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Hand Papermaking, Inc.

Since 1986, dedicated to advancing traditional and contemporary ideas in the art of hand papermaking.

08/26/2026

Looking for some inspiration? Check out our back issues!

🔗 Link in bio to explore!
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08/24/2026

Sharing a repost from our 2026 Hand Papermaking Black Writers Fellowship recipient, Alexis McKenney (Alexis)!

“Photos from my research trip to the Papermaking Museum back in May for my fellowship with Hand Papermaking

My advisor, Jerushia, led me in making paper for the first time and I found myself having a similar both humbling and gratifying experience with the papermaking vat as I have with the indigo vat over the past year.

While paper is now available in abundance, it wasn’t always that way. And for an afternoon, I got to immerse myself in the lineage of papermaking as craft- going through the process of making it and learning about its sacred use amongst indigenous peoples from Central America to Asia and West Africa.”

08/21/2026

From the Magazine Archives, and for a limited time only, you can read “Generations of Hanji: Korean Papermaking from the Field to YouTube” (Winter 2010) by Aimee Lee on our website today!

Link in our bio 🔗

Image Caption:
The author uses the stripped woody core of a dak branch to part a sheet of hanji from a pressed post of formed paper. She will brush the sheet on the heat dryer behind her.

08/19/2026

Repost from Lindsey Beal today 💙

“Thanks so much to Hand Papermaking magazine for publishing May Babcock and I’s collaboration “Lamina” on the cover of their 40th anniversary edition. ✨ (Apologies for the double cover image,
bad IG crop 🙄). Edition topic is blue so a perfect match for our handmade paper cyanotype project. 🔵💙 Check out our interview and a new purple Iris anthotype from our ongoing series “A Living Archive.” Buy a copy and support this great organization.

Much of the work published here lives in the RISD Museum Prints, Drawings, and Photographs collection. Thanks to Conor Moynihan Bonacossa for the support.”

08/17/2026

One of our very own Hand Papermaking community members has been featured in the New York Times! Congratulations, Aimee Lee, on this incredible article!

“Ancient Korean Papermaking Finds a Home in Ohio. Aimee Lee learned to make hanji with Korean masters. Now she practices their traditional technique in the United States.“

To read, visit the link in our bio 🔗

By Elie Levine (elielevine)
Photographs and Video by Sasha Arutyunova (Sasha Arutyunova)

08/14/2026

We asked to see your blue paper in celebration of our Summer 2026 “All Blues” issue—and you delivered! 💙

We just had to share all the BLUE handmade paper you shared with us in our post a little while back! Swipe through to see some of the beautiful blues from our hand papermaking community.

Featured artists:
Kaitlin Pomerantz ~ KP
Ava Simons
Mary Hahn Ward | Artist

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Rosa Chang
Recycled Paper
Sophia Hotzler
Hannah Demma
Chambre de Papier

08/12/2026

Explore our back issues today! {link in bio 🔗}
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08/10/2026

Repost from 大叔所作 The man made books! We’ve been enjoying seeing all the love for our Summer 2026 “All Blues” issue 💙

“Love this summer 2026 issue “All Blues” by Hand Papermaking

Always excited to see/to touch/to feel the handmade paper art featured in this magazine. “All Blues” included a very great research result paper by Mina Takahashi. (Also the introduction of Aimee Lee new book “As Good as Our Tools: Equipment and Tool Makers for Hand Papermaking”)

一直很期待觸摸到這本雜誌提供的手工紙創作，今期介紹了現居紐約北部的
Mina Takahashi做的「腐蝕」群青色手造紙，用蕉麻和棉紙基底。”
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08/07/2026

Reposting from North American Hand Papermakers today!

“🌿 THURSDAY DAY 1 of Rooted in Fiber: Celebrating 40 Years of Hand Papermaking Magazine 🌿

12pm-1pm — Jill Powers & Lisa Miles Pre-Conference Table Bark Rhythms in Your Hand

12:30pm-2pm — Nicolei Buendia Gupit and Janice Agustin, Pre-Conference Workshop: Self-Portrait Abstractions on Handmade Paper

1:00pm-2:30pm — Madison (Maddi) Green, Pre-Conference Workshop: I Hope This Message Finds You Whole: Paper and Correspondence

3:15pm-3:45pm — Alyssa Sacora, 20 minute presentation with 10 minute Q+A. “Material Choices Matter: How Working with Locally Abundant Plants Builds Community Resilience”

4:45pm-5:15pm — James Ojascastro, presentation with Q+A. “A Tale of Tule: Tropical cattails and the redefinition of “bark paper” in Mexico”

6-8pm — Mixer! Party like it’s 1986! (80’s themed)”

08/05/2026

Time for Show & Tell — papermaker edition! 💙

In celebration of our Summer 2026 “All Blues” issue, we’d love to see your blue handmade paper!

Share a photo of your blue paper in the comments (and tell us a little about how you made it if you’d like!), or post it to your feed and tag us so we can admire your work.
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Address

PO Box 50336
Mendota, MN
21211

Telephone

(651) 447-7143

Website

http://www.handpapermaking.org/, https://linktr.ee/handpapermaking, https://www.bonfire.com/store/hand-papermaking/

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