Paper-y Links

Hand papermaking resources, suppliers, museums, organizations, studios, and more.

CONNECT ONLINE

• Papermaking iO Group  a discussion forum for hand papermakers, dedicated to advancing papermaking skills. Search the message archives (they go back to 1999…the year) or ask your technical questions. List members include professional papermakers, newbies, and lots of folks in between.

• Hollander Beaters iO Group a discussion forum on Hollander Beaters: pulp processing, how-to & hints for all makes and models. Search the message archives (they go back to 2001) or ask your technical questions. Beaters refine fibers for generally more strong, crisp & dense paper.

• All Things Papermaking: Equipment Tools and Supplies Facebook Group—a shopping centre for HAND papermakers seeking tools, equipment, and supplies for their papermaking studios, whether they be beginning or established work spaces.

PUBLISHERS

• Hand Papermaking, Inc. Biannual Magazine, Quarterly Newsletter, & Paper Portfolios. If you’re researching a topic, search their entire catalog of back issues which go back to 1986.

• IAPMA Bulletin annual publication that is created by IAPMA members, for members.

• The Legacy Press Books about printing, paper, and bookbinding arts

PAPERMAKING ORGANIZATIONS

• North American Hand Papermakers (NAHP) connects the community of papermakers in the USA through conferences, exhibitions, and more.

• International Association of Hand Papermakers & Paper Artists (IAPMA)  International membership organisation for paper artists, with congresses, publications, and more.

• Papermakers and Artists Qld (PAQ) connects artists who share a passion for paper as an art medium, in Queensland and Northern NSW, but also has members from around Australia.

ORGANIZATIONS WITH SOME PAPERMAKING

(it’s cool how hand papermaking is cross-disciplinary…)

• Codex Foundation Promoting the book as a work of art. Known for their International Book Art Fair & Symposium.

• Paper and Book Intensive an annual sabbatical of 2-weeks of workshops in the book arts, paper­mak­ing, and con­ser­va­tion for sea­soned prac­ti­tion­ers and moti­vated begin­ners.

• SGC International Connecting artists of original prints, drawings, books, and handmade paper. The largest print organization in North America. 

• Surface Design Association an international membership organization providing a platform for the exchange of ideas, methods, and materials in textile-inspired art and design.

PAPERMAKING SUPPLIES, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT

• All Things Papermaking Equipment, Tools, Supplies New/Used Buy/sell Facebook Group

• Arnold Grummer Milwaukee, WI - Papermaking supplies

• Carriage House Paper Brooklyn, NY - Papermaking supplies

• Chester Creek Press Chestertown, NY - Wove moulds & deckles

• Colophon Book Arts Bloomington, IN - Papermaking supplies

• Eifeltor Mühle Germany - Papermaking supplies

• Papermoulds.com UK - Handmade antique, laid, wove moulds

• The Papertrail Waterloo, Ontario - Papermaking supplies, equipment

• The Paperwright Ontario, Ottowa - Papermaking supplies, equipment

• Twinrocker Brookston, IN -  Papermaking supplies

• Wooden Deckle Twin Lakes, WI - Papermaking kits

HOLLANDER BEATERS

• Mark Lander - The Critter Hollander Beater

• Lee Scott McDonald - The Oracle Hollander Beater

• David Reina - David Reina Designs - plus more equipment

• Deja Vu Lab & Test Equipment - (Hollander rebuilds & Repair)

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

• Dieter Freyer A comprehensive gateway to almost all handmade paper websites, including glossaries, museums, art, producers, history, and more.

