2010
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
OCTOBER 18-24

Announcements | Exhibitions | Opportunities | Gallery

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Call For Entries
The Friends of Dard hunter in conjunction with the Springfield Art Association in Springfield, Illinois invite you to participate in Pulp: Fact, Fiction and Fantasy, an exhibition of artwork made with handmade paper. The intention of this exhibition is to display the broad variety of works being made with paper and introduce the art of handmade paper to a new audience.

We are thrilled to have Kathryn Clark, papermaker and co-founder of Twinrocker Handmade Papers as our juror for this exhibition. Kathryn is a veteran papermaker, pulp painter and artist who will bring a discering eye for both techniques and creativity to the selection process for this exhibition.

Friends of Dard Hunter Members receive a discount on their entries. For the complete Call For Entries click here Pulp Entry

To learn more about the Springfield Art Association go to www.springfieldart.org

Deadline for submissions is June 4, 2010.

The Friends of Dard Hunter are making a strong impression in the Neely Gallery on the Gerogia Tech campus.The FDH Members' Exhibition showcases the use of print on handmade paper. Fifty five pieces by twenty six artists demonstrate the vast array of techniques to apply image and text to handmade paper. Thanks to the jurors Mona Waterhouse, Marcia Watt from the Friends and Neely Library Director Kirk Henderson. Also thanks to Cindy Bowden and her staff from the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking for their assitance in coordinating the exhibition and for posting full documentation of the exhibition on the web at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dardhunterexhibit2009/

Hot Off the Presses!

The following is a link to the just-published article
"Handmade paper: A review of itshistory, craft, and science," by Martin Hubbe and Cindy Bowden,
which was mentioned at the FDH meeting in Atlanta:  
http://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/
viewFile/BioREs_04_4_1736_Hubbe_Bowden_
Handmade_Paper_Review/475http://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/ viewFile/BioREs_04_4_1736_Hubbe_Bowden_ Handmade_Paper_Review/475

The free article also can be found by going to the website
www.bioresources.com and then scrolling down to the
article’s page number, 1736, of volume 4, issue 4. 

Friends of Dard Hunter Show in Japan

Friends of Dard Hunter Tokyo Exhibition: A Selection of Handmade Paper Art was shown at the Ozu Washi Gallery and the Oji Paper Museum in the Nihombashi area of Tokyo.The exhibition ran from August 31 to September 5, 2009. The Ozu Washi store has been operating since 1653 and The Oji Paper Museum was established in 1950 by the Oji Paper Company. The exhibition was concieved by Hisae Ohyanagi, esteemed Japanese paper scholar, whom some of you had the chance to meet at the meeting in Hawaii. Professor Ohyanagi was very eager to introduce the Friends and their activities to the people of Japan and it was well received. The show was organized and juried by Tatiana Ginsberg.The work of 25 Friends was chosen for the exhibition. A catalogueof the exhibition was produced which will include images of all the works along with introductory essays by Mina Takahashi(current editor of Hand Papermaking magazine) and Yasuo Kume esteemed Japanese paper scholar, and head of the Washi Culture Research Group).
On the final day of the exhibit, September 5, two lectures were be given at the Oji Paper Museum. The first was presented by Yasuo Kume and highlighted the life and work of Dard Hunter. The second was given by Paul Denhoed and focused on the activities of our group in general, and of specific members.
The Friends wish to thank Tatiana Ginsberg, Megan van den Bergh, Paul Denhoed, Maki Yamashita, Jill Littlewood, Betsy Dollar, Kayoko Moriki of Moriki Paper (Yokohama)for their generous contributions of time and energy to make this exhibition possible. Click here fdhexhibitionedited.pdf to view the entire exhhibition.

