Below are some pictures from the summer session class, Explorations in Eastern and Western Papermaking, I recently taught at the Corcoran College of Art + Design.
All of my students are a part of the new Masters program there in the Art of the Book. It's a pretty intense and impressive curriculum that includes a combination of Letterpress Printing, Binding, Paper Making, Typography, Graphic Design, Digital Media, Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, Writing, and Photography.
Great students and a fun class.

Transmutation

I'm really interested in materials that are composed of one thing, but when manipulated, read or look like something else.
On that note, I've been working on a series of paper pillows for an exhibition at Women's Studio Workshop in July and August.
Here are some images of the pillows drying and shrinking in the sun.

Friend and paper artist, Lynette, taking a nap.

Paper Capers

I'm not just saying this because I've been snowed in for two days and uninterested in the Superbowl....
You should watch this video. It provides a really fascinating look at how rag paper was made in the day at Crane's Bay State Mill. If you like paper, make paper, or just have a fancy for the 1920s, then check it out.


Many Thanks to Peter Hopkins for the original post, and for transferring the film to disk.