Crossing Borders Studio Tour 2011 Artist Nancy Daley

Nancy Daley

Hand Paper Making

Making paper from plant fibers and Lake Superior water gives me a sense of being part of Nature's primal processes. I soak the fibers, cook and beat them, encouraging the compost process; then from the vat, recreate them into a sheet of paper, a book or bowl, or a piece of sculpture.

We are all one ~

Breath from ancient Egyptians

becomes plaster on an Etruscan tomb

becomes earth beneath our feet

becomes water running down Cut Face Creek

becomes driftwood on Paradise Beach

becomes corn, beans, cedar trees, aster, wasp nest

becomes paper.

For we are all one.

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