Bulletins

#64 RESONANCE

Bulletin Editor:
Sophie Chanyoung Kim (South Korea)

Bulletin Designer:
Orit Mardkha-Tenzer (USA)

Handmade Paper Cover:
Marie Sol Payró (Mexico): Recycled cotton with straw fibers; heat-sealed burn technique creating perforated holes.

Handmade Paper Swatches:
Therese Weber (Switzerland): Tashi Gongphel Bhutanese Paper
Marieke de Hoop (The Netherlands): Asparagus Paper
Valentin Bakardjiev (The Netherlands): Handmade Indigo Paper

Published: 2025

Quote from the preface by Fides Linien (Germany), IAPMA President:

“(...) Philosophically, RESONANCE refers to the deep, often subtle connection or interaction that occurs when something—an idea, a feeling, or a form—echoes or reverberates within us or across different contexts … The deeper the RESONANCE, the more intense the inspiration can be. It is as if RESONANCE provides a shared frequency between the artist’s inner world and the outer world, giving rise to something new, something that has never existed before (...)”

#63 SILENT STRENGTH

Bulletin Editor:
Sophie Chanyoung Kim (South Korea)

Bulletin Designer:
Orit Mardkha-Tenzer (USA)

Handmade Paper Cover:
Heike Berl and Papierwerk Glockenbach (Germany): Paper composed of linters and pine fibers with shredded lexicon; gold embossed circle and ink drawing elements.

Handmade Paper Swatches:
Ilze Dilane and Erika Zutere (Latvia): Paper in memory of Fred Siegenthaler
Eva Maria Juras (Germany): Paper in memory of Peter Jansen
Anke Meixner and Janet Sifft (Germany): Handmade Hemp Paper

Published 2024

Quote from the preface by Fides Linien (Germany), IAPMA President:

“(...) It is my great pleasure to share my thoughts with you on this year’s Bulletin theme, SILENT STRENGTH. In doing so, I would like to focus on the strength and relevance of paper art and paper artists in the global art market. I will round this up with some reflections on the silent strength of swarm intelligence, which highlights IAPMA’s relevance for paper artists, hand papermakers, and indeed all our members (...)”

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#62 CONFLUENCE

Bulletin Editors:
Jacqueline Mallegni (USA), Heather Matthew (Australia)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Dominique Rousseau (France), Phan Hài Bang (Vietnam): Photographic cover based on collaborative work
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
Brian Queen (Canada): 3D printed chiaroscuro watermark sample
Günes Evrim Yilmaz (Turkey): Recycled A4 paper with gold screenprint
Ilze Dilane and Erika Zutere (Latvia): Abaca, recycled paper, cardboard
 
Published 2023

Printed copies are sold out

#61 FREEDOM

Bulletin Editors:
Jacqueline Mallegni (USA), Heather Matthew (Australia)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Atelier Retailles (Canada): Linen and cotton fabric scraps with debossed topographical watermark design
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
Bruce Bunting (USA): Cotton-linen blend paper
Erika Zutere (Latvia): Eco-printed industrial paper
 
Published 2022

#60 POWER

Bulletin Editor and Designer:
Emily Duong (USA)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Erling Gustafsson and contributors (Sweden): Linen weaving paper from the Swedish company Klässbols with fragments of 40-year old Swedish banknotes, mica and gold foil
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
Ilze Dilane and Erika Zutere (Latvia): Abaca and grass paper
Gloria Florez (Australia): Eucalyptus and amate paper
 
Published 2021

Preview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPV-AAecRio

#59 APPROACH

Bulletin Editor and Designer:
Emily Duong (USA)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Kogei Workshop Center at Toyota City Paper Art Museum Washi no Furusato (Japan): Washi paper and Mikawa-morishitagami
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
Ilze Dilane and Erika Zutere (Latvia): Banana tree paper
Gail Stiffe (Australia): Flax paper
 
