2024 Handmade Paper Exchange 🎉

Hello, handmade papermakers!

You are invited to participate in the 3rd annual full-sheet handmade paper swap! This exchange is open to ALL levels of papermaker. Your organizers are Sophia Hotzler and Genevieve Lapp.

What You Need to Do:

• Make handmade paper in size A4, B5, D4, or US letter size. Please no glitter .
• Send 12 sheets to Sophia Hotzler, postmarked by January 15, 2024. Write the fiber used and your name on each sheet.
• Fill out this google form with your information and recipe for your paper.
• This project is pay what you can. Requested contribution is US$10 (US based) or US$30 (everywhere else). This can be a check or money order made out to Sophia Hotzler, or a payment to Venmo: @sophia-hotzler
  Paypal: @sophiahotzler
• If you know that the US Postal Service does not reliably get mail to your country, please email Genevieve and we will work out another shipment method.

Ship your paper to:

Sophia Hotzler, 978 Iglehart Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55104

What You’ll Get Back

• 10 curated sheets of handmade paper housed in a handmade paper enclosure, postmarked back to you by February 29, 2024.
• Images of all submitted papers along with recipes, uploaded to Instagram @handmadePaperExchange
• A pdf of all recipes and pictures of papers will be made available to participants and the public.

email

genevieve.lapp@gmail.com with questions!

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What does the contribution fee cover?

A: The contribution fee covers USPS priority mail return shipment of papers to US participants at $9.65. International shipping will go USPS. Price will depend on. . . . So much! The remaining funds will bridge the expense of pay-what-you-can participants, materials for making the enclosures, and maybe buy your organizers a coffee. 😁

Q: Can I send paper bigger or smaller than the A4/B5/D4/US letter size?

A: Please keep your paper in the realm of these standard sizes.

Q: Why do I have to send in 12 if I’m only getting 10 back?

A: We create one full set of papers every year and will start seeking out exhibitions opportunities for the papers. This year we are collecting a second full set to raffle on Instagram. The benefactor of the raffle funds is TBD and will be announced with the raffle. Email us if you have ideas! The intention of the raffle is to support interest and growth in the craft of papermaking.

Q: Do all 12 sheets need to be the same?

A: Nope. Just make sure to send recipes or information about each one.

Q: I have an idea that might make this swap more inclusive, or I want to participate but have a resource barrier. Can I contact you about it?

A: My hope is that you will! Email me at genevieve.lapp@gmail.com