The Sunday Paper #270
July 28, 2019 (Happy 20th to our son Will)
I wanted to use up some of my paper scraps and came up with a plan to make patchwork papers (there is a fantastic–and very different–tradition in Korea called bojagi). I had an intern compose/design the layout of the sheets, and then he applied a layer of methyl cellulose glue to attach the paper scraps to wet sheets of freshly couched cotton. Two things happened that weren’t so great: some of the scraps stained my felts and the blotters in my drying system (oops!), and several of the thicker scraps didn’t adhere well. So I decided to quilt the papers by running them through my sewing machine.
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The Twelve Months of Paper is rebranding as The Paper Year in 2020. This will be a 9″ x 7″ wire bound planner with twelve fun paper projects (one for each month). Here you see two covers the designer sent me – I know which one I’m going with, but thought I’d share a bit of the process with you. We’ll wrap up the design phase soon, and then the planner will go to the printer. They’ll be available early this fall!
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Papery Tidbits:
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Yama Ploskonka, who runs Papel Texano, is aptly referred to as a a self taught Rube Goldberg/McGiver/mad scientist in this blog post by Peter & Donna Thomas (aka the Wandering Book Artists). You’ll be delighted to see several videos including one of Yama’s washing machine beater,
On Monday, I had the pleasure of visiting Origami In the Garden, just outside of Santa Fe, where these amazing origami sculptures mingle with the arid New Mexican landscape. Here I am with Master Peace Monument, the work of Kevin + Jennifer Box. Folded origami is cast in bronze—here you see 500 cast cranes and 500 in the reflection in the granite base.
A Sunday Paper reader recently turned me onto the work of Anna Maria Scocozza. Check out her poetic wardrobe, which pushes the viewer to question social issues, injustices and marginalization.
© Anna Maria Scocozza, “MemorieAbbandonate-dettaglio” (Abandoned memories-detail), plastic and thread for poetic embroidery, poetic shoes
Guidelines:
I will credit you in the book and will be eternally grateful for your contribution. Thank you!
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Featured this week in my Studio shop: The Papermaker’s Companion, my films about paper, the Twelve Months of Paper Calendar (now 1/2 price) and 50 Revolutions, an artist’s book. |
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2 Comments
Thank you, Helen!
as to one-page paper things, perhaps you’ll find useful the “canonical” apothecary envelope, the kind that I still got meds in years ago, down south. Actually, half-a-sheet was the norm, which works to one, as I know two variants… Will send you that.
Thanks, Yama! I’d love to see that.