HAND PAPERMAKING is pleased to announce
number ten in our series of distinctive portfolios...
Handmade Paper: Fiber Exposed!
The tenth portfolio in Hand Papermaking's ongoing limited-edition series -- Handmade Paper: Fiber Exposed! -- will spotlight a broad range of fibers in paper art, and the unique qualities inherent in a sheet when fiber is expertly manipulated by the papermaker. So often when appreciating an artwork made with handmade paper we learn only later, perhaps after reading technical details, that the artistic concept featured a particular fiber. In this portfolio, qualities of fiber in the art will be obvious at first glance, as fiber is the primary medium used to create imagery, concept, and content.
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This portfolio is not simply a set of sample swatches. While we expect the
ultimate assortment to represent a wide range of fibers, both common and
unusual, we intend to compile a collection of superb 2D artworks showcasing the
imagination, skill, and originality of artists working with handmade paper.
Jurors:
Mary Hark is an Assistant Professor in Design Studies at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison. She maintains a studio producing editions of
flax and linen paper for fine press books and creates unique paper and textile
artworks that have been exhibited internationally. Since receiving a Fulbright
Senior Research Grant, Mary has spent part of each year in Ghana, where she is
currently leading an international team working to build the first hand paper
mill in West Africa.
Helen Hiebert is a paper artist who exhibits her experimental
work with handmade paper and teaches and lectures about papermaking and lamp
making internationally. Hiebert is author of Papermaking with Plants, The
Papermaker's Companion, and Paper Illuminated, published by Storey
Books. She learned to make paper at Dieu Donné Papermill, where she worked for
six years. She is on the board of the International Association of Hand
Papermakers and serves as a columnist for the Hand Papermaking Newsletter.
John Risseeuw, Professor of Art, Arizona State University,
teaches papermaking, printmaking, and book arts and directs the Pyracantha
Press, the book arts imprint of ASU. His own Cabbagehead Press was founded in
1972. His prints, books, and collaborative artworks, many on handmade paper,
have been shown and collected widely in the United States and abroad. Recent
prints on handmade paper about landmines and war detritus generate fundraising
for agencies that assist mine victims and mine clearance.
Beck Whitehead is a paper artist specializing in pulp painting.
She is the chair of the Paper and Book Arts Department at the Southwest School
of Art where she co-founded School by the River Press. Whitehead’s paintings and
one-of-a-kind books have been exhibited throughout the United States and Canada.
She teaches pulp painting and papermaking workshops around the country and is
currently on the board of Hand Papermaking.
Schedule:
- entries are due to Hand Papermaking no later than August 15, 2011.
- artists whose work is selected by the jury for the portfolio will be notified
by October 15, 2011.
- artists whose work was not chosen for the portfolio will have their entry
material returned to them by November 1, 2011.
- selected artists must return a signed agreement to produce work for the
edition by November 1, 2011.
- artists must send in their full edition of 150+2 by February 20, 2012.
- artists must send statements and biographical summary by March 1, 2012.
- artists will receive their assembled portfolios by December 2012.
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AUTUMN 2012: PORTFOLIOS BEGIN SHIPPING