The Sunday Paper #497

February 25, 2024

Triaxial weaving is a brain bender! It took me a long time to muster up the courage to try it, and even longer to get it down. Now I show participants in my Weave Through Winter online class how I’ve learned to do it. But my method isn’t foolproof! Teaching this has taught me (again) that there are many ways to teach and many ways to learn. Some course participants don’t even attempt this; others try and give up; and others take it to levels that are above and beyond my own attempts. I love that!

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There are only two spots left for this special travel program to Italy. Book Arts in Venice, led by Kalamazoo Book Arts Center Executive Director Jeff Abshear, takes place June 4 – 15, 2024. Work at the Scuola Internazionale di Grafica in Venice, and Tipoteca Italiana Fondazione, one of the largest typography museums in Europe, to create a collaborative handmade book. No previous experience in printing, letterpress, or book arts is required. This will be the 13^th year that Jeff Abshear, a seasoned, Italian-speaking guide, has traveled to Europe with small groups to work in historic book arts studios. Also included in the program is a visit to the 60^th Venice Art Biennale, one of the largest international contemporary art exhibitions. 100% of previous Book Arts in Venice participants said they would recommend this trip. The registration deadline has been extended to April 1. Don’t pass up this opportunity for an immersive experience in Italy! Click here for more info

Saint Mark’s Square in Venice

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Here’s an article on Everything you Need to Get Started Learning Origami. There are some great resources listed, and I visited one of the shops – Taro’s Origami Studio in Brooklyn’s Japan Town – last spring.

Photo: Marki WIlliams

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I love this! Tuan Ngyuen created Washed Child with discarded paper he’d previously used for drawings. He washed the paper and repurposed it into this new sculpture, connecting to the notion of transformation that’s familiar to so many refugees and immigrants. This is currently on view at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.

Tuan Nguyen, Washed Child, 2018, ink and pencil on laundered paper. Courtesy of the artist.

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The newest publication by Poposition Press is on Kickstarter. Purchase your copy while helping to support this unique project. Pull Me Apart is a nature-inspired interactive sketchbook! You can manipulate artist Heather Clements’ watercolor paintings with pull tabs, flaps and more in this innovative art book.

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Paper Tidbits

• Have you had a chance to listen to my interview with Melanie Mowinski on Paper Talk?
• The Paper Year will open for registration again April 1-10. Click here to Hold Your Spot.

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About Our Sponsor: The Kalamazoo Book Arts Center (KBAC) is a nonprofit organization in Kalamazoo, MI, that practices, teaches, and promotes the collaborative arts of the book including hand papermaking, printmaking, letterpress printing, bookbinding, and creative writing.