© Debra Sadler 2020, Goose Cakes, 12" x 8" x 3"
The Sunday Paper #338
November 15, 2020
Friends, if you create unique paper items suitable for gift giving and would like me to feature it during the holiday season, please reach out! As more events get cancelled and we are forced to sell online, I am happy to help spread the word and connect you with paper lovers.
House of Glass no. 1 (Farnsworth House), flax pulp painting on paper made from cotton, abaca, denim, and eucalyptus with metallic foil inclusions, 24 x 36 inches.
Don Widmer is a book and paper artist working in Chicago. In addition to making artist books and letterpress prints, Don creates detailed pulp paintings using hand-cut stencils. His subject matter features birds and bats, as well as architecture and industrial landscapes. Recently, a bat researcher commissioned him to create a pulp painting of an Australian fruit bat using eucalyptus fiber (part of the bat’s diet) within the sheet. When creating his architectural pieces, Don enjoys the dichotomy of depicting the manufactured materials of steel, concrete and glass within the soft, organic medium of handmade paper. His stencils for the architectural pieces could take him several weeks to design and cut, although the pulp painting itself is created in a single day.
I’m excited to have Susan Joy Share on Paper Talk! Susan was an early mentor of mine, and is an Alaska based visual artist, bookbinder and performer. Her passion for the book form, its structural variations, materials and potential for movement blends with her interest in sculpture, painting, sewing and collage. Susan creates an array of wearable books, figures and architectural forms. Her innovative, early performances with foldout sculpture connected the book with the human body. Enjoy our conversation!
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Featured this week in my Studio shop:
Playing With Pop-Ups, Package of Three Films, Panel Shade Workshop, & Papermaking with Garden Plants & Common Weeds. |
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4 Comments
we LOVE don widmer’s amazing work <3 thank you for featuring this!!
Thanks for taking a look, Beth, and for commenting. I love Don’s work, too!
Helen, thanks for continuing to share your thoughtful and broad review of paper artists, news and inspiring works. Not a week goes by that I’m not amazed – again! – to see what’s being done in paper by people all over the world. We wouldn’t have this paper window without you.
Thanks, Kim! And your equipment helps us keep making paper.