It's amazing what you can do with paper! If the image below captures your attention, then you'll have to swing by Helen Hiebert's blog to check out her 25 Days of Paper Celebration. Helen is the author of the upcoming book, Playing with Paper. For the next 25 days you will find all sorts of paper-y goodness, including: projects, giveaways and eye-candy like this paper nativity scene:
Be sure to check in daily to learn how to win a copy of her new book, Playing with Paper, her new DVD: The Papermaker’s Studio Guide, and a paper ring (like the one pictured on the cover of her book)! Join in the fun by reading along!
Her 25 Days of Paper posts will include topics included in this list:
1. Origami
2. Favorite Paper Tools
3. Paper Properties
4. Stretched
5. Paper Cuts
6. Pop-ups
7. Paper Construction
8. Curved Paper
9. Paper Pleats
10. Origamic Architecture
11. End of the World Surprise: 12/12/12
12. More Paper Folding
13. Kirigami
14. Paper Jewelry
15. Envelope art
16. Inflatable paper
17. Cardboard Construction
18. Paper Lights
19. Book Arts
20. One Sheet Wonders
21. Flying Paper
22. Handmade Paper: 2D
23. Handmade Paper: 3D
24. Paper Stars
25. Paper Christmas
More about the Quarry book:
Illuminating, Engineering, and Reimagining Paper Art
by
Helen Hiebert
Explore the world of paper crafts with this inspiring book! This guide begins with a section that covers everything about paper, including cool tools, folding and cutting basics, and fasteners and glues. The next section is filled with 20 fun-filled projects, including:
- One-sheet books
- Lampshades
- Clothing
- Accessories
- Hot air balloons
- Origami
You’ll also find an extensive gallery of artists whose work relates to and expands upon each project.
Take a page from this creative guide and start Playing with Paper!
Helen Hiebert is a Portland, Oregon artist who constructs installations, sculptures, films and artist books using handmade paper, thread and light to create transcendent experiences that alter viewers’ perceptions of time, space and form. She teaches and lectures about papermaking and lamp-making internationally, and serves as an adjunct faculty member at Oregon College of Art & Craft. Helen exhibits her work internationally, she is author of the books Papermaking with Plants, The Papermaker's Companion, and Paper Illuminated, and she is a regular contributor to Hand Papermaking Newsletter. Helen has an extensive network of paper colleagues around the world and her interest in how things are made (from paper) keeps her up-to-date on current paper trends. Visit her online at http://www.helenhiebertstudio.com.
Very interesting --- would be fun to learn.
Posted by: Norma K. Bott | December 05, 2012 at 05:28 PM