Here’s the plain and simple truth: I love to make things that would be easier to buy at the store. My days of yore as an intern at MOTHER EARTH NEWS are testament to this, as I blogged about topics ...

The Lynnwood Arts Commission presents work by handmade paper artist Colette Laico at the Lynnwood Library Gallery now through Aug. 14. Artist, painter and teacher Colette Laico’s fascination with the ...

Many of us take what were once luxuries for granted – clean water from our taps, a warm bed or a hot meal, for example. So it may not cross our minds what a luxury commodity paper was only a few ...

Paper made from local, native plants — here bromegrass, little bluestem, and iris leaves — is different from paper you'd usually encounter, and it's the result of a fun and creative process. Connect ...

From IT’s vantage point—peering from behind our towering files of research notes and page proofs stuffed with mass-produced (recycled) paper—the notion of handmade paper has a distinct charm. So the ...

This is the last week to visit an exhibit at the Brush Art Gallery at St. Lawrence University devoted to handmade paper. "Turn the Page, Sing a... Oct 04, 2017 — This is the last week to visit an ...

Every summer, giant warriors roam the Japanese city of Aomori. Lit from within by lanterns, these formidable paper floats are the centerpiece of the Nebuta Matsuri, a weeklong evening festival in ...

In one of the rooms of the Jungshi Handmade Paper Factory in Thimphu, Bhutan, Jamyang, 73, is hard at work. Sitting cross-legged against the wall, she deftly sorts boiled fibres of the daphne plant, a ...

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Simply sign up to the Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. What was an emerald-green linen bedsheet, after being beaten for a few hours in a bucket of water, has turned to a verdant, ...