Scrap Paper Circus
The Sunday Paper #451
March 12, 2023
I had a cancellation this week for my Papermaking Master Class that will take place May 15 – 19, 2023. Would you like to join us? During this 5-day papermaking intensive, four of you will participate in every stage of the papermaking process as we discuss variations on professional and DIY studio set up, preparing pulp, mixing additives, sheet forming, pressing and drying. We will also cover a selection of creative techniques, which you will have time to explore.
Papermaking Master Class, May 15 – 19, 2023 Red Cliff Paper Retreat, August 21 – 25, 2023
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The Red Cliff Paper Retreat will take place August 21-25, 2023. The Retreat theme this year is Paper Panels. Come explore a variety of papers that can be made by hand, cut, folded, stitched and assembled in a variety of ways to create books, wall hangings, sculpture, lighting and more.
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I had a lovely interview with Carol Barton on Paper Talk. Barton is a painter, paper engineer, book artist and teacher who has published several editions and has organized both local and national shows, including the traveling Books and Bookends show and the Smithsonian Institution’s Science and the Artist’s Book exhibition. Her work is exhibited internationally and is in numerous collections, including the Library of Congress, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
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Here’s another Guinness World Record submission (I posted the longest flying paper airplane last week): Will West and his students at Dunbar High School in Fort Worth, TX worked together to fold and cut a giant sheet of paper into a snowflake measuring 58 feet across.
Photo by Dunbar High School/Facebook
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Check out these delightful and colorful upcycled books, along with a profile of their maker, Bel Mills of Scrap Paper Circus.
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Fiber Art Now welcomes the new year with a new Call for Entry: Paper Made. Enter your made-from-paper 2D or 3D artwork during the month of March. The artwork for Paper Made must be made primarily from paper or a paper product or created using a paper-making process. Juried selections will be featured in the summer 2023 issue of Fiber Art Now.
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Paper Tidbits
- I’ve set up a web page for a new project: Weaving the World Together. I need map strips from around the world – can you help? Many thanks to those of you who have sent me a strip!
- I love seeing what my Paper Year members come up with each month. Check out the Natural Armatures they created in February. Registration will open again March 30 – April 8.
- In Cahoots Residency is hosting a silent auction through March 19th. There’s lots of great art!
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Papermaking Series: Pulp Stenciling Version 2
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| Featured this week in my Studio shop:
The Art of Papercraft, Papermaking with Garden Plants & Common Weeds, Water Paper Time, a film download, and The Papermaker’s Companion. |
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2 Comments
Wowza, A 58ʻ sheet of paper to make a snowflake. Where does one find such a large sheet? I am only reading last weekʻs post now. I love when High school teachers provide creative challenges such as this. Bravo Will West. Keep on inspiring those inquisitive creative young minds.
JJ, I had the same thought! I wonder if he got it from a commercial paper or printing company… although I’m not sure how wide those web rolls get – 58′ sounds too wide. Perhaps they pieced together?