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# Laurence Barker

Paper Artist and Print Maker

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- [I Dreamt I Schlepped Paper in my Summer Pajamas and Other Confessions](https://www.laurencebarker.com/uncategorized/i-dreamt-i-schlepped-paper-in-my-summer-pajamas-and-other-confessions/) - In the mid-to-late sixties there appeared on the scene with little fanfare a hand paper mill called Waterleaf Mill. The world took little notice of the event because there were only fifty people to whom Waterleaf Mill announced itself. If this sounds passing strange, think sham. There were sample sheets of handmade paper, that much
- [Papermaking In Spain 2003](https://www.laurencebarker.com/events/papermaking-in-spain-2003/) - July (dates to be announced) – Paper Mill/Museum, Capellades 18th Annual Summer Paper Workshop by Victoria Rabal, Director For further information (soon to be posted): www.mmp-capellades.net – or contact: Victoria Rabal Museu Moli Paperer de Capellades Pau Casals, 10 08786 Capellades (Barcelona) Spain Tel. and Fax 34 93 801-2850 email: m.capellades@diba.es
- [Hand Papermaking and Paper Art by Victoria Rabal, Director of the Paper Mill/Museum of Capellades, and Laurence Barker](https://www.laurencebarker.com/events/hand-papermaking-and-paper-art-by-victoria-rabal-director-of-the-paper-mill-museum-of-capellades-and-laurence-barker/) - August (dates to be announced) – Pilar i Joan Miró Foundation, Mallorca Hand Papermaking and Paper Art by Victoria Rabal, Director of the Paper Mill/Museum of Capellades, and Laurence Barker. The objective of this workshop is to provide a general overview of handmade paper with basic instruction in pulp preparation and sheet formation combined with
- [Biographical Summary](https://www.laurencebarker.com/uncategorized/biographical-summary/) - I was Head of the Printmaking Department at Cranbrook Academy of Art from 1960 to 1970. Since then I have lived and worked mostly in Barcelona while occasionally lecturing in the United States, Europe, and South America. For the better part of twenty years I have participated in the summer workshops held at the Paper
- [An Interview with Laurence Barker](https://www.laurencebarker.com/uncategorized/an-interview-with-laurence-barker/) - by John Gerard (Hand Papermaking, Summer Issue 1988) Laurence Barker, born in 1930, established the first college-level papermaking workshop in the United States as part of the Printmaking Department at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, in Michigan. During the brief period of the workshop’s existence (1963 – 1970), Barker inspired numerous students – a list
- [Un Viaje desde Westbury a Chillicothe](https://www.laurencebarker.com/uncategorized/un-viaje-desde-westbury-a-chillicothe/) - Laurence Barker (Museu Molí Paperer - Capellades, Informatiu núm. 07, 1997) (Hand Papermaking, Summer 1997, Volume 12, Number 1) English version Prefacio Como dice el filósofo- y a mi me parece cierto- la vida se vive en dirección hacia delante, pero se entiende mirando hacia atrás. Desde que dejé Barcelona en 1995, he estado construyendo
- [A Journey from Westbury to Chillicothe](https://www.laurencebarker.com/uncategorized/a-journey-from-westbury-to-chillicothe/) - by Laurence Barker (versión en español) (Hand Papermaking, Summer 1997, Volume 12, Number 1) I came up with the title of this article on the spur of the moment some months ago. It seemed like a suitable way to link Douglass Howell, with whom I studied in Westbury, Long Island, to Dard Hunter, whom I
- [Technical Considerations](https://www.laurencebarker.com/uncategorized/technical-considerations/) - To number or not to number the edition? Or, more fundamentally, do the 152 paper pieces each artist has made for this portfolio constitute an edition in the first place? The instructions and accompanying guidelines provided by Hand Papermaking keep the issue wide open. The underlying premise seems to be that the work will be
- [Aesthetic Observations](https://www.laurencebarker.com/uncategorized/aesthetic-observations/) - It is a four-word statement that deserves to be carved in the lintel over the doorway to Modern Art and I don’t understand why it didn’t stop dead in its tracks the often arid debate over figurative vs. abstract art of the past century. “I paint my think,” said Paul Klee at age six(!). (“From
- [El Retorno - Laurence Barker](https://www.laurencebarker.com/uncategorized/el-retorno-laurence-barker/) - Laurence Barker couching a sheet of paper with students in the Printmaking Department at Cranbrook Academy of Art, 1963. AA3030-21. Courtesy Cranbrook Archives, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. In the broadest of brush strokes: after approximately 35 years of living in Barcelona, Spain, I returned to the United States in February 2007 where I since divide my
- ["Paper Trails, Douglass Howell, and how paper won its way into western art"](https://www.laurencebarker.com/uncategorized/paper-trails-douglass-howell-and-how-paper-won-its-way-into-western-art/) - by Andrea Swanson Honoré In the words of Laurence Barker, "papermaking is a two thousand year old craft on the one hand and a relatively recent activity in the world of art on the other." While both ends of this statement are of interest - paper’s history and importance as a craft and its multifaceted

