The Sunday Paper #575

October 5, 2025

I hope to see you tomorrow (October 6th) – I’m rolling out a double-header! I’ll be launching pre-sales for my new book, Weaving With Paper and talking about The Paper Year, my monthly membership program. Then, we’ll make a Book Weaving to round out the one-hour session. Click here to sign up for the Zoom session and get the supply list.

The Paper Year is a warm, encouraging, supportive, creative community, and registration is now open (through 10/12).

In Weaving With Paper, I share 30 unique paper weaving projects with step-by-step instruction and inspirational prompts for developing a daily practice.

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I had a blast with these lovely ladies in the studio this week. This wraps up my last Papermaking Master Class of the season. I’m so fortunate to have people flying in and driving over from places like North Carolina, California and Nevada (in addition to a short hop from Denver). We explored all facets of papermaking. Registration will open for next season’s courses soon. Apply to master the papermaking process.

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If you are in or near Iowa City, I highly recommend Paper Engineering in Art, Science, and Education, which showcases the fascinating world of movable books and paper technologies. Curated by Giselle Simón, Damien Ihrig, and Elizabeth Yale, this interactive exhibition invites visitors to explore flap books, pop-ups, tunnel books, volvelles, and books that use paper to make sounds while learning about their historical and contemporary significance. The exhibit contains historical examples of movable books and paper engineered objects as well as modern book art. My Pop-Up Hand Shadow Book is in the show. If you aren’t in Iowa City, click through to view the amazing resources that have been created for the exhibition (videos, words and an exhibit guide).

ul’nigid‘, by Rhiannon Skye Tafoya. Rosendale, New York: Women’s Studio Workshop, 2019. x-Collection [FOLIO N7433.4.T29 U4 2019], Special Collections and Archives, University of Iowa Libraries. Photo: Sara Pinkham.

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Sarah Rodriguez, an academic advisor for the School of the Arts (SOTA), recently collaborated with Cincinnati Children’s Hospital to create artwork. Her paper collages, made alongside patients and nurses, will be on display in the hospital starting in 2026. “What I really liked about the project…were thinking about how art can be healing, and that some of these people are going through the hardest part of their lives,” Rodriguez said. “The idea that my art could help in any kind of way is just really powerful and meaningful.”

Sarah Rodriguez, Breaking the Surface, paper collage

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These ice books by Basia Irland (not paper, but books) are stunning.

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Paper Tidbits

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