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John Babcock

Artist Statement:

Papermaking is a fine craft, a worldwide industry of huge corporations and for me, a medium for expression. I started with the idea of making my own paper for some of the deep embossed prints that I was making in the early seventies. I recycled scraps of French rag paper left over from some large editions. What a thrill, that first sheet. I didn’t know much about paper then, but it was a start. I stopped making prints as my primary art form a few years later when the paper itself became the object.

Most all paper is made from cellulose fiber obtained from one or more of the following sources; bark, wood, seed fiber, grass, fibrous leaves or woven cloth. It is usually cooked and usually beaten, but not always. Different fibers and their preparation yield vastly different types of paper yet the same fiber prepared in a different manner can also yield different types of paper. It is the papermaker’s job to design, using his knowledg   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 8743 characters.]  Artist bio

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