These are some go-to sites for hand papermakers.
leaning sketch, abaca casts, carved planks, painted plywood, about 11’ high, 2019
Tim Barrett’s magisterial site for European hand papermaking. For more about his 2018 book on the same and his book on Japanese papermaking
Paula Burch's website about dyeing is thorough, well written and easy to navigate. The focus is textiles and not paper, but it's where we turn to first when we reach for MX. She has a scientist's clarity and a craftsperson's zeal.
CarriageHousePaper.com - Great resource for papermaking supplies and interesting workshops as well as a few how-to PDFs.
DieuDonné is the great papermill in the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York founded by UW Madison grad Sue Gosin. Check it out if you're in the area. We got hooked on papermaking by their former studio director, Pat Almonrode, in the last class he taught there back around 2000.
Drawing Rooms is a wonderful non-profit in Jersey City that supports gallery exhibitions and community programs.
Jim Escalante, retired professor of book, paper and photography at UW Madison. His videos are here including some videos of Barbara teaching.
North American Hand Papermakers organization for hand papermakers. Formerly known as Friends of Dard Hunter - named for the man who wrote The Book, Papermaking. The recent name change might be due to a reckoning with Hunter’s poor views of people unlike himself that are sprinkled throughout the book.
Arnold Grummer Paper is the place for schools, beginners and the blender crowd for supplies, kits, videos, and books. They also sponsor the annual Paper on the River Festival (est 2017) in Appleton in northeast Wisconsin in the Fall.
HandPapermaking.org - magazine, newsletter, conference and website about the art of hand papermaking with the emphasis on the art rather than the hp.
Iapma.info - International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists. Active group with 550+ members from 40+ countries. Among many other things they do, they maintain member pages, publish a beautiful hard copy annual bulletin and send out bi-monthly email of opportunities. They also do a biennial congress (Sofia 2018, Tokyo cancelled in 2020 but hopefully scheduled for 2021 or 2022).
Libery Grove Paper Arts - Nancy Akerly is an amazing marbling instructor and artist. If you want to learn or re-learn marbling in a workshop, take hers. October 2017, we took a 2 day workshop at Shake Rag Alley Center for the Arts in Mineral Point, WI. Make sure you ask her to sing. She is great with both step-by-step students AND with those whose eagerness makes them careless of rules.
Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory is in Cleveland, offering classes, residencies and exhibitions
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Yama Ploskonka’s paper enterprise, Papel Texano, in Austin TX. We’ve never met Yama, but irrepressible seems to suit.
Paper Slurry is a blog by May Babcock of boundless energy. While doing her own artwork, she finds time to detail news about artists (including interviews and a map of where we all are), studios and exhibitions as well as publishing tutorials.
Primrose Paper Arts is paper studio co-op outside Sydney Australia with a great blog and site. There's a nice entry about Barbara's work and teaching from July 29 2017. Unfortunately, she didn’t get to go to Australia.
The Sunday Paper is a weekly collection of links, news, and thoughts from Helen Hiebert also of boundless energy. Our work was included in March 2021.
Swatch Swap 2016 is a paper recipe exchange with samples and their recipes. We produced 2016’s edition. Yama Ploskonka (Papel Texano) did Swatch Swap 2019. Here’s a link to the 95 papermakers that Yama included in 2019.
Womens Studio Workshop in upstate NY is a great place for residencies and workshops in paper, print, books and ceramics.
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