The Sunday Paper #535

December 8, 2024

We’re starting year five of The Paper Year in January. Here’s a sneak peak of the next several techniques we’ll be exploring. This is what member Dale Emmart has to say about the group:

The Paper Year offers an authentic community of maker-type folks from all over the globe via Zoom and email. It allows novices and experts to turn sheets of paper into thoughtful, dynamic, and curious projects. Helen’s clear instruction, warm humor, comprehensive knowledge of paper engineering, and love of craft are the glue that keeps us together. I recommend The Paper Year to all self-motivated makers.

To kick of registration for The Paper Year, I’m hosting a FREE mini-workshop on Zoom! This workshop will take place on Tuesday, 12/17 at Noon mountain time (GMT – 7) (apologies for stating the wrong date last week). Come make a Photo Cube with me and insert your own artwork, photos, etc. The session will begin with a short, face-paced overview of The Paper Year, followed by the workshop. Register for this event and get the supply list here.

The third video in my Thoughtful Thursdays series is out now – a Window Star. Hop on over to my YouTube channel to check it out.

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On the topic of Tasmania, the videos from the 2024 Paper on Skin™ fashion show are now available! Film One comprises the Welcome to Country by Dave Mangenner Gough, plus the eighteen works featured in the first half of the gala. Film Two showcases the remaining sixteen works presented during the second half.

Image: Hirakata, Rosa (AUS) Shifu Paper Cloth. Grant Wells Photo

As many of you know, I was lucky to be able to attend this event live. While I was down under, I also attended a retreat and gave a talk for a wonderful group, Papermakers of Victoria. Here’s a link to their summer newsletter, with articles about these events, along with one about Paper on Skin. Founded in 1989, based in Melbourne, with members around Australia and the world,

A bit about Papermakers of Victoria: this is a group committed to sharing and teaching the skills of making paper by hand, along with book binding, printmaking, collage, sculpture and many other paper arts. For a modest fee, members have access to a fully equipped studio as well as workshops, a library, online lectures and artist talks, an exhibition program and a quarterly newsletter called The Deckle Edge. Prior to joining, newcomers are welcome to meet members at one of their regular gatherings to chat about their interests. Overseas members can enjoy many of these benefits, online, and become part of a friendly, creative community.

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Eric and Martin Demaine are featured in a recent Craft in America episode, SCIENCE. They fold pieces of paper by hand along geometrically-derived lines and magically transform flat sheets into intricately curved constructions—while at the same time proving math theorems! An exhibition of their work is also on view at Craft in America in LA.

Devil’s Gold, 2021

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This is a lovely article about how Arion Press, in San Fransisco, is keeping the art of bookmaking alive while looking to the future.

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Paper Tidbits

• In 2021, I started a tradition – creating a list of 100 favorite paper resources of the year. For 2024, I’d love to include your recommendations as well. Tell me about them here. Deadline: 12/15/24.
• I will be co-teaching with Tim Barrett at PBI (the Paper & Book Intensive) next May. Scholarship applications are due 12/31, and registration begins in the new year.
• Weave Through Winter is coming! Registration opens on New Year’s Day, and class will run Feb 1-28, with a kick off on January 31st.
• There is one spot left in the Taos Paper Retreat (July 20-26, 2025)

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In My Studio Shop

As the holidays approach, I’m featuring a few products in my online shop. Click on each image to be transported to the shop.