FDH Blogspot!
The Friends of Dard Hunter has created an internet blog site to bring you and the world timely information about the activities of the organization and its members http://dardhunter.blogspot.com. We encourage you to visit the site and subscribe for automatic delivery—and we especially encourage Friends to send news, announcements, articles and photographs to Peter Hopkins, VP of Publications peter.hopkins(at)comcast.net

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FDH · The Hawaiian Paper Petite Art Exhibit · Kona, HI · 2008

The Hawaiian Paper Petite Art Exhibit
This exhibition was created to provide the opportunity for exploration while generating an exchange among our members. It was also a fundrasising event for the Friends, with the proceeds from the sale of pieces supporting our organization. Unsold cards were donated to the Donkey Mill Art Center in Kona, which was a major supporter and resource for this year's conference.
This exhibition was expertly curated, hung and documented by
Friend, Portico Brown (Thank you Portico!).
Click on the link below to view the Exhition

2008 FDH Hawaiian Paper Petite Art Exhibit

FDH 25th Anniversary Exhibition CD Project
The Friends of Dard Hunter 25th Anniversary Exhibition CD Project is currently in production, as the project draws near completion, more details will be forthcoming.

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FDH PAPERMAKING MAGNETS perfect for the studio, home, or office. 49 break-apart word and watermark magnets—plus, a special bonus magnet of Dard, himself. Decorate your fridge with designs by Dard! Create simple sentences, to-do lists, or paper poetry from this essential papermaker's lexicon. Merge these tiles with other word magnet sets to form well-crafted expressions of imagination and artistry. Each sheet is 5.75" square, with easy to separate pieces. All words and images are rendered in black on a white background and they stick to metal! Each FDH magnet sheet is $5.00 or purchase 3 sheets for only $12.00 (plus shipping and handling). The ideal gift for students, professionals, or any paper enthusiast!

Mail orders only to: FDH · P.O. Box 2450 · Springfield, IL 62705
Checks or money orders in US Funds only. No credit cards.

FDH Papermaking Magnets ORDER FORM (PDF)

Paper Discovery Center, Appleton, Wisconsin
Appleton has a new paper museum. The old Atlas Mill on the Fox River is now the home of the Paper Discovery Center. This is an ideal location for the museum, considering so much of the commercial paper industry was situated along the Fox River. www.paperdiscoverycenter.org

PAPER CIRCLE, Nelsonville, Ohio.
For More Information: Contact: Paper Circle, P.O. Box 117, Nelsonville, OH 45764, phone 740.753.3374
www.papercircle.org

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Sally Rose
Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
Central Michigan University
www.art.cmich.edu

Third Generation
36"w x 16"h x 24"d
Highly beaten abaca and flax fibers and twigs.

About the Process
Poured, highly beaten abaca and flax "pulp welds" the sticks together. The form is allowed to set up and then, the same blend of highly beaten abaca/flax is formed into thin sheets that are stretched over the sculpture. Before the "skin" dries, water is selectively sprayed onto the form, creating holes that reveal more of the internal structure.

After the piece was dry, the first skin was fairly vulnerable, so it was covered over a second time and resprayed with water to open up holes.

Artist's Statment
. . .as simple and as complex as breathing in, breathing out, but pausing to wonder.

collected - connected
gathered - gleaned
recycled - reordered
residual - renewal
inspiration - expiration

Probably as much a testimonial to the versatility of paper pulp as a medium, my work has explored several paths. I was initiated into the world of papermaking through the gateway of fiber design. For that reason, it was natural to think in terms of combining weaving and paper. More recent work has investigated "weaving" of a different type—one that reflects more of a nest building interlacement of twigs "pulp-welded" together with paper.

Different plants, harvested, cooked, and beaten to a pulpy consistency, yield papers with different characteristics—
high/low shrinkage, translucency, and strength. I rely heavily on flax and abaca, a type of banana palm tree grown in the Philippines because of the strength of the paper, and add blends of chicory, water hyacinth, and plum pulps. I enjoy the tenuous quality of the skins of paper that encase and hold the structure together—no glue is used. Seemingly fragile connections are strong—much as nature surprises us with her ability to hold on, hold together and survive.

Any time plant material is
used it evokes a sense of
connectedness to nature.
Beyond that, there is a sense of continuity and evolution of form. If art is the process of reexamining and reordering, this is also giving a place for quiet confrontation/contemplation: what is beautiful, what is not; what is living, what is not.

Sally Rose.