests arrive over the holidays. Make these paper objects together with family and friends. I hope you’ll post what you create, and maybe you’ll even come up with a paper twist!

Project #1 is this Origami Candy Dish.

I’m wishing everyone in the US a wonderful Thanksgiving – look for my Pop-Up Tree Tutorial on Turkey Day!

Images: Corey Pemberton and Tom Jaszczak

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Storey Publishing (the publisher of most of my how-to books) is having a Cyber Week sale now through December 3rd. Use code CYBER2024 to get 30% off sitewide & free shipping on orders $30+. Check out their craft, gardening, kids books and more (you can find 3 of my books on their site: The Art of Papercraft; Papermaking with Garden Plants & Common Weeds; and The Papermaker’s Companion).

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I’ve featured the work of Myriam Dion before, but wowza, she’s taking paper weaving to the next level! The stories Dion chooses to highlight (from old newspapers) often revolve around women and their accomplishments. Dion says: “It is interesting to see how women are documented in the media, especially at a time when newspapers were written by men for men and how this evolves and sometimes regresses depending on the subjects.”

As seen on Colossal: “Marie Curie, Radium discoverer to visit America, February 10, 1921” (2024), collage and weaving of newspaper and hand-cut Japanese paper, acrylic paint, felt, and gold leaf, 42 1/2 x 43 inches

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Check out this array of paper lanterns that were featured in the first ever lantern festival at Farnham Craft Town. The Lantern Festival welcomed all parts of the community, young and old, to express their creativity, get involved in making a lantern, and come together to light up a dark October evening. It began in the summer, when community groups, faith groups, schools and informal groups of friends created spectacular willow and paper lanterns.

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Paper Tidbits

• Have you had a chance to listen to my interview with Shanna Leino on Paper Talk?
• Weave Through Winter is coming! Registration opens on New Year’s Day, and class will run Feb 1-28, with a kick off on January 31st.
• There’s one spot left in my one-day online session through Maine Media Workshops in December. We’re making woven paper lanterns and a notebook – perfect for holiday gift giving.
• An opportunity to host a retreat at the Mabel Dodge Luhan House came up for me about a month ago, and I couldn’t pass it up. Read about my first Taos Paper Retreat – there are 2 spots left (I hope to make this an annual event).

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In My Studio Shop

As the holidays approach, I’m featuring a few products in my online shop. Click on each image to be transported to the shop.