Japan Bound
The Sunday Paper #627
October 11, 2026
I’m on my way to Tokyo today, where I’ll do some sightseeing and recuperating from jetlag before meeting the Japan Paper Tour group on Friday. Heads UP: I will be taking a brief hiatus and won’t be publishing the blog on October 18th or 25th. See you in November!
Follow my journey on Instagram.
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This is cheap hotel art (in Denver), but I’m taking that paper airplane as a sign of good luck for my trip.
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Mary Sullivan and Brien Beidler are in the process of getting things together to start offering classes that channel the spirit of Jim Croft’s workshops under the moniker NOW, or New Old Ways. They talked with Jim at length about this before he passed last year, and have just launched a GoFundMe to help purchase the materials that Jim collected and prepped over the years so as to kickstart this effort. Help them reach their goal – they are so close!
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A reader turned me onto these BiblioQuilts by Larry Clifford of Flyleaf Gallery. The BiblioQuilts are comprised of thousands of “tiles” that are harvested from discarded or damaged hardcovers—books that no one has read or paid attention to in decades. Most were on their way to the dump. Clifford enhances those raw materials with mixed media and bookbinding supplies. He accepts commissions.
© Larry Clifford, Spool + Daze I
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Another reader sent me this link to an episode of Antiques Roadshow. Check out the unique paper collages (with some paper weaving) by Rosemary Karuga.
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In honor of my new book, Weaving With Paper, I’m featuring highlights from the book by professional artists as well as participants in my online class, Weave Through Winter, which the book is based on. There are 30 projects with prompts and each project features a weaving technique. Prompt #22 is Treasure. I learn so much from participants in Weave Through Winter. Karen Krieger elevated my window-cutting technique by slipping pieces of paper in between the two layers. And she creates elaborate woven pieces using the technique. In this example (which is featured in the book) she created several 2D weavings, cut windows, slipped inserts behind the windows, and hand-stitched around the windows and between each woven section. The weavings were then stitched and transformed into a 3D shape. The piece illustrates our rainbow of rights that are threatened by the current administration. (Paint chips, chiyogami, embroidery floss).
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Wallpaper is a sturdy foldable paper that is also durable. Wallpapers go out of style, like clothing, and you can often find free sample books where wallpaper is sold. The books have large pages, big enough for book arts projects. Paula Krieg was our guest in The Paper Year back in August of 2021, and she taught us how to create these Wallpaper Pocket Books.
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Papery Tidbits:Take a look at the Photo Cubes and other papery goodness created by Paper Year participants in September.Have you had a chance to listen to my interview with Chauncey Foster on Paper Talk?I know some of you must be thinking about Weave Through Winter. It will take place again in February!—————————————————————————————––––––
In Person Workshops + Retreats in 2027The Taos (July 18-24) and Red Cliff (August 16-20) paper retreats and two papermaking master classes (June 7-11 and September 13-17) are now open for registration.
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