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April 2026 Updates from Jane Ingram Allen

21 Tuesday Apr 2026

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See it before May 3, 2026:  My work “Legal Pad with Grocery List” is on display at the Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA, in the exhibition Making Moves: a Collection of Feminisms until May 3.  See the Crocker Museum’s Exhibitions website for more information: https://www.crockerart.org/art/exhibitions/making-moves-a-collection-of-feminisms?utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ENews4.8.26(DEFEM)&utm_content=version_A

My piece (c 1975) is now in the collection of the Crocker Art Museum, and it is a loom woven over-sized legal pad with my family’s typical grocery list written on it with hand embroidery.  It is an honor to have my work in the Crocker’s collection and to have this piece shown with so many excellent feminist artists, including Frida Kahlo!

Solo Exhibition Opens May 16, 2026, in Benicia, CA:  The Work of Earth and Hand:  Jane Ingram Allen

Opening Reception and Artist Talk on Saturday, May 16, 5-7 pm, at NY2CA Gallery, 617 First Street, Benicia, CA

For more information about this show of handmade paper and mixed media works spanning some 50 years of my career, see the gallery website at: https://ny2cagallery.com/event/the-work-of-earth-and-hand-jane-ingram-allen/  

NY2CA Gallery Director Vickie Marchand has visited my Santa Rosa studio two times to select works for this show and to plan activities during the exhibition which will close on June 21. 

I will also be in Benica on Saturday, June 6, at the gallery to do a public art installation I am calling “Building Community – Benicia Houses” that will involve some hands-on public participation papermaking to create over 100 small houses and arrange them for a public art installation in the gallery’s back garden space.  Volunteers who have taken my papermaking workshops will be helping participants create their own “house” for the installation that will remain on view until June 21.  The papermaking activity will run from 11 – 4 on June 6.  There will also be many other activities that day in downtown Benicia with lots of art to see!

One of more than 35 works in my Benicia Exhibition at NY2CA Gallery
California Blooming – Poppies, 2025, 25 x 75 inches, Mixed Media handmade paper pulp painting with threads and gel.

34 of my “Made in Taiwan” artworks created during my two years (2003-04 and 2004-05) as a Fulbright Scholar Artist in Taiwan are now in the collection of the Tainan Art Museum, Tainan, Taiwan.  

All of these works now in the Tainan Art Museum’s collection were created using materials collected at 13 different places all around Taiwan, where I used over 135 different plants of Taiwan to make the handmade paper for these mixed-media artworks.   I am planning an exhibition of some of these handmade paper “sitemaps” with the Tainan Art Museum curators for Fall 2026.  Check back for more details on this exhibition and some public workshops and other activities on a possible 2-week trip to Taiwan at the end of October and first of November, 2026.  

One of the 34 works in the collection of Tainan Art Museum, Tainan, Taiwan
Chiayi Site Map, 2005, 35 x 78 inches, mixed media, handmade paper from plants of Chiayi County, Taiwan, thread, acrylic paint and gel, other items collected in Chiayi, part of my “Made In Taiwan” Fulbright Scholar research grant project.

New Collaboration Feeling the Heat with printmaking artist Jami Taback is in progress. Jami and I are calling this new multi-part eco-art installation “Feeling the Heat”, and it is focused on environmental issues related to fire, global warming and climate change, using handmade paper, thread, dye, controlled burning and printmaking.  The project is an extension of our “In Deep Water” collaborative project begun in 2020 and exhibited at 5 non-profit venues in Northern California, NJ and NY as well as one foundation gallery in Taiwan.  Our In Deep Water Project was supported by grants from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, the Puffin Foundation and Live Forever Foundation, Taiwan.  This time the collaboration is via Zoom and shipping parts back and forth between PA where Jami now lives and Santa Rosa, CA, where I continue to be based.  We expect to premier this new installation either in Northern CA or in the Northeastern US in late 2026 or early 2027.  We are actively seeking venues to exhibit this work and also applying for grants and other support.  This “Feeling the Heat” installation will feature multiple swirling panels with fire imagery and hand papermaking and printmaking joined by threads and suspended from the ceiling in site-specific installations by the artists.  Public programs and hands-on workshops will be offered at each venue.  Keep watching for more news and photos of this in-progress large-scale eco-art collaborative installation.

