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

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

with Josie Beszant

Hinge project. Using handmade paper and hinge techniques, create a large object/composition.

Self pigmented. Hand sewn. Handmade paper.

And I daren't pulp too small or it'll be too weak of paper.

An ancient papermaking technique is still popular in Laopeng village in Zhangjiajie, central China’s Hunan province. With technological advancements, making paper by hand has given way to machinery production and the ancient papermaking in Laopeng village is slowly fading out of sight.

Phyllostachys pubescens, a kind of bamboo, is the raw material used to make the paper, and this traditional technique involves 10-step procedures.

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

Tia came to WSW in the early summer of 2012 to work in our papermaking studio. Inspired by contstruction next door, Tia created a luminous handmade paper installation in the skeletal structure of our building rehailitation-in-progress.

Photo courtesy of Ben Chan

Fafnir Adamites in the Studio

Tia came to WSW in the early summer of 2012 to work in our papermaking studio. Inspired by contstruction next door, Tia created a luminous handmade paper installation in the skeletal structure of our building rehailitation-in-progress.

by Giselle Simon

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

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

Two panel Diptych.

Handmade paper, pulp painted and screen printed.

Debossed inner ear.

Instructor Randa Hilal demonstrating making paper in her paper making workshop. Photo by Becky.

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

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

An ancient papermaking technique is still popular in Laopeng village in Zhangjiajie, central China’s Hunan province. With technological advancements, making paper by hand has given way to machinery production and the ancient papermaking in Laopeng village is slowly fading out of sight.

Phyllostachys pubescens, a kind of bamboo, is the raw material used to make the paper, and this traditional technique involves 10-step procedures.

Algae Papermaking Class

Berlin trip with Hazel and her students from Interactive Arts at MMU. Feb/March 2017

The broken-down paper for recycling mixed with water after shredding.

An ancient papermaking technique is still popular in Laopeng village in Zhangjiajie, central China’s Hunan province. With technological advancements, making paper by hand has given way to machinery production and the ancient papermaking in Laopeng village is slowly fading out of sight.

Phyllostachys pubescens, a kind of bamboo, is the raw material used to make the paper, and this traditional technique involves 10-step procedures.

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

On Octobert 15, 2010 at 1:00 the Cleveland Public Library Special Collections Department celebrated Octavofest with a papermaking demonstration with artists from the Morgan Paper Conservacy including Claudio Orso-Giacone and Tom Balbo.