## Pages

- [Laurence Barker - Paper Artist and Printmaker](https://www.laurencebarker.com/) - Laurence Barke was head of the printmaking department at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, MI from 1960 to 1970. View art and Portfolio.
- [Gallery](https://www.laurencebarker.com/gallery/) - Notes on Prints and Pulp Paintings As both printmaker and papermaker my principle concern over the years has been to complement the printed image with esthetically active paper. Many years ago I made shaped paper for woodcuts and lithographs, but for a long time now I have been using different pulps as a way to
- [Gallery (TEST)](https://www.laurencebarker.com/gallery-2/) - Notes on Prints and Pulp Paintings As both printmaker and papermaker my principle concern over the years has been to complement the printed image with esthetically active paper. Many years ago I made shaped paper for woodcuts and lithographs, but for a long time now I have been using different pulps as a way to
- [Bio: From Rutger's University art exhibit catalogue Paper Trail, 2000](https://www.laurencebarker.com/from-rutgers-university-art-exhibit-catalogue-paper-trail-2000/) - Sarasota, Florida/ Barcelona, Spain Laurence Barker was head of the printmaking department at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan from 1960 to 1970. He cites as a "key moment" in his life, when in 1962, a student gave him a piece of Douglass Howell's handmade paper. Barker recalled, "This wrinkled, semi-translucent paper discreetly
- [Catalog](https://www.laurencebarker.com/catalog/) - PDF (1.31MB) Low resolution web view (Nov. 21, 2006) PDF (32.29MB) High resolution print version (Nov. 21, 2006) Pricelist Please contact me for prices.
- [Contact](https://www.laurencebarker.com/contact/) - To contact Laurence Barker as well as for general information about lectures and workshops or if you are interested in purchasing any of the art, send email to: laurencebarker@gmail.com Mobile: (432) 230-2182 Main: (832) 245-5556
- [Articles](https://www.laurencebarker.com/articles/)
- [March](https://www.laurencebarker.com/march/) - PAPERMAKING IN SPAIN 2002 (See events)
- [January](https://www.laurencebarker.com/january/) - Far from needing a wake-up call, the world of hand papermaking ever since its mid-20th century renaissance has been in an ebullient and transforming mode. Originally inspired by the early and solitary artistic investigations of Douglass Howell, an ever growing number of artists in the intervening decades have contributed to the development of paper pulp
- [Events](https://www.laurencebarker.com/events/) - Papermaking In Spain 2003 July (dates to be announced) – Paper Mill/Museum, Capellades 18th Annual Summer Paper Workshop by Victoria Rabal, Director For further information (soon to be posted): www.mmp-capellades.net – or contact: Victoria Rabal Museu Moli Paperer de Capellades Pau Casals, 10 08786 Capellades (Barcelona) Spain Tel. and Fax 34 93 801-2850 email: m.capellades@diba.es
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