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Hello – it’s me! This year has been a year of travel and figuring things out and I’ve been wondering – how to get back into the blogging that I’ve loved so much? I want to show you what I’ve been up to this year and thought – well hey – I’ve been pretty active on Instagram. I could share those photos for the people who aren’t Instagrammies (and share them again with those who are). So here you have it – as we enter into autumn, let’s settle into the sofa with something warm to drink and leaf through the clippings and photos of the past year. I’ve added captions to walk you through. 😀
Welcome to our paper talk!
Hey there – it’s me! 😀
First – news updates. I celebrated my first year working as an R&D Technician at Knowlton Technologies.
It’s a really old mill (by US standards) – 208 years! I will be talking about what it is like to work here at the Friends of Dard Hunter conference in Santa Fe this year. If you are attending, make sure to check out the Pecha Kucha night!
I attended a week-long course in wet-end chemistry. A bonus was the TAPPI library that housed many a Dard Hunter book.
Like this one!
I also got to meet Martin Hubbe, co-author on one of my favorite articles on Hand Papermaking.
I was invited to participate in Portfolio #12 from the journal Hand Papermaking. By now the collaboration I’m doing with Velma Bolyard is wrapping up.
But not before making lots of paper…
and more paper…
and more paper!
Talking about paper, I realized it has been five years since I made my first sheet of handmade paper in Holly Greenberg’s papermaking class.
Two apprenticeships and a master’s degree later and I’m working in R&D at a paper mill. The adventure has only begun.
Okay now some shots from the paper mill. This is friction paper.
It’s used in applications like clutch packs.
And we make a lot of it.
There’s a lot of help at the paper mill. LIke this little guy.
And my other co-worker here.
And these guys.
There are some enticing images at the mill filled with. . .
color. . .
and texture.
Case in point.
Case in point.
Case in point.
The materials we use at work hold possibilities for artistic applications
Not what this paper in intended for, but hey!
I am very fortunate in that I can use my lunch breaks to experiment on my own things.
So as a wrap-up, things here are just dandy..
and I’ll be seeing you again very soon!
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