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Artists catalogue and paper samples
For the first time in the history of the Biennial book series - published every two years since 1996, we set out to find the real source on which papermakers and paper producers draw to create their end products. The reader is presented with a succession of insights into the way paper comes into existence in this search for the origin of paper; how nature provides a source of inspiration for papermakers; a peak in the kitchen where the artist is at work and a journey through the world's last surviving traditional rural papermaking communities. And naturally, at a time when sustainability has still to gain a firm foothold, the future of paper must not be overlooked.
The publication of 'Pure Paper' marks the Holland Paper Biennial 2008, an international exposition of paper art on show from June to September in CODA/ Museum Apeldoorn and Museum Rijswijk. This book contains a complete catalogue of all the exhibiting artists as well as a selection of paper samples some of the artists use in their work. Each artist explains why he or she finds inspiration in paper.
Paper
'Pure Paper' is a special publication: it consists of nine individual 'books' bound together and encased in honeycomb cardboard. Each section is printed on different sorts of cover and book papers.
The cover of the Introduction is green card stock, 300 gms; the text block is pale-green algae paper, 90 gms.
The cover paper for the Catalogue of artists is Classic Malts Highland, 300 gms; the text block is book paper 2.0 blue/white, 90 gms.
The cover and text block of the Paper samples section is Classic Malts Islay, 300 gms.
The reportage photos in the Paper artists at work section are printed on book paper 2.0 blue/white, 90 gms; the cover is dark-green Fashion offset, 240 gms.
Especially for the From fibre to paper signature, the Middelste Molen - the only water-driven paper mill left in the Netherlands - has produced a cover made of hemp paper; the text block is printed on pale-green algae paper, 90 gms.
The section Natural paper has a cover of brown Plike card stock, 330 gms and a text block of book paper 2.0 blue/white, 90 gms.
Valentinoise Vert Nature, 300 gms is the paper used for the cover of the section Traditional paper; the text block is again book paper 2.0 blue/white, 90 gms.
The cover of The future of paper is Word Line card stock Terra Africa, 300 gms; the text block is printed on Metaphor recyled cream, 100 gms.
The last section, the Catalogue of books, is printed on lime-green Fashion offset cover paper, 240 gms and book paper 2.0 blue/white, 90 gms. The order form is Methaphor recycled cream, 300 gms.
Artists and the work illustrated
Célio Braga (Brazil/the Netherlands) - 'Placebos'
Long-Bin Chen (Taiwan/United States) - 'Guan Ying with Flower Crown'
Nancy Cohen (United States) - 'Estuary: Moods & Modes'
Petra Ellert (Germany) - 'Living in the 13th Floor'
Nikki van Es (the Netherlands) - 'Shadow Forest - detail'
Angela Glajcar (Germany) - 'Terforation'
Joan Hall (United States) - 'Your Existence is not unlike my own'
Pat Hodson (United Kingdom) - 'Shadows Blue: Shadows, Darkness, Memory, Glimpses of Blue within Blue'
Claudie Hunzinger (France) - '4 Hanging Plant Pages'
Kakuko Ishii (Japan) - 'Musubu'
Yu-Mi Kim (South Korea) - 'Rose Garden'
Jin Woo Lee (Korea/France) - 'Source I & Source II'
Winifred Lutz (United States) - 'Barrier Veil'
Richard Mens (the Netherlands) - Untitled
Chris Natrop (United States) - 'Landing Nowhere Else'
Oskar (the Netherlands) - 'Pigfisher'
Ed Pien (Canada) - 'Night Gathering'
Maya Portner (United States) - 'Anatomize'
Georgia Russel (United Kingdom) 'Le Jardinier d'Amour'
Stefan Saffer (Germany) - 'Matisse and me'
Lyndi Sales (South Africa) - 'Shatter'
Annette Sauermann (Germany) - 'Light Reservoir'
Howard Silverman (United States) - 'Flood'
Ferry Staverman (the Netherlands) - 'Yellow Tower'
Ivano Vitali (Italy) - 'White Awe (wedding dress)'
Annette Wimmershoff (Germany) - 'Alies'
Noriko Yamaguchi (Japan) - 'Growing'
Articles
Fibre artists at work
Rogier Uitenboogaart, 'Washi, mirror of man and nature - Looking for the 'real' Japanese paper'
Helen Hiebert, 'Movement in shrinking spirals - The dramatic sculptures of Peter Gentenaar'
Pat Torley, 'Painting with pulp - The up-side-down painting of Pat Torley'
From fibre to paper
Bas van Velzen, 'A perfect liaison - How water and fibres unite to make paper'
Piet Zegers & Bert van Joolen, 'The Middelste Molen - The last water-powered paper mill in the Netherlands'
Natural paper
Gabriëlle Beentjes & Henk Porck, 'White, fibrous and widely available... - The quest of Jacob Christian Schäffer'
Peter Gentenaar, 'Papermakers from the animal kingdom - Animals discovered paper before humans'
Helen Hiebert, 'The secret to good pulp - Fibre preparation is essential for good papier'
Traditional paper
Jacob Eyferth, 'The paper of the Xia family - Traditional Chinese bamboo paper'
Elaine Koretsky, 'Traditional papermakers in Asia - The tradition lives on'
The future of paper
Tijl Akkermans, 'Paper, a way of survival - Migrant workers keep Chinese recycling economy turning'
Cia Franssens & Janny Oei, 'A compass for the paper jungle - Choose paper responsibly'
Annita Westenbroek, 'The battle for cellulose - Paper producers search for alternative fibres'
Michiel Adriaanse & Harry Morsink, 'Alternative raw materials for paper - Straw has the best chance in the Nederlands'
Essential details
| publisher: | Wim Findhammer/Uitgeverij Compres in collaboration with Foundation Holland Paper Biennial |
| compilation: | Peter Gentenaar |
| final editing: | Erik Jan Sint and Arne Westerhof |
| English translation: | Linda Fairwether Nash, Sandra Hessels and Pat Torley |
| design: | Loes Schepens (Eindeloos) |
| printing: | Koninklijke De Swart |
| finishing: | Romein |
| binding: | Binderij Bosboom |
| edition: | 1,750 |
| volume: | 262 pages |
| isbn-13: | 978-90-73803-08-4 |
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