Highly unique 3D piece that demonstrates the versatility of paper when in the hands of a creative artist

Artist's Statement:

"Artwork: a three-dimensional piece with no specific purpose

Materials: handmade recycled paper, acrylic ink, cotton string

The creation of my work included the following processes – pulp blending, sheet forming, freezing and unfreezing, drying, spraying, rolling, coloring, cutting, tying. Many of these processes were used repeatedly, interchangeably. Currently I don’t have a designated space for drying paper so the traditional drying methods were not used. The paper dried on top of a cotton sheet and later on top of a fireplace."

Small, experimental sheet of paper with a mildly coarse texture and brightly colored yarn/thread inclusions sprinkled at the top and bottom. Text reads "Happy New Year fellow Papermakers"

Artist's Statement: "This is bleached, overbeaten flax with yarn added for fun! The flax had been hidden in the back of my papermaking refrigerator for probably at least a year and required a fair amount of coaxing & beating to revive it! After pulling the sheets I lay them in my book press with about 1/3 hanging over the edge to encourage shrinkage. I pressed & exchanged dried the sheets for 2 days with satisfactory results."

Experimental, multicolored paper booklet with no text

Nine pages, including covers

Artist's Statement:

"December was for experiments: forming, making pulp paint and drying methods....also ridding my refrigerator of tiny bits of cooked plant fiber, onion skin, garlic neck, knotweed, goldenrod stems, corn, roja kale seed pods, and unidentified bags of ????

Small book stab binding with button thread, front cover - cotton pulp paint on abaca sheet with mixed plant matter dried unrestrained, end papers - abaca and goldenrod dried on red cedar branches and restrained, pages - cotton pulp paint on abaca, mixed plant matter and kale seed pod inclusions sheets restrained, dried on window or plexiglass, back cover - poured dyed cotton pulp dried unrestrained."

Experimental, multicolored paper booklet with no text

Nine pages, including covers

Artist's Statement:

"December was for experiments: forming, making pulp paint and drying methods....also ridding my refrigerator of tiny bits of cooked plant fiber, onion skin, garlic neck, knotweed, goldenrod stems, corn, roja kale seed pods, and unidentified bags of ????

Small book stab binding with button thread, front cover - cotton pulp paint on abaca sheet with mixed plant matter dried unrestrained, end papers - abaca and goldenrod dried on red cedar branches and restrained, pages - cotton pulp paint on abaca, mixed plant matter and kale seed pod inclusions sheets restrained, dried on window or plexiglass, back cover - poured dyed cotton pulp dried unrestrained."