Paper Unfolding, Unfurling
The Sunday Paper #473
August 13, 2023
I’m diving a little deeper into the manuscript for my next how-to book about paper weaving. The bulk of the book will feature 30 projects that readers can weave as they journey through the process and explore a variety of paper weaving techniques. I plan to feature a wide range of papers – here you see a handmade sheet from Cave Paper and a cork paper from Portugal. The book relates to my online class Weave Through Winter (which takes place again in Feb 2024).
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The Art of Paper with Tom Balbo, Carol Barton, Denise Carbone, and Amanda Degener will be held at the beautiful facilities of the International Center for the Arts in the perfectly-preserved medieval castle-town of Monte Castello di Vibio, in Umbria, Italy, September 17 – October 1, 2023 (coming right up). Participants will receive sixteen hours of instruction in four areas: hand papermaking, pulp paper painting and marbling, sewn bookbindings, and designing pop-ups. The session will also include field trips to the Fabriano Paper Mill and to the city of Florence, along with several other excursions.
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Felon: An American Washi Tale debuted recently at Princeton. This one-person show features Reginald Dwayne Betts (who I wote about in this post). The show features Bett’s poetry and a paper kite set created by Kyoko Ibe, the artist behind a previous rendition of Recycling: Washi Tales. The through line is Elise Thoron, the NY writer and director of both pieces. Watch the video about the project here. The Legacy Press recently published a book about Ibe’s work called The Way of Washi Tales.
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Kaori Kato’s exhibition, Paper Unfolding, Unfurling, is currently on view at the Messums Wiltshire Gallery and Arts Centre in London. Her paper sculpture dynamically fills the space with works suspended from the ceiling, unfolding from the floor, rhythmically rolling over plinths and curling over the walls.
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New Hampshire artist Roland Simard takes papermaking to the next level with his pulp paintings. Enjoy this descriptive article about how he creates his work.
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Paper Tidbits
- Have you had a chance to listen to my interview with Jennie Frederick on Paper Talk?
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Papermaking Series: Bendable Paper
Here’s the latest in my series of papermaking videos.
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About the Sponsor: This post is sponsored by the International Center for the Arts, an interdisciplinary arts and humanities center in central Italy, in the medieval castle-town of Monte Castello di Vibio. From its mountain perch, it overlooks the famed, Tiber River on its way to Rome and the lush Tiber Valley. It is an all-inclusive facility that provides 24/7 bi-lingual site support, airport welcome and departure services, airport transfer, three, chef-catered meals per day, single occupancy accommodations, and excursions once a week, in addition to fully equipped workplace for visual artists in paper making, book-binding, painting and drawing, printmaking, sculpture , clay arts, and photography, and crafts people of all disciplines, in addition to writers, filmmakers and composers, as well as scholars.
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