The Sunday Paper #493

January 28, 2024

My husband Ted and I just returned from a sky and snow holiday in Europe (lots of blue and white). Well, I had a holiday and he did a little work. As editor of Vail Beaver Creek Magazine, Ted did some reporting about a couple of ski resorts that Vail Resorts now owns (Crans Montana and Andermatt). Our trip begain in Lech Zürs, Austria, where we had a few days without any commitments. One fun thing we skied was Der Weisse Ring: the white ring – a half-day tour with approx. 22 km of ski runs and 5,500 meters of altitude. We were also able to ski to James Turrell’s Skyspace Lech. I’ve visited other Skyspaces, like The James Turrell Skyspace at Live Oak Friends Meeting in Houston. His spaces are especially good to visit at sunrise or sunset, when the sky is changing rapidly.

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Weave Through Winter begins on Thursday, and I am looking forward to creating a weaving-a-day along with participants. You can still join us! If you’d like to get a taste of paper weaving to see if you like it, check out my Woven Paper Heart tutorial on YouTube (just in time for Valentine’s Day).

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I had a lovely conversation with Susan Warner Keene on Paper Talk. Warner Keene is a Toronto-based artist working in handmade paper, who has been exhibiting in Canada and internationally since 1980. She graduated from the Ontario College of Art, where she specialized in weaving and feltmaking, subsequently shifting her practice to focus on papermaking by 1990. The acquisition of a Reina beater enabled her to set up her studio to develop artworks that are created during the papermaking process itself, exploring ways to make objects with an internal architecture created by the material conditions.Her ongoing interest in the intersection of ideas and materiality is reflected in her exploration of aspects of language, the book form, and the nature of the page.

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As seen on Hyperallergic: Giovanni da Modena, “Riding Procession with a Princess, Two Men, and Pages” (c. 1410–50) (© Kupferstich-Kabinett, SKD; photo by Herbert Boswank).

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The PBS News Hour recently featured paper cut artist Nikki McClure on their arts and culture series, Canvas.

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Paper Tidbits

• Have you had a chance to listen to my interview with Julie McGlaughlin on Paper Talk?
• The Sebastopol Center for the Arts is seeking submissions for Pulp: Book & Paper Arts. Donna Seager of Seager Gray Gallery in Mill Valley will serve as Juror. DEADLINE IS February 23.
• Special thanks to my local newspaper, The Vail Daily, and reporter Tricia Swenson, for this Q&A that appeared in the paper last Sunday.