The Sunday Paper #539
January 12, 2025
What every week! From the fires in LA (considering of everybody there) to a well being scare for a member of the family (doing higher), it generally feels tough to maintain going. I’m so grateful to like what I do and to really feel motivated, obligated, and dedicated to exhibiting up right here each week. Thanks for being right here.
I like the work of Matt Shlian, and the phrases in his current e-newsletter, The Fold, grabbed me. First: “This previous month I’ve one way or the other stumbled into making vessel kinds in paper.” My tackle his remark is that he made a brand new discovery – how cool! Second, Matt is battling ongoing well being points and has a surgical procedure scheduled, which ought to present a lot reduction, however his insurance coverage firm is presently refusing to cowl it. I’m spreading the phrase about his artwork sale – Matt didn’t ask me to do that, and I believe that a few of you may wish to acquire his work. Let’s assist Matt and get extra of his work out on the planet! You possibly can learn all the situation of his e-newsletter right here and take heed to my interview with him on Paper Discuss.
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Annually the Kalamazoo E-book Arts Middle (KBAC) sponsors a non-juried exhibition, The Illustrated Accordion. This present is open to all rising and established artists and focuses on books created within the accordion type. The deadline to enter is January twenty seventh, however many works (out there for buy) are already featured on the web site. The exhibition runs February 27 – March 21.
Laurie Moorhead, “A Day within the Jeweled Metropolis,” Star Tunnel e book; paper, rubber stamps, watercolor, 2024, 3.5″ x 4″ x 1″ closed, Instagram: @lauriemoorhead
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Click on by means of to look at this reel about how washi (conventional Japanese paper)—a cloth that had a presence in Japanese folks’s on a regular basis dwelling for hundreds of years—has breathed new vigor into ISSEY MIYAKE’s clothes design. This washi has led to an investigation of the fabric, in addition to different paper variants, within the Spring Summer time 2025 assortment titled The Fantastic thing about Paper.
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Treewhispers, an evolving worldwide papermaking initiative celebrating the deep connections and shared tales between folks and bushes, is holding a twenty fifth Anniversary Exhibition on the Artists E-book Home in Chicago. The exhibition runs from January 18 to March 22, with a gap reception on January 18 from 2–6 PM and a closing reception on March 22. The touring exhibit and workshop collection invitations everybody to share their tales, poems, drawing, and art work on handmade paper, reflecting significant relationships with bushes. Study extra about Treewhispers right here, and take heed to my interview with the co-founder of the challenge and present director, Pam Paulsrud, on Paper Discuss.
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I shared this mesmerizing shortlisted animated quick movie by Kei Kanamori final week, and a reader despatched me this video in regards to the younger director, which is equally fascinating. He talks about how he makes use of his data of origami (he’s been folding since he was six) to precisely create his animations.
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My widespread on-line class, Weave By means of Winter, begins in a number of weeks, and I at all times stay up for making a weaving-a-day together with contributors. We create a day by day apply as we discover a wide range of paper weaving strategies, each historic and modern. Learn extra, watch the video, and join!
This course, which I’ve run for the previous seven years, is the premise for my upcoming e book, Weaving with Paper. I’m presently reviewing the primary spherical of textual content with photographs. That is thrilling and terrifying on the identical time – it overwhelming to see all the things on the web page and understand what number of issues have to be mounted. I’m so grateful to be working with Storey Publishing (once more) as a result of they’ve many palms and eyes to work on catching each little mistake. The e book is due out late fall 2025.
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