Buttons to bustles
As a papermaker I'm always searching for discarded linen to make into paper. Much of the time I end up recycling clothing - - out of date Flax dresses, ripped muslin trousers, you name it. This obsession with cloth extends…
William Morris and handmade paper
This week I gave a talk about late 19th century papermaking and William Morris. My colleagues, Nancy Bradbury and Cornelia Pearsall invited me to their Victorian Medievalism class here at Smith College. The class covers 19th century revivals and transformations…
A thin layer of ice and a dusting of snow
Up until today it's been a pretty mild winter here in the Pioneer Valley. My latest monotypes called the "Warm Winter series" draw inspiration from those days when there was just a dusting of snow and a thin layer of…