The Art of Contemporary Woven Paper Basketry

This giveaway [ENDED] is the third in a series of new paper craft book releases sponsored by Schiffer Publishing this fall. How wonderful that there is a company committed to elevating paper art and paper crafts by presenting such beautiful how-to books for those of us who are fascinated by paper and all that can be done with it.

Artist Dorothy McGuinness, author of The Art of Contemporary Woven Paper Basketry: Explorations in Diagonal Twill, creates truly remarkable baskets and sculptural objects with watercolor paper that she paints with acrylics and then cuts into 1/8 inch strips with the aid of a pasta machine. (I'm sure quite a few quillers will relate to this practice!)

 

There are hundreds of color and black/white photos in the 176 page hardcover book, and the text and instructions are clearly descriptive. The vast number of hours Dorothy spent on the making of the baskets and then explaining how to recreate them step by step is obvious. Even if you never plan to actually make a basket, you'll enjoy all that she has to say about the fascinating process.

Studying its pages is perhaps the next best thing to taking an in-person workshop, which is where Dorothy was first introduced to the concept of weaving baskets with paper strips about twenty years ago. She found paper to be a far more appealing medium than traditional materials such as cedar bark, oak splints, and bamboo that she had previously used because it is so accessible.

 

 

I feel incredibly lucky to have seen two of Dorothy's woven paper baskets in person when our work was included in Pulp Culture: Paper is the Medium, an exhibit at New Jersey's Morris Museum in 2014. If you are on Facebook, you can see her exhibited pieces here. A couple of months prior to the exhibit, I featured her in this post.

And now a U.S. and Canada giveaway! 

 

To enter to win a copy of The Art of Contemporary Woven Paper Basketry, post a comment below through Saturday, December 11. [GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED]

 

 

 

Because I am unable to see the email address you type in at first on the comment form, please include your email address within your actual comment so you can be notified if you win. If spam is a concern, type it this way: janedoe at gmail dot com 

 

 

Two chances to win! An identical giveaway is underway on Instagram. [ENDED] You may enter both places to double your chances, but may only win once.

 

 

Winners will be chosen via a random number generator - one from blog entries and one from Instagram entries - notified, and announced at the bottom of this post and on the Instagram post on Sunday, December 12, 2021. 

 

 

The Art of Contemporary Woven Paper Basketry can be purchased from Schiffer Publishing, Amazon, or your favorite bookseller. 

 

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Thanks to all of the entrants for your enthusiasm for this book

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