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Paul Denhoed is a paper researcher and papermaker, originally from Toronto, Canada. After receiving a Japanese Government Scholarship to study Japanese hand papermaking, he has been living and working in Japan for more than 20 years.
He has worked at Oguni Washi as a production papermaker and taught papermaking, bookmaking, and art history at Asia University. He currently works closely with Imai Hiroaki of Oguni Washi in Niigata on production papermaking projects and in-depth papermaking workshops.
Denhoed offers papermaking and bookbinding workshops at universities and schools in the Tokyo area, and works with a group to maintain a kozo field (previously maintained by Richard Flavin) in nearby Saitama prefecture.
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Paul Denhoed’s recommendations:
- Paul Denhoed is offering workshops in collaboration with Oguni Washi. The next 6-day Oguni Washi Intensive Japanese Papermaking Workshop will take place October 27 – November 2, 2024.
- Denhoed highly recommends The Japanese Paper Place (JPP) for everything related to Japanese paper.
- Here’s a link to the Oguni Washi papers that The JPP carries.
- Denhoed specifically recommends sugikawa-shi, which is usually a kozo based paper, with cedar bark mixed into it.
- Here is a video showing Japanese papermaking in action.
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You can find Paul Denhoed on Instagram.
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Music featuring excerpts of Makin’ Paper folk song by Peter Thomas. Listen to the full song and find out about other paper and book arts folk songs.
Gary A. Hanson did the sound editing for this episode. He practices and refines his skills in audio production while making his own podcast I’ll Have a Beer and Talk, a show about tech news, culture, weird animal stories and of course, beer. Gary is also the Deckle in Pulp & Deckle, a Portland-based community hand papermaking studio.
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OOF! Marilyn Sward! (Not Mina Sward, obviously!) My apologies for getting that detail wrong!