• Arnold Grummer Beginner YouTube video tutorials on papermaking

• Hand Papermaking An archive of beginning papermaking articles

• Helen Hiebert The Sunday Paper, Paper Podcast, & How-to Books

• Magnolia Paper Resources & Downloads on tools, techniques

• Catherine Nash Educational resources for hand papermaking art

MUSEUMS

• Austrian Museum of Papermaking Laakirchen-SteyrermühlAustria

• Basler Papiermühle Switzterland

• Capellades Paper Mill Museum Spain

• Carriage House Paper Museum Brooklyn, NY

• Crane Museum of PapermakingDalton, MA

• Dard Hunter StudiosChillicoth, OH

• De SchoolmeesterWestzaan, The Netherlands

• Deutsches MuseumMunich, Germany

• Diósgyori Papermill Museum Hungary

• Echizen Washi Paper & Culture MuseumEchizen, Japan

• Gomez Mill HouseMarlboro, NY

• Heron Corn Mill Cumbria, UK

• Home and Paper MuseumFockendorf, Germany

• Ibrahim Muteferrika Paper Museum Yalova, Turkey

• Ino-cho Paper Museum Koichi, Japan

• Klostermühle Museum in Thierhaupten, Germany

• Moulin à Papier de Brousses et Villaret, France

• Moulin Richard de Bas France

• Musée des Papeteries Canson & Montgolfier Annonay, France

• Museo della Carta Amalfi, Italy

• Museo della Carta e della Filigrana Fabriano, Italy

• Museu Valencià del Paper Valencia, Spain

• Museum of Papermaking in Duszniki-Zdroj Poland

• Museum of Printing & Literature Grebicin, Poland

• Pan Asia Paper Museum (Hansol Paper Museum) South Korea

• Papierfabriek De Middelste Molen The Netherlands

• Papiermolen Herisem Alsemberg, Belgium

• The Research Institute of Paper History and Technology Brookline, MA

• Rittenhouse Paper Mill Philadelphia, PA

• Robert C. Williams Paper Museum Atlanta, GA

• Suho Memorial Paper Museum Taiwan

• Valle delle Cartiere Toscolano Maderno, Italy

• Verla Paper Mill Museum Finland

• The Whitworth Art Gallery (Wallpaper Collection) Manchester, UK

PAPERMAKING STUDIOS & HANDMADE PAPER MILLS

• Abaca Press Buffalo, NY

• Adela Yustas Romo Cantabria, Spain

• Rhiannon Alpers, 1890 Bryant San Francisco, CA

• ART-illery Papermaking, Patrick Sargent Washington, DC

• Atelier Allegro Doesburg, Netherlands

• Atlanta Printmakers Studio Atlanta, GA

• Awagmai Factory Japan

• Lucy Baxandall, Kingsgate Workshops Trust London, UK

• Bhutan Handmade PaperThimphu, Bhutan

• BlueSeed StudiosSaranac Lake, NY

• Book Studio, The National Museum of the Romanian Peasant Bucharest, Romania

• Camigraphie Puisserguier, France

• Cave PaperMinneapolis MN

• Center for Hand Papermaking in Honolulu, HI

• Circle of Life Studio Eagle River, WI

• Cobenick Studios Columbus, OH

• Combat Paper NJ, The Printmaking Center of NJBranchburg NJ

• Cronquist Paper Studio Rïga, Latvia

• Dieu Donné Papermill NYC

• Eifeltor Mühle Rheinbach, Germany

• Eskulan Villabona, Spain

• Frogmore Paper Mill Hertfordshire, UK

• Green Banana Paper Co. Kosrae, Micronesia

• Handmade Papers Gallery Brooklin, ME

• Hark! Handmade Paper Studio Saint Paul, MN

• Helen Hiebert Studio Avon, CO

• Hook Pottery Paper LaPorte, IN

• Institute of Design Kielce Kielce, Poland

• Inter-Ocean Curiosity Studio Englewood, CO

• Jennie Frederick Kansas City, MO

• Joan Hall Studio Jamestown, RI

• Kaghazgari Tehran, Iran

• Kagithane Paper House Istanbul, Turkey

• Kalamazoo Book Arts Center Kalamazoo, MI

• Khandroling Paper Cooperative Turners Falls, MA

• Kvarnbyns Handpappersbruk Mölndal, Sweden

• Liberty Paper - Claudia Lee Liberty, TN

• Logos Graphics San Francisco, CA

• Loreto Apilado Bataan, Philippines

• "MAKER" Intern Team Springfield, MO

• Marlis Maehrle Papier Zeichen Suderburg, Germany

• Mary Ashton Studio Seattle, WA

• Minnesota Center for Book Arts Minneapolis, MN

• Moara de Hartie Comana, Romania

• Molino del Manzano Argentina

• Molino Editions Deptford, London

• Moulin du Liveau France

• Morgan Conservatory Cleveland, OH

• Laughing Frog Handmade Paper Waxahacie, TX

• Le Moulin du Verger Puymoyen, France

• Nirupama Academy of Handmade Paper West Bengal, India

• The Nightcloud Studio Amandola, Italy

• Pace Prints NYC

• Paper Circle Nelsonville, OH

• Paper Discovery Center Appleton, WI

• Paperhouse Studio Toronto, ON

• Papermakers of Victoria Victoria, Australia

• paper THINK tank Philadelphia, PA

• Papeterie Saint-Armand Montreal, Canada

• Papier Artisanal Pérouges, Ain, France