Jane Ingram Allen and Jami Taback, Feeling the Heat (installation in progress), 2026, dimensions variable, multiple panels, handmade abaca and kozo fiber paper, threads, ink, dyes, pigments, controlled burning and collage with acrylic gel.

“Jane Ingram Allen -Papermaking Around the World” Exhibition now on view in Mountain View, CA

15 Tuesday Aug 2023

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View of “Jane Ingram Allen – Papermaking Around the World” exhibition at Mountain View Performing Arts Center

Solo Exhibition in Mountain View, CA:  “Jane Ingram Allen – Papermaking Around the World” at Mountain View Performing Arts Center Lobby Gallery, August 15 – Oct. 2, 2023.  For more information:  https://www.mvcpa.com/events/lobby-art.

This exhibition features a selection of handmade paper “site map” works Jane has created as an artist-in-residence in countries around the world including Taiwan, Japan, Costa Rica, Brazil, Tanzania, Indonesia (Bali) and the USA.  Jane was one of 10 artists selected by the City of Mountain View Visual Art Committee for an exhibition in 2023. The mixed-media works are all made with handmade paper, thread and other materials Jane collected in each place and reflect her experience of the time and place. Exhibit hours are Monday, Wednesday & Friday, 12 p.m. – 1 pm, and one hour prior to every public performance.  See the Calendar of Events for performance dates and times: https://www.mvcpa.com/events/calendar The lobby is also open during Box Office hours for the Mountain View Performing Arts Center, and most of the work can also be viewed through the many large windows in this interesting building at 500 Castro Street in downtown Mountain View, CA, next to City Hall. The show is up through Oct. 2, 2023.

Here are more views of the exhibition. All photos are by Timothy S. Allen (https://allentimphotos2.wordpress.com).

August Updates from Jane Ingram Allen

31 Monday Jul 2023

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Summer so far has been very busy!  It has also gotten very hot after a rather cool June.  I have been making new works and building a new papermaking mold and deckle for creating really BIG sheets of paper as well as having family visits and getting ready for teaching workshops and installing new exhibitions.

Educator Grant from Surface Design Association:  I received a 2023 Educator grant from the Surface Design Association to make a Portable Large Papermaking Mold and Deckle. I needed a large papermaking mold that could be transported in our car for the EXTREME Papermaking Workshop I am teaching at Sitka Center for Art & Ecology(www.sitkacenter.org), in Otis, Oregon, August 5 and 6.  The workshop is already full, and I am looking forward to working with these students at this beautiful place on the central Oregon coast.   

Here is a photo of the new portable folding papermaking mold that can make sheets of paper 7 feet x 3 feet using a pouring method.  This should be fun to use in the workshop – just one of the many papermaking techniques I will cover in this workshop that includes all sorts of inventive and EXTREME ways of making paper that I have discovered in my papermaking travels around the world.  I will now be able to use this foldable large papermaking mold and deckle for other papermaking workshops I will be teaching in Santa Rosa and surrounding areas.  

Article in Summer 2023 FiberArts Magazine:  Speaking of travel around the world my article “Papermaking Around the World” was just published in the Summer 2023 issue of FiberArt Now.  Here is a link for a summary of the article:   https://www.fiberartnow.net/summer-2023/

Scroll down to my article “Papermaking Around the World” and see an image of my Izmir, Turkey Site Map and read about my papermaking adventures as an artist in residence in 5 countries:  Costa Rica, Tanzania, Turkey, Bali and Taiwan.  The Summer 2023 issue can be ordered at www.fiberartnow.net

Izmir Site Map (front view), 2015, mixed media on handmade paper from plants of Izmir, Turkey, created during Fulbright Specialist Artist in Residency at Ege University Museum of Book and Paper Arts, Izmir, Turkey, 60″ x 48″ two-sided suspended installation.

