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The Sunday Paper #617
I’m in Aspen for the weekend with my husband Ted (who edits Aspen Sojourner Magazine) and our dog Stryker. We drive right by the Powers Art Center on the way to Aspen and usually stop in. John and Kimiko Powers (read their story) were early and enthusiastic champions of modern art. The building is spectacular, and the current exhibition includes early works by Roy Lichtenstein and Jasper Johns (the current Johns exhibition, curated by the first JJ Study Center Fellow, is super interesting).
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Jim Croft (1947-2025) was one-of-a-kind, and this video captures his wonderful spirit (grab your tissues). Tim Barrett is the perfect narrator, and I loved watching how Jim took in what everyone said to him. The book and paper community is so unique and special – carrying on with old ways, which Jim completely embraced, in our fast-paced world.
I’d travel to Scotland to see this, but I just found out about it – the show debuts today! Watch a snipet from A History of Paper, performed by Alan Cumming and Shirley Henderson at the Pitlochrey Festival Theatre (through September 12).
The Kent State University Museum announces “Aimee Lee: Every Last Scrap,” a solo exhibition (Aug. 14, 2026, through May 24, 2027). Lee says, “I grew up in a family that was just barely removed from the ravages of war, where frugality was a virtue, and even a toothpaste box could be rendered forever useful. Papermaking was a revelation to me, because I could use any number of plants and rags to transform cellulose into paper, and paper into art. Hanji became a way to connect to my heritage, and to other far-flung members of the Korean diaspora. Once I learned that the virtue of sewing in Korea was to use every last scrap, I understood my innate desire to save and stitch together an entire world from years of papermaking, dyeing, printing and bark manipulation. Each bit holds a story, and together the ensuing garments build new narratives for our ever-evolving world.”
Aimee Lee, Tract (2026). Ink and indigo dye on paper and hanji, thread. 49 x 49”.
What an interesting approach to working with paper: Berlin based artist Daniel Greenfeld cuts up painted cardstock to make his work, slicing out cavities so new shapes can be embedded and glued in. Carefully tiled from these precious scraps, his architectural observations of everyday faces, places and fruit have come to create quite the circular illustration process.
In honor of my new book, Weaving With Paper, I’m featuring highlights from the book by professional artists as well as participants in my online class, Weave Through Winter, which the book is based on. There are 30 projects with prompts and each project features a weaving technique. Prompt #15 (yay! we’re half-way) is Concentric. I love to break the concept of weaving two pieces of paper together down into steps: 1. cut two pieces of paper into a shape; 2. cut each shape into pieces that can be woven together (that is sometimes the most tricky part), and 3. weave them together! Can you decipher my heart weaving below? I cut out two heart-shaped pieces of paper, cut the blue sheet into concentric hearts and the decorative piece into vertical strips, and wove them together.
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Chiyogami is a Japanese paper that was traditionally woodblock printed on handmade washi, printed one color at a time. Today, many of these papers are silk screened (watch this video). It comes in 100’s of patterns, and this paper can be used for anything from collage and origami, to book covers and doll making.
Many suppliers carry these papers in full sheets (24″ x 36″) and assorted sizes and weigh 70gsm. I recommend Hiromi Paper, Mulberry Paper and More, Paper Connection International and Washi Arts. Where do you purchase chiyogami?
One reader tells me that she purchases from Wagara Studio on Etsy, which has a large selection, sorted by color, that you can order in different sizes.
This is just one of over 700 designs!
Tell 4000+ paper enthusiasts about your work by promoting your business in The Sunday Paper.
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August 9, 2026
I’m in Aspen for the weekend with my husband Ted (who edits Aspen Sojourner Magazine) and our dog Stryker. We drive right by the Powers Art Center on the way to Aspen and usually stop in. John and Kimiko Powers (read their story) were early and enthusiastic champions of modern art. The building is spectacular, and the current exhibition includes early works by Roy Lichtenstein and Jasper Johns (the current Johns exhibition, curated by the first JJ Study Center Fellow, is super interesting).
—————————————————————————————––––––Jim Croft (1947-2025) was one-of-a-kind, and this video captures his wonderful spirit (grab your tissues). Tim Barrett is the perfect narrator, and I loved watching how Jim took in what everyone said to him. The book and paper community is so unique and special – carrying on with old ways, which Jim completely embraced, in our fast-paced world.
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I’d travel to Scotland to see this, but I just found out about it – the show debuts today! Watch a snipet from A History of Paper, performed by Alan Cumming and Shirley Henderson at the Pitlochrey Festival Theatre (through September 12).
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The Kent State University Museum announces “Aimee Lee: Every Last Scrap,” a solo exhibition (Aug. 14, 2026, through May 24, 2027). Lee says, “I grew up in a family that was just barely removed from the ravages of war, where frugality was a virtue, and even a toothpaste box could be rendered forever useful. Papermaking was a revelation to me, because I could use any number of plants and rags to transform cellulose into paper, and paper into art. Hanji became a way to connect to my heritage, and to other far-flung members of the Korean diaspora. Once I learned that the virtue of sewing in Korea was to use every last scrap, I understood my innate desire to save and stitch together an entire world from years of papermaking, dyeing, printing and bark manipulation. Each bit holds a story, and together the ensuing garments build new narratives for our ever-evolving world.”
Aimee Lee, Tract (2026). Ink and indigo dye on paper and hanji, thread. 49 x 49”.
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What an interesting approach to working with paper: Berlin based artist Daniel Greenfeld cuts up painted cardstock to make his work, slicing out cavities so new shapes can be embedded and glued in. Carefully tiled from these precious scraps, his architectural observations of everyday faces, places and fruit have come to create quite the circular illustration process.
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In honor of my new book, Weaving With Paper, I’m featuring highlights from the book by professional artists as well as participants in my online class, Weave Through Winter, which the book is based on. There are 30 projects with prompts and each project features a weaving technique. Prompt #15 (yay! we’re half-way) is Concentric. I love to break the concept of weaving two pieces of paper together down into steps: 1. cut two pieces of paper into a shape; 2. cut each shape into pieces that can be woven together (that is sometimes the most tricky part), and 3. weave them together! Can you decipher my heart weaving below? I cut out two heart-shaped pieces of paper, cut the blue sheet into concentric hearts and the decorative piece into vertical strips, and wove them together.
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Chiyogami is a Japanese paper that was traditionally woodblock printed on handmade washi, printed one color at a time. Today, many of these papers are silk screened (watch this video). It comes in 100’s of patterns, and this paper can be used for anything from collage and origami, to book covers and doll making.
Many suppliers carry these papers in full sheets (24″ x 36″) and assorted sizes and weigh 70gsm. I recommend Hiromi Paper, Mulberry Paper and More, Paper Connection International and Washi Arts. Where do you purchase chiyogami?
One reader tells me that she purchases from Wagara Studio on Etsy, which has a large selection, sorted by color, that you can order in different sizes.
This is just one of over 700 designs!
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Papery Tidbits:
- Local peeps: I’ll be at The Bookworm of Edwards showing you how to create Spinning Flower Cards this Tuesday, August 12th at 5:30pm.
- Have you had a chance to listen to my interview with Bernie Vinzani on Paper Talk?
- Paper Year members created Pop-Up Dragonflies and Snails in July. Special thanks our guest artist, Shawn Sheehy.
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