During her residency, Andrea Chung experimented in the papermaking studio, teaching herself a new technique to tell the stories of Jamaican midwives. Read more on our blog: bit.ly/andrea-chung

Hand Papermaking 25 Year celebration gathering in Chicago, Illinois at the Columbia College Center for Books and Paper

Hand Papermaking 25 Year celebration gathering in Chicago, Illinois at the Columbia College Center for Books and Paper

Put the torn pieces into the blinder.

During her residency, Andrea Chung experimented in the papermaking studio, teaching herself a new technique to tell the stories of Jamaican midwives. Read more on our blog: bit.ly/andrea-chung

So much variety from one plant!

The pieces of paper and felt have been collected and stacked.

Papermaking Prints

by Giselle Simon

Pulling large sheets of paper in the WSW papermaking studio

The final product from the dyed silk noils.

The worker gathers water (mixed with bamboo) and peels off the top layer and adds it onto the "pile" ... It gets steamed afterwards.

You now have a piece of paper sandwiched between 2 pieces of flanel.

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Tom watches with kozo stick

Papermaking originated in the Eastern Han Dynasty ranking first

among the four great inventions in ancient China

Chinese papermaking not only changed the way of ancient writingbut also promoted the spread of knowledge and the progress of civilization.

造纸术最早起源于东汉时期

，位居中国古代四大发明之首。

中华造纸术不仅改变了古代书写的方式，

同时也推动了知识的传播和文明的进步。

#纸 #papermaking #China Artisan #traditional craftwork #匠韵

During her residency, Andrea Chung experimented in the papermaking studio, teaching herself a new technique to tell the stories of Jamaican midwives. Read more on our blog: bit.ly/andrea-chung

with Josie Beszant

The piece was made entirely of the dyed noils. The had to be teased apart and laid down in layers.

My second experiment used a blue silk roving base with silk throwsters waste embellishment. I simply drew a few out and laid them on top.

Studio Workspace Resident Trudy Barnes finds inspiration from everyday objects in her environment.

photos by Kara Smith

Curious how creative communities can work to protect the environment, Sheila Nakitende brought her interdisciplinary practice to the papermaking studio. Check it out on our blog: bit.ly/sheila-nakitende

Photos from Melissa Jay Craig's Portable Papermaking workshop at the Center for Book Arts on October 22-23, 2011.

Photos from the Feb 4-5, 2012 workshop with Aimee Lee. Paper felting, cording and weaving over two days!

Bucket of plaster

They always say renovating a house will cost double your estimate...the little things add up!

Where Art & Paper meet

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Lynn Sures demonstrated her painting technique of pouring a base of abaca into a floating mould, then layering translucent layers of pigmented flax or abaca.

photos by Kara Smith

Papermaking Prints

After they had dried for 24 hours, the netting is gently peeled away.

Put the torn pieces into the blinder.