Where Art & Paper meet

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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

Two panel Diptych.

Handmade paper, pulp painted and screen printed.

Debossed inner ear.

Another view at the end of the paper making machine.

Paper made with Dylusions ink sprays and the power of Washington weather!

papers on music room sliding door

I made the paper with cotton rag pulp and old bananas. I also used construction paper, Indian block printed paper, photocopies, old record sleeves, rubber stamps. Jute twine.

This was a very schmancy tri-fold cd folder for a double disc mix (one disc of gospel, one disc of blues).

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

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

Lee McDonald at left! With one of his beating sticks

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

The entire paper studio is inside this van and these are the people who moved it!

So after ripping the paper into shreds and liquifying it in the blender! (after soaking in water a couple minutes), you use a deckle (the thing he's holding) to get your paper pulp. You choose the thickness of the paper here. You swish it around in the pulp and pull up evenly to make a uniform thickness.

Many of these junkmailbirds migrate to the Paper Studio in Tempe, where a team of talented artists transforms them into the brilliantly colored birds you see here, made entirely of recycled paper.

(L to R): youngest son, me, eldest son, second eldest son

The kids loved ripping the wet paper and enjoyed preparing it to go into the blender.

handmade sheets of paper

it pooed

Main floor of Mudd Library

Two panel Diptych.

Handmade paper, pulp painted and screen printed.

Debossed inner ear.