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The Sunday Paper #531

November 10, 2024

In 2016, I created a series of . Here are two, and you can click through to view all 6 of them, as well as my sentiments about each word.

EQUALITY: I have been thinking a lot about equality (for years actually, but the 2016 election and women鈥檚 marches brought my thoughts to the forefront). There are so many ways to think about equality: women鈥檚 rights, human rights, sexual and gender bias, religious freedom, income inequalities, etc, etc, etc. Why do we feel powerful; when do we feel weak? This is my humble attempt to voice my feelings through a love of letterforms, watermarks and design. The root is love, the letters are blooming, and I was delighted to discover the grid/ladder that formed when the roots of the letters intertwined with the rainbow earth at the base of the image.

CONTINUUM: I love how the image lies subtly within the sheet of paper and without backlighting, is only slightly visible. I often think of my ancestors and descendants and how my life fits into the continuum. The image to me conjures a labyrinth-like path that we have all walked/are walking/will walk.

Keep on keeping on my friends. Sending love, always.

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Linda Marshall of Washi Arts was inspired by my recent conversations about Japanese papers (washi). She says: 鈥淔irst, after her recent trip to Japan, Helen highlighted papers made in Echizen and Mino; next in her podcast with Paul Denhoed who resides in Japan and spoke about the Oguni papers; and finally in her recent podcast with Nancy Jacobi of the Japanese Paper Place, who shared her passion for all Japanese papers and highlighted Sekishu, Seichosen and Seikosen as well as Oguni papers.鈥�

These papers are all stocked in North America and are exciting materials for artists, bookbinders and printmakers to work with.

Check this out: is made to be recyclable and compostable, a remarkable zero-waste paper from a forest below the sea. This printable paper, created with seaweed, enables future-focused creatives and brands to challenge the status quo.

In about 1995, I had the opportunity to work with a producer who made films for at Dieu Donn茅 Papermill, where I was working at the time. I still remember meeting him somewhere on the streets of NYC on my bicycle 鈥� he wanted to share the catchy jingle he wrote 鈥� probably on a walkman. I was grinning ear to ear s I listened.

Someone brought up this film in the Q&A after a lecture I gave a couple of weeks ago. Afterwards, a young woman named Harper, who is currently studying at the University of Iowa Center for the Book (UICB), told me that she got interested in papermaking when she saw a short film during childhood. She鈥檇 forgotten where she鈥檇 seen it, but when I said you could google 鈥減apermaking on Sesame Street鈥� that day, she did, and she realized it was this film that led her to papermaking! How cool is that?!

I found this , especially this week. She creates pulp paintings with natural materials, and reflects on the process and her time spent in nature.

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Paper TidbitsI鈥檒l be talking about my recent Japan Paper Tour at a Puget Sound Book Arts lunchtime series (online) later this month. ! Registration opens on New Year鈥檚 Day, and class will run Feb 1-28, with a kick off on January 31st.Paper Year members explored Mini Accordions with a Removable Spine last month. .We鈥檒l be making woven paper lanterns and books in a in December 鈥� perfect for holiday gift giving. Join me!

About Our Sponsor: , located in the Pacific Northwest (USA) is a specialty retailer of fine Japanese papers, tools and supplies and a retail partner of The Japanese Paper Place in Toronto, Canada. Focused solely on papers from Japan, proprietor Linda Marshall curates and stocks a fine range of handmade and decorative sheets as well adhesives and specially tools for book and paper artists.

In My Studio Shop

As the holidays approach, I鈥檓 featuring a few products in my online shop.

In 2021, I created an artist鈥檚 book, called Intensio. I have six different string drawings that I am offering as artist鈥檚 proofs, which can be framed or folded and kept as a movable object. (1-3 signed and numbered copies of each image are available). Click on the first image to access the page where you can view (and purchase) all six drawings.

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