Making Zen
The Sunday Paper #575
October 12, 2025
We made Book Weavings earlier this week in a workshop I held on Zoom to kick of registration for The Paper Year, my online membership community. Tamar S. sent this photo with a note from Israel:
“l watched the replay of the paper weaving today, and sat weaving and cutting for hours. It was a great way to get away from the dreadful reality…”.
Watch the replay and learn how to make your own Book Weaving.
The Paper Year is now open for new members now through tonight, October 12th. Click through to read all about it and join us. And please reach out if you have any questions.
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Making Zen is a five-day online retreat that will take place October 27-31, featuring 30 workshops taught by different artists (including me)! Six presentations become available each weekday, and it’s totally free to attend those presentations for 24 hours. That’s a lot to take in, so there is a VIP Pass that allows you to purchase lifetime access to all of the presentations (plus some extra-special gifts for you contributed by each of the presenting artists). Below you see my offering: three Woven Paper Notecards for the free sessions, and a PDF with instructions for creating a Hexagonal Weaving for VIP pass holders (these passes are discounted now until the retreat begins on the 27th). Get all the details here.
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My workshop is just one of 30! Here are a few more pics featuring a small sampling of other offerings: Cyanotype Printing on Fabric with Madge Evers; Animated Mechanical Cards with Kelli Anderson; Embroidered Jeans with Kasia Jacquot; and Mindful Embroidered Mandalas with Donna Davies.
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I had the pleasure of interviewing Paulina Johnson on Paper Talk. Originally from Mexico City, via California, and South Carolina, she has been immersed in the fields of art and graphic design for over 20 years. She received a joint BFA from the Academy of Art University and the University of San Francisco in 1999. In 2017, she earned an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. Johnson has been an ongoing educator and is currently an exhibiting partner at Pine Moon Fine Art in Steamboat Springs, CO. She lives and works in beautiful Steamboat where she enjoys the mountains with her husband, two growing boys and their pup Murray. Enjoy our conversation!
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I love this! Every Friday, the Spencer Museum of Art in Lawrence, KS opens its entire collection of prints, drawings and photographs to the public. Visitors can explore up close pieces that are usually kept in storage or behind glass.
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Join me, Nancy Cohen and Sara Garden Armstrong, for a free virtual talk about our show, Legacies in Paper, at the Robert C. Williams Papermaking Museum this Wednesday evening, October 15th. Register here. We will discuss the trajectory of our careers, our relationship with the medium of handmade paper, and our current explorations.
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Paper Tidbits
- If you are in Vienna, Austria, or will be traveling there in 2026, check out the workshop schedule at the Papierwespe.
- The New Mexico History Museum is hosting visiting artist Julie Chen as a distinguished speaker on the contemporary letterpress and handmade books for the inaugural Palace Press Presents: Visiting Artist Lecture Series.
- The 2026 Taos Paper Retreat is now open for registration. The theme is Capture the Light, and the retreat will take place July 19-25, 2026 in Taos, NM (sign up by 1/15/26).
- The 2026 Red Cliff Paper Retreat is also open for registration, and the theme is Paper Weaving. This retreat is in my Red Cliff, Colorado studio, August 17-21, 2026.
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Author’s Corner
- All pre-ordered copies will be autographed.
- Purchase a special kit that includes 30 weaving papers in assorted sizes
- Receive a 15% discount if you order 2 or more copies.
- Join me on Zoom for a Publication Day Party on 12/16.
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