The artifact of the month for May is two pieces (2019.06.216a and 2019.06.216b) of experimentation with paper armor created by Douglass Morse Howell. This piece was donated by Alexandra Soteriou and collected while she was a studio assistant for Douglass Morse Howell in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It showcases his experimentation with flax and linen papermaking strength to try to make it as durable as armor.
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3-D Objects
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Artist, Experimental Fiber, Handmade, Scholar, Wearables
The artifact of the month for March is the Hyakunin Isshu Special Selection / no.1215 set of Karuta handcrafted by Satoshi Tamura from the Tamura Shogundo studio in Kyoto, Japan.
Satoshi Tamura and the Karuta Studio, Tamura Shogundo
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3-D Objects
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Artist, Craftsman, Handmade
Chillicothe Gazette’s February 21st, 1966 Monday evening publication pays tribute to Dard Hunter, a renowned paper historian. Dard’s passion for print and paper led him to establish a museum at MIT in 1939; following relocations, the museum was renamed the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking, eventually merging with the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2003.
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Archival Materials
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Artist, Dard Hunter, Scholar
The artifact of the month for July is a collection of postage stamps featuring what is known as the Stephen Daye press. These three-cent violet stamps were issued on September 25, 1939, to commemorate the 300th anniversary of printing in Colonial America.
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Archival Materials
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Correspondence
This month’s Artifact of the Month is two block print book papers from Italy made by Flavia Farina Cini (1881-1979).
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Decorative Papers
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Artist, Handmade, Woodblock
This month’s object is a new museum acquisition: paper samples from Bosques del Papel in Peru. The museum collects sample books and swatches like these to document the wide varieties of paper made around the world. These sample books are resources for historians and artists to be able to see first-hand the kinds of papers available and used in different places and times.
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Decorative Papers
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Sample Books
August 19 would have been Arnold Grummer’s 100th birthday. Arnie, as his friends and family called him, may be best known for the eponymous company he founded that provides papermaking supplies and equipment to papermakers from novice to expert.
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Archival Materials
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Artist, Books, Scholar
This month’s Artifact of the Month is a penmanship copybook from the 19th century (#1993.006.50). The covers are a single sheet of paste paper with a pattern of men in boats in the background, while in the bottom third of the sheet there are soldiers with rifles and a cannon. This whole scene, however, is dominated by the hooves and body of a saddled horse in profile along with the leg of its rider. The owner of the copybook, Emanuel Fiddler, wrote his name on both covers.
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Decorative Papers
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Ephemera
This month’s Artifact of the Month is a Christmas card from Twinrocker to the Paper Museum in 1974. The single folded sheet of handmade paper contains the printed words “Christmas 1974” and the Twinrocker logo as well as a handwritten note in blue ink: “Warm wishes in 1975 Kathryn and Howard and everyone at Twinrocker.” The central figure of the paper is a blue five-pointed star made of paper pulp.
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Decorative Papers
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Ephemera
This month’s Artifact of the Month is an edition of the Port Hole newspaper from November 1, 1944. This semi-monthly journal was published by the American Red Cross Service Club and printed by Sands & McDougall Pty. Ltd. in Australia for the sailors stationed in the Pacific Theater of World War II. There are numerous articles including two opinion pieces on Navy Day, reports on sports and local events, and notices and schedules of social events.
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Archival Materials
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Ephemera