A little peek into the world of paper artistry
Hello. I’m back from Japan and I can’t wait to show you some of the amazing things and places I discovered along the way. I’ll be back to blogging as usual soon. In the meantime take a look at this new paper perfect 1930’s telephone by The Makerie. They created it to illustrate the contact page of their website. So nice!
As promised (in my last post), here’s what upon a fold will be displaying at the upcoming A4 Paper Festival in Sydney. The airvase by Torafu Architects is definitely one of my all time favourite paper finds. So when asked to showcase a product that was both innovative in design and available for purchase, the airvase was first to pop into my head. It’s paper used in a way I have never seen before.
Now here comes the fun part! The white airvase, although astoundingly beautiful in white is also spectacular in colour. My idea was to demonstrate how playful they really are, so I got stamping using all my favourite colours and then shaped each airvase differently. I just carved simple shapes from erasers I already had at home (I’m sure there are more sophisticated methods), and used VersaColor pigment ink for adding colour. Simply stamp your design, leave it to dry and then sculpt it your way. There are so many possibilities!
These airvases will be on display at the festival and there will be samples for festival guests to play with too. And if you fall in love with them, as did I, there will be sets available at the show for purchase.
I’m flying out of Sydney next week and on my way to Japan which means I’m sadly going to miss this paper celebration. I’m now completely convinced that I’m cursed with bad timing. When I found out the dates for the show, I wanted to cry. Anyway, I just know there will be many more to come because this is too good a celebration to stop at one!
Stills from an animation by trialanderror for the launch of the festival. Watch it here.
Still from an animation by trialanderror called Paper Cities. Yep, paper is cool!
The Paper Convention Collective at The Finders Keepers Market.
The Paper Convention Collective paper-bomb workshop, instructed by Dear Plastic.
A trialanderror paper installation for the Collective at The Finders Keepers Market.
A4 Paper Festival invites, die-cut and folded fun!
What to expect from a Yoshinobu Miyamoto workshop!
Benja Harney’s brilliance with bling.
Anna Gleeson’s paper jewels.
There has been much blogging, tweeting, and chitchat about this very exciting upcoming paper festival and I’m not at all surprised. It’s the first of its kind here in Australia, and it’s going to be amazing!
Presented by The Paper Convention Collective, the A4 Paper Festival in Sydney will showcase amazing paper art by 12 international and Australian artists. Our dear paper folding friend Yoshinobu Miyamoto from Japan will be a guest artist, along with many other inspiring paper artists, including all my Aussie favourites. So if you’re in Sydney, be sure to mark this on your calendar as there’s loads of paper fun to be had starting May 31 through to June 6. You must RSVP to attend the opening night which will be held at The Paper Mill gallery.
The event will include workshops, talks, exhibitions, demonstrations, and more. It’s the brainchild of Lisa Loxley, a passionate paper person and the creative gal behind lox+savvy paper goods.
The lead up to the main event has been non-stop activity for Lisa. I’m not quite sure how she hasn’t collapsed from exhaustion yet!? A genuine passion for paper is what has inspired her every step of the way, through workshops, markets, talks and soon a week long main event! Luckily she has awesome volunteers helping out and a long list of sponsors, venue and media partners, including yours truly.
I was so happy to have been asked to contribute to the A4 Paper Festival. Upon a Fold will be showcasing one amazing paper product, as well as fundraising for Japan. Since so many of you are not be able to attend (including me, but more about that later!) I’ll show you what we created for our display in my next post. It’s colourful and loads of fun to create, and I can’t wait to show you!
After a year of sending paper goods all over the world, Upon A Fold has now finally qualified for cheaper postage rates with Australia Post.
International postage rates have come down quite a bit, which is great, and international customers, please remember that 10% will also come off your total at checkout. This is simply an Australian tax that overseas orders do not attract.
To my dear Aussie customers, you’ll also find reduced rates for postage within Oz. Also, I’ve added weights for every product in the store. So now, you’ll know exactly how many grams you have in your basket, before passing through checkout.
Thanks for all the support so far everyone. I’ll continue to push for better rates with Australia Post, but in the meantime, if you could share the news with your friends and fellow paper lovers, I’d be eternally grateful.
Justine xo
P.S Credit to D-Bros for the beautiful airmail letter set above.