• Papieratelier Klaus, Austria

• Papiermühle Homburg Triefenstein, Germany

• Papierwespe Wien Austria

• Peace Paper Project Tallahassee, FL

• People's Paper Co-op Philadelphia, PA

• Peter & Donna Thomas Santa Cruz, CA

• Pondside Pulp and Paper Norwich, NY

• Porridge Papers Lincoln, NE

• Pracownia Paper Poland

• Printing & Books Arts Center - Genesee Arts Rochester, NY

• Pulp & Deckle: A Papermaking Studio Portland, OR

• Pulpa Paper Products Galena, OH

• Pyramid Atlantic Silver Spring, MD

• Renate Habinger Oberndorf, Austria

• Rocinante Press Oakland, CA

• Roping the Moon Studio Honolulu, HI

• Ruscombe Paper Mill Margaux, France

• Salina Arts Center Salina, KS

• Sandee's Artful Words at Art Mob Studios Hendersonville, NC

• Seastone Papers West Tisbury, MA

• Shotwell Paper Mill San Francisco, CA

• The Soapbox Philadelphia, PA

• Strong Heart Press & Studio Yellow Springs, OH

• Terrapin Paper Mill Cincinnati, OH

• The Two Rivers Paper Co. Somerset, UK

• Valley Print StudioWoodland Hills, CA

• Western New York Book Arts Center Buffalo, NY

• Womens Studio Workshop Rosendale, NY

UNIVERSITIES & SCHOOLS WITH PAPERMAKING

• Appalachian Center for Craft, Tennessee Tech University Cookeville, TN

• Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts Gatlinburg, TN

• University of Alabama MFA in Book Arts Tuscaloosa, AL

• Arizona State University Herberger Institute for Design and the ArtsTempe, AZ

• University of the Arts Philadelphia, PA

• Banff Centre Banff, AB, Canada

• Cedar Crest College - Art & Art Therapy Department Allentown, PA

• The Center for Book & Paper Arts (CBPA) Chicago, IL

• Central St. Martins Central London, UK

• Community College of Vermont St. Albans, V

• Florida Atlantic University Libraries - Jaffe Center for Book Arts Boca Raton, FL

• Florida State University Veteran Paper Workshop Tallahassee, FL

• Florida State University Small Craft Advisory Tallahassee, FL

• University of Iowa Center for the Book Iowa City, IA

• James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA

• Kansas City Art Institute Kansas City, MO

• Longwood University Farmville, VA

• Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA

• University of Maine at Machias Machias, ME

• MassArt Boston, MA

• Minnesota Center for Book Arts Minneapolis, MN

• Minneapolis College of Art and Design Minneapolis, MN

• University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO

• Morley College London, UK

• Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA

• Penland School of Crafts Penland, NC

• Pontificical Catholic University of Chile Santiago, Chile

• Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI

• Sam Fox School - Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO

• Southwest School of Art - Picante Paper Studio Łódź, Poland

• Saint Lawrence University - Richard F. Brush Gallery Canton, NY

• St. Ambrose University Davenport, IA

• State University College at Buffalo Buffalo, NY

• State University of New York at Potsdam Potsdam, NY

• Syracuse University, School of Visual & Performing Arts Syracuse, NY

• Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, Center for the Arts Corpus Christi, TX

• Texas State University San Marcos, TX

• The University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts Milwaukee, WI

BUYING HANDMADE PAPER ONLINE

• Green Banana Paper Vegan banana fiber wallets and more

• Green Field Paper Company Hemp Heritage® and plantable seed paper

• Hatch Green Chile Paper Company Roasted Hatch Green & Red Chile Paper

• HiiH Lights Handmade paper lights

• Inquisited paper and prints Botanical art and handmade paper

• Kelsey Pike's Sustainable Papercraft Sustainable handmade paper and goods

• Lars Loves Letters Handmade papers, odd cards, and spacey prints

• Oblation Papers & Press Cotton rag paper, stationery and invites

• Papier Artisanal Sheets and stationery from cotton, hemp, and linen

• Porridge Papers Blue Collar and Seed papers, 100% recycled, great for letterpress

• Share Studios Handmade paper and contemporary lamps

• Signora Mare 100% cotton rag handmade paper sheets 

• Shotwell Paper Mill Handmade paper from rags, local plants, and textile waste

• Twinrocker Fine, 100% cotton rag paper for watercolor, letterpress & more

• Wild Paper Handmade A4 printer, artist, and wrapping paper