The Sunday Paper #417

June 12, 2022

I’ll be hosting a free mini-workshop on Zoom in a couple of weeks. We’ll make a Spinning Flower Card (you can rearrange the petals), and I’ll talk a bit about The Paper Year, my membership program, which will be open for registration. Join us on June 29th for some paper fun! Register here.

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© Yusuke Oono, 360° Book: Earth and the Moon

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Fashion brand Hermès has built four large structures modeled on water towers that are covered in translucent sheets of colored paper inside the event space La Pelota at Milan design week. Wowza! Click through to see inside of the towers, which remind me of shoji screens. Special thanks to blog reader Wade Brickhouse, who shared this with me.

As seen on Dezeen.

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I’ve featured the work of Charles Young before, but it is too good not to post again. He started creating architectural models in paper as a daily project and continued, with some breaks, until he had 1000 models. One new object was designed, made, photographed and uploaded each day.  All of the models are made using 200gsm watercolour paper and PVA glue. This method allows for rapid construction and exploration of diverse areas of architecture, pushing the possibilities of this single material.

© Paperholm

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Check out the amazing cut paper collages of Winnie Truong.

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I’m featuring one-sheet wonders here on the blog, since the projects in my new book, The Art of Papercraft, fall into that category. I’d love to feature your one-sheet wonders!

Maxine Apke created the paper for this one-sheet wonder from linen and cotton rag with inclusions: dried fern leaves, cut imagines and ephemera. After drying the paper, Items sewn onto the piece include: pieces of a tea pot, tiny tea cups, spoon, pearls and charms, butterflies and a hummingbird.

Apke uses art as therapy, a respite from bouts of depression, and as a means of exploring how mental illness has affected her family. She has completed an exhibit of 30 works of art reflecting her insights, frustrations, and growth, as well as her solitude. The work has given her a goal/mission to break the silence and stigma of mental illness in our world. It is her way of advocating for her son and others who suffer from paranoid schizophrenia. Apke’s dream is to have this exhibit travel around the country and speak about stigma, open conversations, and encourage people to think about the importance of learning about and treating mental illness.

“Tea with Carolyn” 18″ x 24″, photo by Maxine Apke

Paper Tidbits:

• Have you listened to my interview with Owen Gildersleeve on Paper Talk?
• Interested in an Italian paper retreat? There are still a few spots left. Can’t wait!
• I created an 8-minute video, documenting the process of creating my new installation, Step Into The Light.
• I’m co-jurying a show for the Sebastopol Center for the Arts with Alicia Bailey. Click here to review the call for innovative or traditional explorations of Book + Paper Art.

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In the Studio:

We have a quarterly surface design workshop for All-In Plan members of The Paper Year. Yesterday, Ali Manning taught us about gelli printing, so fun!

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Featured 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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