Upcoming Exhibitions:  

Solo Exhibition in Mountain View, CA:  “Jane Ingram Allen – Papermaking Around the World” at Mountain View Performing Arts Center Lobby Gallery, August 15 – Oct. 2, 2023.  For more information:  https://www.mvcpa.com/events/lobby-art.

 This exhibition features a selection of handmade paper “site map” works I have made as an artist-in-residencies in countries around the world including Taiwan, Japan, Costa Rica, Brazil, Tanzania, Indonesia, Thailand, and the USA.  Exhibit hours are Monday, Wednesday & Friday, 12 p.m. – 1 pm, and one hour prior to every public performance.  See the Calendar of Events for performance dates and times: https://www.mvcpa.com/events/calendar

“Turning Over a New Leaf” (detail), 2000, mixed media participatory installation of 2000 handmade paper kozo fiber leaves made during artist in residency at Mino Paper Art Village Project, Mino City, Japan, 6 feet x 24 feet x 3 inches deep.

Exhibition in Taichung, Taiwan, Dec. 2, 2023 – April 2, 2024: “Jane Ingram Allen and Jami Taback – In Deep Water – We’re In This Together” will be a site-specific installation of collaborative work utilizing Handmade Paper and Printmaking by the two artists created in response to our present climate crisis and relating to water.  The exhibition will be in the Live Forever Foundation Vital Space Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan, and is curated by Iris Hung.  The show also includes works on water and the climate crisis by two Taiwanese artists.  Jane and Jami will travel to Taiwan in late November and stay for 10 days to create this installation of the ‘In Deep Water” project emphasizing that water and climate change are global problems.  The artists will present a Gallery Talk at the opening on Saturday, Dec. 2, and the public is invited.  The artists will also teach a hands-on workshop in Taiwan about papermaking and printmaking and their process for creating the 36 suspended panels of printed-on handmade paper joined with threads.

In Deep Water collaborative installation by Jane Ingram Allen and Jami Taback (detail), 2022-23, mixed media installation of handmade paper, thread, printmaking, ink, gel, burning and other materials, 36 panels each about 2 feet wide and 12-18 feet long, suspended site installation shown here at Sonoma Community Center in January 2022.

“In Deep Water” Exhibition at Sonoma Community Center Gallery, Sonoma, CA, January 15-31, 2022

10 Monday Jan 2022

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The exhibition of a collaborative art project titled “In Deep Water” by artists Jane Ingram Allen and Jami Taback opens on Saturday, January 15, at Sonoma Community Center Gallery, Sonoma, CA.  The project is focused on the current climate crisis and water and makes use of Jane’s handmade paper skills and Jami’s printmaking expertise to create a multi-media multi-part large-scale installation combining printmaking and hand papermaking.  The work will be installed from Jan 15 to Jan. 31 at the Sonoma Community Center Gallery, Sonoma, CA. All the details are on the Sonoma Community Center website now at this link: https://sonomacommunitycenter.org/in-deep-water-endangered/

The opening reception for the “In Deep Water” exhibition which also includes works by Paul Ford will be on January 15, 1-4pm at the Sonoma Community Center Gallery. The Artists Talks will be live and also via Zoom on Sat. Jan. 15 at 2 pm.

Topic: Artist talk: In Deep Water (Jane Ingram Allen and Jami Taback) and Endangered (Paul Ford)
Time: Jan 15, 2022 02:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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This exhibition of “In Deep Water” is supported in part by an Emergency Grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts. The project will expand and continue in 2022 and 2023 with exhibitions at other venues.
Here is a preliminary photo of some of the work in this project, and more photos will be posted soon after all of the 12 panels are installed later this week in the gallery.

“In Deep Water” installation detail by Jane Ingram Allen and Jami Taback, photo by Timothy S. Allen

There will also be a Demonstration of papermaking and printmaking on Sunday, January 23, at 2 pm in the Sonoma Community Center Print Studio. Come see how the processes the artists used to make this collaborative art project using a variety of hand papermaking and printmaking techniques.

For the opening reception and Artists Talks on Jan. 16 and the Demonstrations on Jan. 26, all Covid protocols will be followed with masks and social distancing and limited numbers allowed in the gallery. Contact Jane by email at info@janeingramallen.com for more information.

