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You are cordially invited
to join us in the Boston area on Sunday,
October 4. Enjoy lunch with Lee McDonald hosted
by the Boston Paper Collective, a mini-seminar in the
afternoon with Sid Berger, and a festive evening
with Elaine Koretsky, while supporting the non-profit
programs of Hand Papermaking.
From 11:30 until 1:30 we’ll gather for a casual lunch at
the home of Lee McDonald, where he will regale us with
stories from the early days of the hand papermaking
renaissance, talk about his latest beater, and introduce the
Boston Paper Collective. Lee began as a Twinrocker
apprentice in the mid-1970s and he’s been designing/building
papermaking equipment ever since.
After lunch we'll make a very quick trip to Newton Lower
Falls, a village rich in papermaking history.
Next, a few minutes away at the home of Sid Berger and
Michele Cloonan, from 2:00 until 4:30, professor Berger will
teach us how to recognize and describe paper characteristics
and aspects of paper decoration, using rare papers from his
amazing collection to illustrate. Sid has been collecting
and researching paper for nearly 40 years and was recently
part of an international team of scholars developing a
thesaurus of paper terms. He directs the Phillips Library at
Peabody Essex Museum.
At 5:00 our group is invited to enjoy
wine and cheese at Elaine Koretsky’s International Paper
Museum at The Research Institute of Paper History and
Technology. Located in a 100-year old building originally
used as a carriage house, the Museum holds a tremendous
collection of books, handmade paper, and artifacts collected
by the Koretskys during several decades of field research
worldwide.
This unique opportunity is limited to 20 guests, and
priority will be given to current subscribers. Sign up now
by calling Hand Papermaking at (301) 220-2393 or print this
reservation form and fax to
(301) 220-2394. Participants
are asked to make a $75 tax-deductible donation to Hand
Papermaking, a 23-year-old non-profit organization dedicated
to advancing traditional and contemporary ideas in the art
of handmade paper.
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