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The Art and Art Therapy of Papermaking Material, Methods, and Applications

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Peace Paper Project Website

  • Papermaking resources, tutorials, videos, and activities.

The Art and Art Therapy of Papermaking: Material, Methods, and Applications

  • Appendices: Western-Style Papermaking and DIY Papermaking Guides
  • Tools, Equipment, Materials, and Resources
  • Papermaking Glossary

Selected Bibliography

Avery, E. (2004). Political prints and paper making. Hand Papermaking, 19 (1), 8-10.

Barrett, T. D. (2018). European hand papermaking: Traditions, tools, and techniques. The Legacy Press.

Benson, E. (2019, January/February). The Future of Paper. Communication Arts. https://www.commarts.com/columns/the-future-of-paper.

Blassingame, T. (2021). Cultural Substrates as Paper [Panel]. Primrose Press. https://www.primrosepress.com/nahp-panel1.

Bloom, J. M. (2001).  Paper before print: The history and impact of paper in the Islamic world.  Yale University Press.

Cochran, J., & Potter, M. H. (Eds.). (2015). Social paper: Hand papermaking in the context of socially engaged art. Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts.

Dean, M. L. (2014). Using art media in psychotherapy. Routledge.

Delamater, K. (2016, April). Inside Edgewood’s Paper Studio: Handmade Paper’s Role in Art Therapy. Paperslurry.

Delamater, K. L. (2019). Historical, social, and artistic implications of collaboration in contemporary hand papermaking, Hand Papermaking, 34 (1), 11-16.

Greer, B. (Ed.). (2014). Craftivism: The art of craft and activism. Arsenal Pulp Press.

Hiebert, H. (2000). The papermaker’s companion. Storey Publishing, LLC.

Helguera, P. (2011). Education for socially engaged art: A materials and techniques handbook. Jorge Pinto Books.

Heller, J. (1978). Papermaking. Watson-Guptill.

Hinz, L. D. (2020). Expressive therapies continuum: A framework for using art in therapy (2nd ed.). Routledge.

Hunter, D. (1974). Papermaking: The history and technique of an ancient craft. Dover Publications.

Kapitan, L. (2011). Close to the heart: Art therapy’s link to craft and art production. Art Therapy:  Journal of the American Art Therapy Association28(3), 94-95 https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2011.601728  

King, J. L. (Ed.). (2016). Art therapy, trauma, and neuroscience: Theoretical and practical perspectives. Routledge.

Lawton, P. H. (2019). At the crossroads of intersecting ideologies: Community-based art education, community engagement, and social practice art. Studies in art education, 60(3), 203-218. https://doi.org/10.1080/00393541.2019.1639486

Leone. L. (Ed.). (2020). Craft in art therapy: Diverse approaches to the transformative power of craft materials and methods. Routledge.

Levin, M. (2012, February). Can a Papermaker Save Civilization? The New York Times.

Lusebrink, V. B. & Hinz, L. D. (2016). The expressive therapies continuum as a framework in the treatment of trauma. In J. L. King (Ed), Art therapy, trauma and neuroscience: Theoretical and practical perspectives (pp. 42-66). Routledge.

Matott, D. L. & Miller, G. M. (2020). Papermaking. In P. Crawford, B. J. Brown, & A. Charise (Eds). The Routledge companion to health humanities, (pp. 311-316). Routledge.

McMackin, M. L. (2016). Assessing the Value of Creative Arts Workshops and Hand Papermaking for Student Veterans in Transition. ProQuest Number: 10161214.

McMackin, M. (2021). Hand Papermaking with Student Veterans. In R. Mims (Ed.), Art therapy with veterans. (pp. 57-77). Jessica Kingsley Publishers. 

Moon, C. H. (Ed.). (2010). Materials & media in art therapy: Critical understandings of diverseartistic vocabularies. Routledge.

Murry, M. (2012). Art, social action, and social change. In C. Walker, K. Johnson, and L. Cunningham (Eds.), Community psychology and the economics of mental health: Global perspectives. Palgrave. http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/2.1.1291.1049

Van Lith, T. (2015). Art making as a mental health recovery tool for change and coping, Art Therapy, 32:1, 5-12, http://www.doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2015.992826