Exhibition Opening at Yolo Arts, Woodland, CA on Thursday, March 12, 5:30-8PM

07 Saturday Mar 2020

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Hope you can come to the opening of this group exhibition in Woodland, CA, where I will have two installations featured:
One is an indoor site specific installation of my “California Delta Rivers” first created in 2013 and re-configured to make a wall drawing installation for this exhibition focused on the water resources in northern CA. The work is made with handmade paper and cotton threads and pulp is dyed with fiber reactive dyes. Here is a photo of California Delta Rivers as installed at the Barn Gallery in Woodland.



I also have an outdoor installation in this exhibition. My “Flower Power” installation consists of many handmade paper “guns” with seeds for wildflowers in the pulp that will transform the “guns” over time into living blooming wildflowers. This installation is place in a prepared raised bed just outside the Barn Gallery, and focuses on using nature as a partner and the regenerative power of nature. The handmade paper will dissolve as mulch to nourish the earth and the seeds sprout and grow into blooming wildflowers. Here is a photo of “Flower Power” when it was first installed outside the Barn Gallery in Woodland.



My works are part of the group exhibition Women Eco Artists Dialog: The Legacy of Jo Hanson, at Yolo Arts, the Barn Gallery 512 Gibson Rd., Woodland, CA. The exhibition will be on view through June 18, 2020 and features works about environmental issues by selected WEAD artists:  Jane Ingram Allen, Krista Anandakuttan, Angela Gonzalez, Maria Paz Gutierrez, Cynthia Jensen, Elizabeth Kenneday-Corathers, Judith Selby Lang, Isabella La Rocca, Linda MacDonald, Carol Newborg, Lisa Reindorf, Lorna Stevens, Michelle Waters, Melissa West, Tammy West, and Mary Bayard White.  See the Yolo Arts website at http://www.yoloarts.org for more information and gallery hours.

Photos from “Papermaking for Printmakers” Workshop on Oct. 6

09 Tuesday Oct 2018

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The participants in my Saturday Oct. 6 workshop “Papermaking for Printmakers” had a productive and creative day making handmade paper from a variety of plant fiber pulps. They learned Western and Asian/Japanese papermaking techniques for sheet forming, pressing, drying, watermarking, embossing, laminating and other special technique to create their own unique handmade paper suitable for priintmaking. It was a very congenial group because all of the participants in this workshop do letterpress printing together at the Sebastopol studio of North Bay Letterpress Arts https://www.northbayletterpressarts.org

During this workshop we made paper from the following pulps: Abaca, blue jean, eucalyptus and Sitka Spruce as well as some sedge, beach grass and paper mulberry. Here are some photos of the workshop. The photos are by Timothy S. Allen (allentimphotos2.wordpress.com)

I can’t wait to see what the printmakers will do with the sheets they made and how the finished prints will look.  I hope to post some photos of their prints on handmade paper soon on this Blog.  The next hand papermaking workshop at my Santa Rosa studio will be “Papermaking for Fiber Artists” on Saturday and Sunday, Nov.10 and 11.  This class is already full, but contact me at info@janeingramallen if you want to be put on the waiting list.

I am also teaching a special workshop “From Plants to Paper” at the Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation, 900 Occidental Road, Santa Rosa, on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 20 and 21. We will make paper from local plants and go through the whole process from gathering plant materials to producing unique handmade papers from plants of the Laguna, such as dogbane, willow, sedge, cattail, bullrush and others we will discover there. We will also see what papermaking we can do with some invasive plants found in the Laguna.  Places are still available in this workshop, and to register go to this link:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/from-plants-to-paper-papermaking-with-laguna-plants-tickets-49579227805

 

 

Jane’s Art Installed at Boston Harbor Islands National Park Welcome Center, Long Wharf, Boston, MA

20 Tuesday Sep 2016

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I am back in Santa Rosa, California now after almost two months on the East Coast.  It was great to see things in Boston and New York City, but also nice to be back in California.  I wanted to share some additional photos of my handmade paper artwork installed in Boston.  Please see my previous posts for more about the process and how this artwork was created on Peddock’s Island, Boston Harbor Islands National Park.

