First up, we're excited to announce that our very own author of Playing with Paper: Illuminating, Engineering, and Reimagining Paper Art, Helen Hiebert, is going be a part of:
Local Author Showcase at The Bookworm in Edwards, Colorado.
Monday, April 22 @ 6:00 p.m.
"Join us for our Spring 2013 Local Author Showcase, a reception-style showcase featuring authors in the community and region. Talk to authors, learn about their inspirations and future writing plans, pick out gift books for friends, and purchase books to get signed. Many authors, one night!"
Featured authors:
Location:
- The Bookworm
- 295 Main Street C101
- Edwards,
- Colorado
- 81632-7932
To get a taste of more of Helen's fabulous creativity pop on over to this watermark post at her blog to see more paper altering goodness.
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.
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