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PAPER CONFERENCE ATTRACTS UNIQUE LANDFORMS ARTIST
RENOWNED landforms artist John Wolesley has captured Australia's beauty on paper for more than 20 years.
Unique landforms artist John Wolseley will visit Burnie next week for the 20th International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists Congress.
During his visit to Burnie for the 20th International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists Congress next week, Mr Wolseley will reveal this unique art form to the visiting international delegates and also locals.
No stranger to Burnie, Mr Wolseley said he was looking forward to working with the City's paper artists and will be a keynote speaker for IAPMA.
From March 26-30 various events will be held throughout Burnie to showcase the City's rich history to international and national guests.
Mr Wolseley will also host a workshop on March 28 at Cradle Mountain, which will see artists document a particular piece of ground using paper.
"My workshop will be a kind of refresher for practicing artists and also for amateurs," he said.
"It will be about methods of looking afresh at the unique nature of a particular piece of ground and in this case, the fascinating vegetation of this sub-alpine habitat.
"We tend to forget how when we were children we could truly see the detail and wonder of the small things at our feet, and my workshops are about learning to truly see these things again."
With more than 50 years of experimentation with the paper medium, Mr Wolseley said he has pushed the use of paper to its limits.
"I've buried and exhumed some drawings in the desert and in my recent work, there are 70 papers which I have let blow in the desert winds being inscribed by the burnt trees and branches after fire for several months.
"I then work into these papers already drawn on by nature with my own detailed renderings of plants and birds."
The official exhibition of IAPMA, New Paper Old Land, will open on March 26 at the Burnie Regional Art Gallery and run until May 10.
For more information visit www.iapmacongress2009.com.au
NEW YORK ARTIST TO INSPIRE AT BURNIE PAPER CONFERENCE
AMERICAN paper artist Helen Hiebert will share her expertise with artists from across the globe for the 20th International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists Congress in Burnie this month.
American paper artist Helen Hiebert will visit Burnie this month for the 20th International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists Congress.
The New York-based artist will hold a two-day Paper Lamps, Lanterns and Sculpture workshop from March 24-25 for delegates and local artists.
"I attended my first IAPMA meeting in 2005 and was incredibly inspired by my peers. It is amazing to meet people who are interested in this obscure subject and to see how they are working with paper," Helen said.
Despite initially unaware that Burnie was renowned as a papermaking town, Helen signed up for the conference, alongside 114 other international and national delegates.
"I had heard of Creative Paper Tasmania, but until I signed up to come to this event, I didn’t realise that Burnie was a papermaking town," Helen said.
"My guidebook (Lonely Planet Tasmania) dedicates just three pages to Burnie. I’m happy to report that both the Burnie Art Council and Creative Paper Tasmania are featured on those pages.
"I’m expecting to see some beautiful landscapes and vistas, some wildlife I’m not accustomed to.
"And I’m looking forward to meeting all of the people I’ve corresponded with as well as some locals. I also look forward to eating some good local food."
Creative Paper Tasmania’s Business Manager Michelle Wubbolts said it was the first time the IAPMA conference has been held in Tasmania and would be a great chance for Burnie to showcase its paper-rich history to the world.
"It’s exciting that 115 paper enthusiasts are coming to Burnie for the long-awaited conference, which brings opportunities to build new networks and share our knowledge, passion and creativity with paper," Michelle said.
For more information visit www.iapmacongress2009.com.au
For further information please contact:
Tahnia Creedon
Communications Officer
Burnie City Council
(03) 6430 5716
0448 568 728
CREATIVE PAPER TO REVEAL WOMBAT POO PAPER TO WORLD STAGE
BURNIE'S Creative Paper will reveal its latest breakthrough to the world stage at this month's international paper conference.
Creative Paper duo (from left) Darren Simpson and Dean Jupp at work creating their new wombat poo paper, which will be showcased to international and national delegates this month for the IAPMA Congress in Burnie.
Famous for their roo poo paper, papermakers Darren Simpson and Dean Jupp have created wombat poo paper, which will be showcased to the 115 delegates attending the 20th IAPMA Congress in Burnie.
Darren said each delegate attending the conference would receive a book with the cover made from wombat poo paper.
“The conference is a great opportunity for Dean and I to grab tips off some talented paper artists from all over the world and also showcase what we've been doing over the years as well,” Darren said.
“Dean and I have always wanted to travel overseas to see what other paper makers are doing so now we don't have to as they're all coming to us.
“We've got 22 years experience in paper making between the two of us and it takes a long time to get to that level. But when you're passionate about paper making as much as we are it just comes as second nature and we want to pass that onto other people.”
Renowned for their world-first roo poo paper, Darren said the wombat poo paper was surprisingly easier to work with.
He said the wombat scats were donated from Trowunna Wildlife Park and local resident Pauline Chitty, of Mole Creek. The donations were enough to produce more than 100 A3 sheets of paper.
“After the conference we hope to make the wombat poo paper part of our normal range and will also look at making liquid fertiliser with the waste from the papermaking process,” Darren said.
“Recycling is an important part of our business so we will start doing tests soon to see if this is possible.”
Various events will be held through Burnie from March 26-30 to showcase Burnie's paper rich history to international and national guests.
For more information visit www.iapmacongress2009.com.au
NB: The paper won’t be ready for sale until later in the year, but we will take pre orders. The paper will be made available in all our current sizes of paper and there will be a stationery range available. If you are interested in the paper please contact Creative Paper Tasmania on (03) 64 305831.
Introducing 'Makers' Artist Paper
Creative Paper develops new artist paper
Our paper makers have recently sourced a large amount of white cotton linen that can be recycled to make a fine quality artists paper.
Most artists paper is made in Europe however ours is authentically hand made and dried using traditional techniques giving the paper an authentic and purely eco – friendly quality. It is 100% Acid and lignin free and is available in post card size, A5, A4, A2 and Imperial.
For more details please contact our friendly staff at Creative paper Tasmania. sales@creativepapertas.com.au or (03) 64 305831.