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During my August 17 – 25, 2016, Artist in Residency Project at Boston Harbor Islands National Park, Peddock’s Island, I created a handmade paper artwork that is now installed at the Boston Harbor Islands Welcome Center on Long Wharf. Jane created this artwork “For the Birds of Peddock’s Island” with handmade paper from invasive plants on Peddock’s Island (Common reed, Oriental Bittersweet Vine and Japanese Honeysuckle Vine). The handmade paper birds in this artwork were created by many public participants during a weekend workshop on Peddock’s Island. The birds in the artwork represent 6 endangered species of water birds on Peddock’s Island (Lesser Tern, Double-crested Cormorant, American Oystercatcher, Great Egret, Spotted Sandpiper and Black-crowned Night Heron). This artwork will remain on view at the Islands Welcome Center, and it can be seen up close when the Center is open during the day and at night through the large lighted glass window. Thanks again to the wonderful volunteers who helped with the papermaking on Peddock’s Island and to the many visitors who came to participate in the public activities and contributed their handmade paper birds to this installation artwork for the Boston Harbor Now Foundation and the Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park.

These photos are by my husband Timothy S. Allen (allentimphotos2.wordpress.com).

Jane’s Artist in Residency Project Begins in Lancaster, California

18 Thursday Feb 2016

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I am now working in Lancaster, California, as an artist in residence at the Museum of Art & History, Cedar Center for the Arts. Lancaster is located in the Antelope Valley high desert country on the western edge of the Mojave Desert and about 70 miles northeast of Los Angeles. My residency is sponsored by WEAD (Women Eco Artists Dialogue) in conjunction with the WEAD group exhibition titled “Smaller Footprints” also at Cedar Center for the Arts in Lancaster, CA.

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My eco-art project in Lancaster got started on Saturday, Feb. 13, with an Introductory lecture and presentation for the community at Cedar Arts Center from 6-8 PM. I introduced my work with a slide show and showed examples of handmade paper and talked about my process and what I will create here in Lancaster during the residency.

Here are a few photos of the Introduction presentation at Cedar Art Center where I showed images of previous environmental art installations and talked about my idea for the Lancaster art project.

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My Lancaster Eco-Quilt will be all biodegradable and changing over time with the paper pulp dissolving as mulch and the flower seeds in the pulp sprouting and blooming for years to come, hopefully.

My Lancaster Eco-Quilt will have a motif of California golden poppies, and I will place it on prepared ground in a city park or nature preserve to decompose over time and produce a living, blooming bed of wildflowers in the quilt pattern. I will also build up a bed shape with the earth and create a headboard and footboard for the bed with local branches. I have looked at several possible sites in Lancaster for my eco-art installation, and we will make the final decision in a few weeks about the exact location.

I am making the Lancaster eco-quilt with handmade paper I create from local plant waste materials and putting seeds for California golden poppies and California desert bluebells in the pulp. Here is a sketch of my idea for the Lancaster eco-quilt.

sketch of Lancaster Eco-quilt copy

I learned that the Antelope Valley area is famous for California golden poppies, and there is a nearby Poppy Preserve. I visited the Antelope Valley California Poppy Preserve over the weekend and did see one or two California poppies starting to bloom, so this seemed like the perfect flower to use for my art project in Lancaster. The California desert bluebell will provide a nice contrasting blue flower in the quilt squares, and I will also use some white wildflower seeds (baby’s breath) for the border of the quilt.

I started gathering local plant materials this week and will be making paper for the project from Joshua tree leaves, fan palm leaves, sagebrush and other local plants. It will be very interesting to try out these high desert plants that are new ones for me to experiment with, although I have used relatives of some of these plants in other places around the world. I will be coloring the paper pulp with a non-toxic dye and using some recycled blue jean pulp for the blue areas of the quilt.

