Hello from Western Michigan. I’m taller here! That stretch from my feet to the water is at least 50 feet. We just wrapped up Session 1 of the Paper & Book Intensive (in which I created bone folders and tactile (fabric) books). It is wonderful to be a student. Today is break day – Tim Barrett and I are setting up the papermaking studio for our lantern making class that begins tomorrow, and I’m in Saugatuck at a coffee shop writing this post. Isn’t Memorial Day weekend the start of summer? It’s still brrr cold here, but so great to be amongst likeminded old & new friends and colleagues.

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Liliane Burkhard, a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa research affiliate, was selected as one of two Artists in Residence for the European Geosciences Union (EGU) 2025 General Assembly in Vienna, Austria. Burkhard created a large-scale installation that bridges science and art by transforming discarded conference posters into a floating cloud sculpture. With the installation, “Clouds of Insights,“ Burkhard created a space for reflection and conversation, while also emphasizing sustainability by repurposing materials from the conference itself.

I so enjoyed this poem, sent to me by a blog reader this week (original source). It conjured lovely images in my head:

Stationery
Agha Shahid Ali

The moon did not become the sun.
It just fell on the desert
in great sheets, reams
of silver handmade by you.
The night is your cottage industry now,
the day is your brisk emporium.
The world is full of paper.

Write to me.

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Author’s Corner

With my new book coming out in November, I thought I’d spend the months leading up to publication sharing a bit about the process of bringing a book to life. Feel free to send me your questions, and I’ll try to address them here. Autographed copies of Weaving With Paper will be available for pre-order from me (along with special bonus content) this summer.

I started writing how-to books back in the early 00’s, before e-books were a thing. Fortunately, my books have sold well enough (thanks to YOU) that they are all available digitally these days. For the month of May, Papermaking with Garden Plants & Common Weeds is just $2.99 (75% off)!

 

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