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Hand Papermaking, Inc.

Since 1986, dedicated to advancing traditional and contemporary ideas in the art of hand papermaking.

05/29/2026

To commemorate the fortieth anniversary of Hand Papermaking magazine and her twenty years as its editor, Mina Takahashi contributes a blue paper sample for the “All Blues” issue. Pictured here is a full 22 x 30-inch sheet of ultramarine-pigmented paper, “corrupted” with vinegar. A sample of this sheet is included in the current issue.

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05/27/2026

Just a friendly reminder that a few changes are coming up starting June 1st!

You can read more about these changes by following the link in our bio [click the “important updates” link!]
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05/22/2026

“In a deep-indigo night sky ominous clouds gather bringing lightning and thunder,” begins Murad Khan Mumtaz in an essay on his artwork Moon when the Cherries Turn Black for the current “All Blues” issue of Hand Papermaking magazine. This gorgeous work is painted in natural pigments on indigo-dyed handmade vasli paper made by Hussain Kagzi in Sanganer, Rajasthan, India. Here, we show a detail of the night sky pictured in the 131/8 x 17¾-inch work. Courtesy of the artist.

Renew or subscribe TODAY to make sure you receive our upcoming Summer 2026 issue & lock in with your subscription at our current rates — they are increasing June 1st!
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05/20/2026

A reminder that our rates are increasing soon (June 1st)! Subscribe or renew your subscription today to lock in at our current rates before this increase!

You can read more about this change by visiting the link in our bio, or by visiting our website at www.handpapermaking.org
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05/18/2026

📣 A reminder to everyone: our subscription rates are increasing on June 1st 📣 You can subscribe OR renew your subscription today to lock in our current rates!

In the current “All Blues” issue of Hand Papermaking magazine, Don Farnsworth and Max Thill describe their pursuit to recreate Renaissance-era blue handmade paper, cherished by artists like Federico Barocci and Leonardo da Vinci. At Magnolia Paper Studio, for the past ten years, Don and Max have explored numerous ways to color rags and pulp for papermaking, and went so far as to commission the production of heritage wool felts to achieve the hair-marked surface of sixteenth-century blue handmade papers. Their own artwork on the blue papers they made are a testament to their decade-long quest for the perfect drawing paper. Here, Max Thill is forming sheets of indigo-blue linen paper at Magnolia Paper Studio, Oakland, California.

www.magnoliapaper.com/
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05/15/2026

Help us celebrate 40 years of Hand Papermaking 🎉

Show your support by sporting our official merch—shirts, hats, tote bags, and more!

Shop the collection at the link in our bio (or visit www.bonfire.com/store/hand-papermaking/)
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05/13/2026

In the current “All Blues” issue of Hand Papermaking magazine, artist and poet emet ezell shares the history of blue paper in seventeenth-century mystical Jewish texts and how they resurrected the practice in an art project to reclaim an abducted synagogue in Latvia. Part of the art installation was their moving work, Map to Disappeared, 2024, 70 x 50 centimeters (27.6 x 19.7 inches), ink on blue handmade paper.

Photo: Ben Monks. Courtesy of the artist.
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05/11/2026

It’s been a while since we shared a question from our community to our community!

Today’s question:

“What natural retention aids do people use when adding pigments to pulp?”

Do you have any insight to share? Leave your thoughts in the comments below ⬇️

We’re so thrilled to help foster a space where papermakers of all experience levels can come together, exchange knowledge, and support one another in their practice.

Have a question for the community? Drop it in the comments or send it to us via DM!
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05/08/2026

Just a friendly reminder that a few changes are heading our way starting June 1st!

You can read more about these changes by following the link in our bio [click the “important updates” link!]
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05/06/2026

“All Blues” is the theme of the fortieth-anniversary issue of Hand Papermaking magazine, vol. 41, no. 1 (Summer 2026).

In it we explore the whys and hows of making and using blue handmade paper, historically and in our present time.

Featured on the front cover is May Babcock () and Lindsey Beal (), Lamina: Undertow #1, 2016–2018, 11 x 8.5 inches, cyanotype on artist-made paper from pigmented cotton and cornhusk with gouache. Collection of RISD Museum, Providence, Rhode Island. Courtesy of the artists.

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Address

PO Box 50336
Mendota, MN
21211

Telephone

(651) 447-7143

Website

http://www.handpapermaking.org/, https://linktr.ee/handpapermaking, https://www.bonfire.com/store/hand-papermaking/

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