This coming Saturday, Feb. 20 I will hold a public workshop on Papermaking with Local Plants, and it will be at the Cedar Center for the Arts, MOAH, Lancaster, CA, from 11-1 and 3-5. Everyone is invited to come and join in the papermaking fun.
My residency at the Cedar Center for the Arts in Lancaster will continue through March 13, and the installation for the eco-quilt will be on Saturday, March 12.  Public programs are scheduled for each Saturday.

Keep checking this Blog for updates and more photos of the papermaking and the Lancaster eco-art quilt project. The photos documenting this project are by my husband Timothy S. Allen (http://allentimphotos2.wordpress.com).

Cheng Long Site Map Art Project, Cheng Long Village, Yunlin County, Taiwan

05 Tuesday May 2015

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I have just completed a 25-day artist in residency (April 9 – May 4, 2015) in Cheng Long Village, Yunlin County, Taiwan, where I was also the Curator of the 6th annual Cheng Long Wetlands International Environmental Art Project. See the Blog at http://artproject4wetland.wordpress.com for photos and information about this international environmental art project.

This year in Cheng Long, in addition to being the curator, I made my own handmade paper artwork and involved the local community in hand papermaking activities. I created a Cheng Long site map using 10 different local plants to make the paper for the artwork. The finished Cheng Long site map is now on exhibition in an abandoned house in the small fishing village that is now being used as an art gallery  for my Cheng Long Site Map and also displaying some of the Cheng Long Elementary School children’s paintings about environmental issues.

Here are some photos of my papermaking activities in Cheng Long showing local children and parents participating.  The Cheng Long Site Map is about 6 feet tall and 4 feet wide and made in the shape of the cormorant bird that has become the unofficial mascot of Cheng Long Wetlands.  Back in 2010, a cormorant bird broke its wing and spent a whole year recuperating with the help of the Kuan Shu Foundation staff and the children in Cheng Long Elementary School. One side of my site map is a sort of map of Cheng Long village and the wetlands and has many leaves, flowers and natural materials from the area. The other side of my Cheng Long Site Map has many photos of Cheng Long children’s faces on it.

For Cheng Long I also made a sample book with recipes for making paper from the 10 local plants I used for this artwork: Paper Mulberry bark, pomgania (Indian beech tree) bark, Fan Palm leaves, Common Reed leaves, Sugar Cane leaves, Sugar Cane bark (waste from a local night market vendor), Sweet Potato vines and leaves, Beach Hibiscus tree bark, Banana leaves and Rice straw.

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My Cheng Long Site Map remains on exhibit in the village, and this artwork has been donated to the Kuan Shu Environmental Education Foundation in Cheng Long for permanent display in the village.

The photos of my art project in Cheng Long are by my husband Timothy S. Allen, and you can see more of his photos at his Blog: http://allentimphotos2.wordpress.com

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Continuing my artist in residency at Sitka Center – Inspired by “hex signs” on local barns

17 Sunday Nov 2013

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There are many barns and other businesses in the nearby town of Tillamook, Oregon (famous for cheese, and yes we toured the Tillamook Cheese Factory too) that have these colorful quilt pattern squares on them.  Each barn has a different pattern and makes a trail for tourists to follow in the area.  Sitka Center is located at the very southern edge of Taillamook County and actually closer to Lincoln City, Oregon, in Lincoln County, but Tillamook is an interesting place to visit about 29 miles north on the coast.  Since I am from Alabama and all my female ancestors were quilters, I am familiar with quilting patterns and wanted to try and this with handmade paper.  I started making a new series of handmade paper quilts.  Here are some photos of the first quilt and how it was created. ImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImage

I used “buttercut” stencils on three different moulds to make the quilt squares and played around with the order and color sequences.  I joined the handmade paper quilt squares with thread glueing it with acrylic soft gel matte in my usual way so that the quilt can fold up for easy storage and transport.  It is interesting to hang this quilt in space with the light coming through and see the threads that sew this quilt together and how they contribute to the layered look.  The Boyden Studio at Sitka Center for Art & Ecology (www.sitkacenter.org) where I am lucky to be working during this residency is a wonderful big and light-filled space.  Check back later for more updates on my 3-month artist-in-residency at Sitka Center from Oct. 16 – Jan. 10.