Paper Mushrooms
The Sunday Paper #574
September 28, 2025
Are you looking for a creative community? The Paper Year is a warm, encouraging, supportive, creative group that will be open to new members October 1-12, 2025. Here’s a peek at what we’ll be creating over the next 3 months: a Papercut Profile, Slit Stars with guest artist, Cathryn Miller, of Byopia Press; and a Pop-Up Tree. And that’s not all. Click here to read more about The Paper Year and/or join me on October 6th to learn more about the program on Zoom.
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Check out this installation by Aprl Capalungan in The Philippines. The Parallels of Reconstruction <=> Deconstruction; Possibly, is an interactive, ephemeral paper installation retelling the possibilities of experience and ideas continuously taking shape and refocusing what preservation and/or transformation could be.
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Ann Wood creates exquisite paper sculptures. I love what she says about her process: “I developed my own way of manipulating paper as a material. I didn’t use any tutorials but developed my own techniques through experimenting. I don’t use the traditional crepe paper, but use many varieties of paper. Some are tissue thin, and others are lightweight cardboard. I’ve learned my own vocabulary with what each type of paper can do.”
Ann Wood, as seen on My Modern Met
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The Morgan Conservatory in Cleveland is holding its second annual Dress To Impress paper fashion fundraiser on Saturday, October 4th. Tony Williams talks about his hand painted paper garment that is quilted and hand stitched in this clip. This night of exotic and wild paper fashions and wearable art celebrates paper and print as fashion. Get details and tickets here.
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This has nothing to do with paper, but I wanted to share an article by my husband, Ted Katauskas, that’s in Outside Magazine. It is a fascinating account of a search and rescue/recovery mission that lasted almost 20 years and included our dog, Stryker.
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Paper Tidbits
- Have you had a chance to listen to my interview with Carole Kunstadt on Paper Talk?
- 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.
- If you’re in Southeast Ohio, Scout Ery (formerly of Paper Circle) is offering a Japanese papermaking workshop November 12-15.
- Join me, Nancy Cohen and Sara Garden Armstrong for a conversation that explores our careers, our relationships with handmade paper, and our current explorations, hosted by the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking. We’ll be speaking on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, at 7 PM Eastern ( on Zoom). Free to attend—advance registration required.
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Author’s Corner
Join me for a FREE Zoom mini-workshop on Monday, October 6th to launch pre-sales for Weaving With Paper AND to kick off registration for The Paper Year, which will be open to new members October 1-12. Sign up and get the supply list here. The session will begin with a short, face-paced overview of The Paper Year, followed by a viewing of an advance copy of Weaving With Paper and my pre-sale offers. Then we’ll create a Book Weaving. Please invite your weaving-, book-, and paper-loving friends!
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We’re getting closer to pub date for Weaving With Paper (December 16th). I’m opening pre-sales on my website on October 1st. The first 50 orders placed will receive a FREE weaving tool, and there will be other special offers if you pre-order from me. Stay tuned!
I’m doing a few fun events leading up to the book release.
- 10/7: I’m participating in Spinning & Weaving Week, a 7-day celebration of the fiber arts hosted by the Handweaver’s Guild of America, Inc. I’ll be teaching a one-hour online paper weaving workshop on October 7th.
- 10/27-31: I’ve created a pre-recorded session featuring 3 ways to create woven paper notecards and a VIP lesson on hexagonal weaving for Making Zen. Get notified when registration for this free event opens.
- 12/16/25 is Pub Date! Save the date for the official book launch party on Zoom. Details coming soon!
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