Category Archives: papermaking

Friday Night Flicks: Mohawk Paper, The Making of Mohawk Superfine

Posted on January 27, 2023 by Byopia Press

I first posted this for a Friday Night Flick back in 2014, almost a decade ago. There was some discussion on the Book_Arts-L recently about the term “superfine”, so it seemed an appropriate time to revisit the video.     … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flicks: Marieke de Hoop

Posted on January 6, 2023 by Byopia Press

The theme for Friday Night Flicks this month is paper making, and tonight’s video introduces Dutch paper maker Marieke de Hoop.     If you would like to try making your own paper, you could watch this video on the … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flicks: Spirit of Place

Posted on October 15, 2021 by Byopia Press

Today’s flick looks at books by three artists —Karen Stahlecker, Margaret Prentice, and John Risseeuw— all of whom use handmade paper in their work.     If you are interested in making things with paper (handmade or otherwise), you might … Continue reading →

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A Four-Sided Wrapper From One Sheet With No Glue And No Waste

Posted on April 11, 2021 by Byopia Press

When I was preparing my post on Hedi Kyle’s Diagonal Pocket Folder at the end of March, I noticed her Self-closing Wrapper in The Art of the Fold. It reminded me of something I had seen in my early days … Continue reading →

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Inheritance/Nurture, not Nature

Posted on August 2, 2020 by Byopia Press

I’ve been working on two new pieces this week involving a combination of printed panels and folded two-part menko. Some of the papers I am using are my hand made ones. The coloured one above contains asparagus fibre and delphinium … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flicks: Jiseung/Noyeokgae: paper weaving

Posted on January 17, 2020 by Byopia Press

Last week’s flick by Aimee Lee showed the process of making Korean handmade paper (hanji). Today’s video, also by Lee, shows one of the end uses of hanji. From the accompanying text on Vimeo: The process of cording and weaving … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flicks: Hanji and The Art of Audacity

Posted on January 10, 2020 by Byopia Press

Aimee Lee may be best known for her book Hanji Unfurled (Legacy Press) which describes her experiences learning to make hanji —Korean mulberry paper. This video introduces her and covers a little of that process and her ongoing exploration of … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flicks: Corsoyard

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Byopia Press

Tonight’s flick is a mesmerising video of a young man making a sheet of paper. That’s it —a single sheet of washi.     Perhaps you will take a close look at some paper this weekend.

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Friday Night Flicks: Chinese Rice Paper Maker Sticks to Traditional Hand making Methods

Posted on October 19, 2018 by Byopia Press

Tonight’s video is about the making of rice paper in Jingxian County of east China’s Anhui Province, in particular the making of a single sheet 3.6 meters wide and 11 meters long.   You can read more text about the … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flicks: Der Papiermacher

Posted on June 29, 2018 by Byopia Press

A friend sent me a link to this video a little while ago, and I enjoyed it enough to want to share it further. Directed by Daniel Egenolf for Kings and Kongs, Der Papiermacher is a portrait of Gangolf Ulbricht, … Continue reading →

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