The Sunday Paper #527
October 6, 2024
I used to be within the Berkshires this previous week – in North Adams, MA – the place I attended the photoshoot for my subsequent guide about paper weaving. That is my fifth guide with Storey Publishing, however the first time I’ve participated in a photoshoot. I’m completely satisfied to report that – though nerve wracking at instances – it went effectively and I feel we captured all the photos we want. Right here’s the studio with Mars Vilaubi, the photographer checking the arrange on his pc, and Kristen Hewitt, the undertaking editor, ensuring we’re capturing what the manuscript describes. I’ll share extra quickly, however I’m making an attempt to get this written (on Saturday morning) earlier than Mass MoCA opens, so I can recover from there for an hour earlier than I head to the airport.
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Discover out extra concerning the journey by attending a free info-webinar on October 18th.
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Bark paper and barkcloth are age-old traditions deeply rooted in cultures throughout the globe, but they’re regularly missed by fashionable society. These historical practices contain beating the cooked or fermented internal bark of sure bushes, mostly Mulberry and Ficus, with a hand-held beater comprised of stone, wooden, or metallic. Bark Rhythms, curated by Jill Powers and Lisa Miles, shines a light-weight on up to date makers who keep a deep respect for these supplies, instruments, and cultural origins. This exhibition delves into bark traditions from Indonesia, Hawai‘i, the Polynesian Islands, Mexico, and Central Africa.
The exhibition debuted on the Robert C Williams American Museum of Papermaking in Atlanta, and is now on view at Niza Knoll Gallery in Denver (via October twenty sixth). For those who can’t make it to the present, you may benefit from the recorded video panel discussions with a few of the artists.
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Wowza! 100,000 paper lanterns adorn Lamphun’s Wat Phra That Hariphunchai district in Thailand, in honor of Buddha’s relics. In accordance with native beliefs, hanging a lit lantern on the temple will assist enhance one’s luck and prosperity, whereas others consider that writing one’s want on the lantern and lighting it on temple floor will make it come true.
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Yulia Brodskaya’s quilled paper methods and works by no means ceases to amaze. “In my paper artwork apply, a drawn two-dimensional line is represented by a three-dimensional strip of paper glued on its edge,” Brodskaya says. For her mini-series of birds, the dimensionality of every line symbolizes ethereality and power made seen.
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Paper Tidbits
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