Elemental Form
The Sunday Paper #569
August 24, 2025
I am both stimulated and exhausted from the 10th Red Cliff Paper Retreat, which wrapped up on Friday. It was wonderful to have participants who traveled from Santa Fe, Quebec, Oklahoma, California, Michigan, Denver, North Carolina and Washington state! We folded paper in many ways, exploring hypars (from the Bauhaus), wall paper and masu box books, and a tesselating lantern form, along with papermaking techniques, which included wet pleating. Next year’s retreat will focus on paper weaving, in celebration of my new book Weaving With Paper (coming out December 16, 2025).
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Look at me! I’m on a banner with two other Legacies in Paper (bug eye emoji). How flattering to be considered a legacy, and I’m so honored to be exhibiting work alongside Sara Garden Armstrong and Nancy Cohen at the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking in Atlanta. Join us at the opening reception on Thursday, September 4, 2025, 4-7pm.
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Thanks to everyone who sent this article to me from the NY Times this week. I hope you can take a look at the flat bloom patterns that scientists are exploring. Robert J. Lang, whom I interviewed on Paper Talk, is a consultant on this project and his thoughts made the headline: Bloom patterns could be useful, as engineers build folding structures to send to outer space. They’re also very pretty. “The real folded thing — he’s actually folded those — is really beautiful,” Dr. Lang said. “I would not be surprised to see that in a museum.”
Larry Howell, a professor of mechanical engineering at B.Y.U., left, and Kelvin Wang, a sophomore there. Photo credit: Brigham Young University
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Jessica Drenk upcycles objects like junk mail and pencils to create elaborately layered, sculptural pieces evoking banded crystals and colorful sedimentary stone. Her exhibition, Elemental Form – at Galleri Urbane in Dallas – runs September 6 through November 8, 2025.
“Agate 3” (2025, junk mail and used paper, 57 x 79 inches
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Paper Tidbits
- When I’m in Atlanta, I’ll be at the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking on Friday, September 5th (by appointment) with the other artists. Please reach out if you’d like to meet up or bring a group to tour the exhibition.
- I’m teaching a workshop in Atlanta on Saturday, September 6th. Details here.
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About our Sponsor: Catherine Cross Tsintzos is an artist who uses her knowledge and experience with her practice to create within the realms of both interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary components for outcomes that focus on environmental and social issues, traditional fine craft and sustainability.
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