Slot Books
The Sunday Paper #551
April 13, 2025
As you read this, I am on the bus to Denver, the train to the airport, the plane to Munich, the plane to Naples or in a taxi to the Amalfi Coast (have you watched the Netflix series Ripley? Some of it was filmed in Atrani, where I’ll be staying). I’m meeting up with our daughter Lucah, who is in Rostock, Germany this year. I’m going to take a one-week hiatus from writing the blog, so I’ll see you back here in two weeks.
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Speaking of travel, I enjoyed this interview with Audrey Niffinegger, author of The Time Traveler’s Wife, which I read in one sitting on an airplane. One of the hosts asked her how she came up with the premise for the book (BTW, the heroine is a papermaker). Audrey said she was drawing, and she talked about how drawing frees your mind to come up with crazy ideas. The book title popped into her head and gave her two characters. They went on to discuss a sequel (can’t wait) as well as Artist’s Book House, which is becoming a hub for book and literary arts in the Chicago area.
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A reader sent me this fun tutorial from Cambridge Imprint, a supplier of unique patterned papers in the UK. Make your own Easter Bags, pack a Passover gift, or decorate and create a bag for any occasion.
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I had some recent correspondence with the librarian at the Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library (more on the reason for that in a future post). They have a wonderful catalog of their artists’ books collection online.
Tauba Auerbach’s Pop-up book, 2011.
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In March, we created Slot Books in The Paper Year. Watch the video to see the group’s amazing creations – it is wonderful to see the twists and turns that members take when exploring paper structures. We’re turning to Swirling Flowers this month.
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Paper Tidbits
- Have you had a chance to listen to my interview with Lynn Sures and Michelle Samour about their book Radical Paper on Paper Talk?
- There’s one spot left in my Taos Paper Retreat. We’ll be weaving paper during the week of July 21st in the land of enchantment. Click here to read all about it and join us!
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Author’s Corner
With my new book coming out in November, I thought I’d spend the months leading up to publication sharing a bit about the process of bringing a book to life. Feel free to send me your questions, and I’ll try to address them here.
I went to my local bookstore this week to pick up a book to bring to my daughter (my husband keeps up on what’s new in the realm of fiction and chose Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros). While in the shop, I was surprised and delighted to see my book, The Art of Papercraft, featured at the checkout counter (see below). Independent bookstores are the bomb IMHO (next to libraries). I’m working with The Bookworm of Edwards on a series of workshops leading up to the release of Weaving With Paper. The first event is on May 1st at 5:30pm – we’ll be making Swirling Flowers. Local peeps, you can sign up here.
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