The Art and Art Therapy of Papermaking: Material, Methods, and Applications provides a comprehensive collection about the contemporary practices, media, and value of hand papermaking as social engagement, art therapy, and personal voice. While existing books focus separately on hand papermaking or materials in art therapy; this text is the first of its kind, uniting and describing the convergence of papermaking in all these forms. The 20 contributing authors come from diverse backgrounds and experiences. This includes service in the military, practicing studio artists and art facilitators, educators in academia, clinicians, researchers, and activists. The breadth of projects and narratives presented offer in-depth learning about how papermaking can be an art-based approach for social action, well-being, and personal growth.  Furthermore, the content can be used to inform community-engaged initiatives, clinical work for art therapists, and creative expression.

Editors

Drew Luan Matott, MFA

Drew is a Master Papermaker with expertise using traditional papermaking as a form of global social engagement and community activism. He received his MFA in book and paper arts from Columbia College-Chicago and his BFA in printmaking from Buffalo State College. Drew has taught and exhibited internationally and completed numerous artist residencies. He co-founded the Green Door Studio (2002), the Combat Paper Project (2007), Peace Paper Project (2011), Veteran Paper Workshop (2011), and St. Pauli Paper (2016). Drew lives in Hamburg, Germany where he divides his time between teaching for the Volkshochschule, completing studio work, and designing new papermaking endeavors for Peace Paper Project. In 2019 he was the recipient of the American Art Therapy Association’s Rudolph Arnheim Award, designated for a non-member of the Association whose contributions have significantly impacted the art therapy profession. Learn more about Drew’s work at drewmatott.com.

Gretchen M. Miller, MA, ATR-BC, ATCP

Gretchen is a Registered Board Certified Art Therapist and Advanced Certified Trauma Practitioner in Northeast Ohio, United States.  Over the last 20 years, her art therapy work has included serving youth and adults impacted by trauma and loss. Gretchen is an art therapy educator, regional, national, and international speaker, author, supervisor, and community organizer. Since 2011, Gretchen has served as a co-director of the Peace Paper Project. In collaboration with Drew Matott, she has helped develop Peace Paper Project coursework and workshops, including consultation to art therapists and art therapy students seeking to learn more about the therapeutic qualities of papermaking as a form of trauma intervention and recovery. Learn more about Gretchen’s work at gretchen-miller.com.