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Calligraphy ink tests by Haoyuan Guo on papers made and decorated through the month; book by Aimee Lee

read the blog post here:

oblationpapers.wordpress.com/2010/03/28/papermaking-on-a-...

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

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

plus her dyed bark lace in the foreground

from inside music room - love the reflection on the piano!

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Photo courtesy of Ben Chan

the country way...

by Sarah Rose Lejeune

I found out about a Red Dzao village in Sapa that makes bamboo paper. On a lark hiked to the village after a long day trekking. It was late in the afternoon and late in the season for making paper. They were only prepared to show me the paper and describe the process.

They boil the bamboo fibers, beat them by hand and then take the pulp patting out onto fabric to try in the sun. The finished sheet is approximately 1 x .5 meters. After talking the men were prepared to demonstrate the process but with a 2-kilometer walk back to the Topas eco village and the sun setting I declined.

red: gampi, green: kozo

At the LVR-Industriemuseum Papiermühle Alte Dombach.

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Two panel Diptych.

Handmade paper, pulp painted and screen printed.

Debossed inner ear.

Between the silkscreen and papermaking studios, Art-in-Ed resident Vanessa Adams creates a new signpost for her series "How to Regain Sight."