The Sunday Paper #598

March 22, 2026

Join me for a FREE Zoom mini-workshop on Wednesday, April 1st (no fooling), to kick off registration for The Paper Year, which will be open to new members April 1-10. Sign up for the workshop and get the supply list here. The session will begin with a short, face-paced overview of The Paper Year, followed by a mini workshop – we’ll make Folding Flower Cards. Please invite your paper-loving friends!

The Paper Year is a membership group – a wonderful community of paper lovers. In April-June, we’ll be exploring Hedi Kyle’s Diagonal Pocket Folder, a Landscape Pop-Up Card, and a Book Light. We’ll also have a Zoom visit with Mia Semingson of Two Hands Paperie (an amazing paper shop in Boulder, CO) and a surface design workshop featuring Hand Embossing with Carol Dubosch. I hope you’ll join us!

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I had the pleasure of interviewing Mia Semingson of Two Hands Paperie on Paper Talk. who received her MFA in photography and electronic media from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Her work has been exhibited internationally in Colombia, Mexico, Guatemala, and France as well as nationally. Semingston taught photography and book arts at the University of Colorado at Boulder for twelve years. She and her husband Gerald Trainor have owned Two Hands Paperie since January 2010, where their goal is to foster a community of creative people and support artists and other small businesses.

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In honor of my new book, Weaving With Paper, I’m featuring the many artists whose work appears in the book, including professional paper weavers and artists who have participated in my Weave Through Winter online class. This week I’m featuring something different, because I did a paper weaving demo for Ali Manning, who runs Vintage Page Designs and the Handmade Book Club. You can catch the replay here – we talked about the book, and I showed how to make a hexagonal weaving with paper strips.

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I do hope to get to the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art (BIMA) one day. If you’re in the area, they feature book arts exhibitions from the Cynthia Sears Artists’ Books collection, and right now (through June 14th) you can see Aimee Lee: Tethered . Lee is an Ohio-based artist who makes paper, writes, and advocates for Korean papermaking practices. Tethered includes artist’s books, paper garments, and sculptures that highlight paper as both material and storyteller, offering conversation between plant fibers and personal tales, within the ancient legacies of handmade paper. An exhibition catalog is available.

Aimee Lee, Unity, 2024, Acrylic on paper, pen on milkweed bast hanji, 8.75 x 5.1 x 1.75” closed, 11” wide open, Courtesy of the artist.

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This article has a fascinating series of videos on globe making – you know – the ones that were in our childhood classrooms.

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Paper TidbitsCheck out the amazing weavings participants in my Weave Through Winter online class created in February!The Montana Institute for Book Arts looks like an amazing summer program.Chicago Pulp is a vibrant new institution that is bring hand papermaking to the public.

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Upcoming Events with Helen

In Person workshops:

Are you a member of Santa Fe Book Arts? I’m teaching members how to make a Woven Paper Lantern on April 18th.I’ll be at Focus on Book Arts in Oregon, June 24-26. Join me and a bunch of book and paper peeps at this event! Registration opens March 28th.The Red Cliff Paper Retreat takes place in my Colorado studio, August 17-21, 2026, and the theme is paper weaving (one spot left).I’m taking names for those who are interested in one-week papermaking intensives in my studio. I have one spot left for September 14-18.

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