Winsome Jobling travelled to the United States of America and Singapore to investigate innovative hand papermaking focusing on specialist papers for printmakers. She did this through working alongside papermakers to gain practical insights and skills; and through research by visiting other professional papermaking studios and talking to relevant practitioners.
Highlights of her trip included:
- Working collaboratively on large scale works with Gretchen Schermerhorn, studio director and papermaker at Pyramid Atlantic.
- Working with and mentoring some of the key holder artists and interns at Pyramid Atlantic.
- Being asked to conduct a workshop demonstrating her wax watermarking and double dipping technique for Pyramid Atlantic members.
- Meeting Genevieve Wood from Johannesburg who was studying at Dieu Donne. They both work with similar fibres and in ‘low-tech’ situations and will continue to communicate.
- Attending an artist’s talk at the Elizabeth Foundation of Arts in New York. Where four artists and their collaborators spoke about the process of collaboration between master printmakers and papermakers and artists.
- Meeting with Richard Hungerford, (one of her papermaking heroes!) master papermaker at Singapore Tyler Print Institute.
- Visiting every art gallery and museum in Washington DC and New York!
Winsome continues to develop hand papermaking in Australia by maintaining contacts with papermakers and institutions in the USA and building links with national papermaking groups such as Papermakers of Victoria. She also holds workshops interstate.
Winsome continues to hold open studio days and run workshops in Darwin for local artists from all fields to promote the potential of future collaborations using handmade paper.
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