Giving Voice to Paper

The Sunday Paper #484

October 29, 2023

Do you like to plan ahead? There’s one spot left in my July 2024 Papermaking Master Class, and I’ve opened registration for next summer’s Red Cliff Paper Retreat (August 26-30). Click through to read more and reserve your spot.

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Have you purchased your copy of Modern Papermaking? I tried something different on Paper Talk for this episode with Kelsey Pike, the author of the book. You’ll find the podcast episode here, and we shot some video about some of the papermaking tools, tips, recipes and projects that are featured in the book.

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I have no words for all of the (unnecessary) pain and suffering in the world. We humans just keep messing up! Heather Dearman is CEO of the 7/20 Memorial Foundation (her cousin Ashley was paralyzed in the Aurora, CO shooting, and Ashley’s daughter Veronica and unborn baby were killed). One of the things the foundation does is fold paper cranes, each with a message of love and support, turning them into wreaths to be sent out to communities impacted by a mass shooting. I don’t have to tell you that this is an endless activity, but I found Heather’s words uplifting: “Here I am sending out four wreaths and another (mass shooting) has happened, and at that very moment, our postman came up with some mail. In there was a note from the Tree of Life Synagogue telling us it meant so much for them to receive that wreath and it gave them hope and peace. And so at that moment, we knew we had to keep doing this.” You can participate in the Paper Crane Peace Project.

This paper cranes wreathe will be sent to a community that is grieving. In the background: “Ascentiate”, the 7/20 Memorial, is dedicated to the 13 killed and the 70 wounded during the Aurora Theater Massacre on July 20, 2012.

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Pulpatronics tackles single-use electronics with paper RFID tags (watch the video).

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Are you following #popuptober on Instagram? Paper engineers are posting amazing daily creations throughout the month.

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Paper Tidbits

Paper Is People: Decolonizing Global Paper Cultures, co-curated by Tia Blassingame and Stephanie Sauer, offers a new definition of paper within a global and decolonial framework. This exhibition in on view through 12/22 at the San Francisco Center for the Book.
I’m part of the holiday workshop line-up with MadeTV. I’ll be teaching how to make a woven winter solstice lantern on 12/21 (the winter solstice). My workshop is the last one listed at the link. I hope to see you there!
If you’re in Taiwan, EARTH SPEAK: Giving Voice to Paper opens at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei this week.

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