The Paper Mill Closed and the Studio Got Louder
The paper mill in town shut down last month. More people are home during the day. More noise complaints about my press running at 10 a.m. Sir, this is my job...
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Ingrid Solberg
Teaching a Workshop Means Lowering Your Standards for Joy
Weekend workshop. Students wanted perfect edges. I wanted them to feel the fiber. One cried when hers tore. I said tear is a story. She looked at me like I w...
The Cat Sat on the Wet Sheet
I pulled a sheet from the vat. Perfect pulp. My cat walked across it like she pays rent and left paw galaxies. The client will either love it or think it is...
Why I Spend Six Hours Making Four Sheets of Paper
Why handpapermaking takes six hours to produce four sheets — and why that slowness is the entire point of making anything by hand.
The Beginning of OK Is Enough
Why children's picture books about moving and loneliness don't need a tidy resolution — and why 'the beginning of OK' is the more honest, resonant ending.
Ruth Does Not Care: A Case for Cats as Chaos
A cat named Ruth Bader Ginsburg knocked over a $28 ink bottle. The resulting stain—and the cat's total indifference—says something true about living with cats.