Next Meeting
Saturday December 7 2024, 12:00 pm (Melb)
Location: Box Hill Community Center
Join us for the BHCAC end-of-year social meeting
Members please bring work for show-and-tell, handmade decoration for Xmas tree, finger food to share, donation for a charity.
PoV will supply drinks.
Please note that we need Helping Hands volunteers for the December meeting. Please email papermakersofvictoria@gmail.com to volunteer.
Next artist talk
Roma McLaughlin
The Art of Papercutting
Tuesday October 15 3:00pm (Melb)
“My previous talk to POV was a general history and description of papercutting from its beginnings to current times. I gave a few examples of my own work and techniques. In this Zoom session, I would like to talk further on the topic of my current series of papercuts: How it was inspired by a recent art residency and how this influenced a different direction in subject matter and changed the way I papercut and the paper I use.“
Roma has been a papercut artist for over 10 years. She began cutting paper to create intricate patterning as collage for her paintings. Some of the subjects she has explored are birds, feathers, nests and eggs which reflected ideas of home, nurturing and belonging and images of her surrounding urban environment around her as she observed the rapid urban development in the city of Melbourne. Her later work is inspired by the powerful tides and monumental cliffs found on the Southern Ocean of Victoria. Currently she is creating papercuts about sea plants that are washed onto beaches in the Southern Ocean.
Roma uses a single sheet of paper and a scalpel to cut out shapes to form an interconnecting image. For her, it is the shapes taken away from the paper that defines the intricate patterns which often can resemble lace.
Roma is a member of the international Paper Artists Collective and has been published in the V&A publication Papercrafts. A Maker’s Guide.
Topic: Artist Talk – Roma McLaughllin
Time: Tuesday October 15th 3:00pm (Melb time)
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Passcode: 959905
Box Hill Community Arts Centre
PAPER REFLECTION
We are excited to announce the PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD !
Total number of slips: 108
Most popular: 17, Barb Adams for “My Wearable Paper Jacket”
Second most popular: 12, Barb Adams for “The Papermaker’s Garden”
Third Most popular: 10, Anne Gason for “Time and Tide”
Hearty and well deserved congratulations to Barb Adams for the recognition by a wide range of visitors for the artistry, skill, design and experience that has gone into making ‘My Wearable Paper Jacket’. Followed very closely by recognition for ‘The Papermaker’s Garden’ – combined the two pieces garnered 27% of the vote!
Congratulations too to Anne Gason, who came a very well deserved third for her wonderful and thoughtful “Time and Tide”.
Previous talks – Recordings available on member’s password protected page: Here
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We welcome members from all walks of life with an interest in paper making and use you can join here.