Published 2020

Preview:
https://youtu.be/rKOu-tdpf1o

#58 FUTURE

Bulletin Editor and Designer:
Emily Duong (USA)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Günes Evrim Yilmaz (Turkey): Recycled stained paper with coffee
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
Ilze Dilane (Latvia): Abaca and Latvian money
Trajna Collective (Slovenja): Notweed Invasive plant paper
 
Published 2019

Preview:
https://youtu.be/g7mpiBwzqpo

#57 PAPER: CONSCIENCE AND CONSCIOUSNESS

Bulletin Editor and Designer:
Emily Duong (USA)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Lilia Puentes (Paraguay): Plant fibre paper with floral inclusions
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
Ilze Dilane (Latvia): Abaca and cattail paper
Zó Paper (Vietnam): Do tree bark paper

#56 COMMUNITY

Bulletin Editor:
Alta L. Price (USA)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
—
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
Nicole Donnelly/PaperTHINKtank (USA): Abaca paper incorporating printed materials
 
Published 2017

IAPMA's 30th Anniversary Swatch Poster

Limited-edition 30th-Anniversary poster from the Deluxe Bulletin, featuring 12 handmade paper swatches made by IAPMA members and designed by Florio Design.

Poster Size:
9.75 x 31 inches (25 x 79 cm).

Handmade Paper Swatches:

• Barbara Adams (Australia): Artichoke thistle, mixed plant fibers, gold pigment 
• Laura Behar (Israel): Mitnan paper
• Ilze Dilane Cronquist Paper Studio (Latvia): Abaca, timian 
• Nicole Donnelly (USA): Flax, Thai kozo, Philly kozo 
• Luigi Mecella and Roberto Rapanotti Museo della Carta Fabriano (Italy): Pigmented cotton rag 
• Tatiana Ginsberg (USA): Abaca, indigo pigmented kozo inclusions 
• Aimee Lee and Radha Pandey, The Morgan Conservatory (USA): Hanji 
• Heather Matthew and Becca Epstein (Australia): Banana fibre 
• Jorge Mendoza (USA): Cotton and abaca, naturally pigmented jute “quipus” 
• Andrea Peterson, Pearl Swirl (USA): Cotton rag, sizing, titanium dioxide and red pigment, mica 
• Megan Singleton (USA): Pigmented abaca, cotton, okra 
• Gibby Waitzkin (USA): Snow-retted banana, cochineal dye

#55 PEARL: IAPMA's 30th ANNIVERSARY

Bulletin Editor:
Alta L. Price (USA)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Fold-out poster with 12 handmade paper swatches from multiple international contributors
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
Multiple international contributors (see poster of 30th anniversary selection)
 
Published 2016

#54 IMPRESSION

Bulletin Editor:
Alta L. Price (USA)

Handmade Paper Cover:
The Morgan Conservatory (USA): Endpapers of mixed plant fibers

Handmade Paper Swatches:
—

Published 2015

#53 EGO

Bulletin Editor:
Alta L. Price

Handmade Paper Cover:
Fabriano (Italy): Dust jacket of air-dried, relief-watermarked, cotton/linen rag paper

Handmade Paper Swatches:
—

Published: 2014

#52 WATERMARKS

Bulletin Editor:
Gail Stiffe (Australia)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Marianne Little and Barb Adams (Australia): Mixed plant fibre
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
Helen Hiebert: Watermark sample, cotton linters
 
Published 2012

#51 SEWN UP

Bulletin Editor:
Gail Stiffe (Australia)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Claudia Lee and friends (USA): Stitched handmade paper
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 2012

#50 SILVER

Bulletin Editor:
Gail Stiffe (Australia)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Amanda Degener and Bridget O’Malley, Cave Paper (USA): “Galaxy” flax and mica paper 
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 2011

#49 CELEBRATION

Bulletin Editor:
Gail Stiffe (Australia)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Wonju Hanji Institute (South Korea): Hanji paper
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 2011

#48 RAPT

Bulletin Editor:
Gail Stiffe (Australia)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Anupam Chakraborty (India): Cotton rag and ramie fibre
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 2010

#47 EDGE

Bulletin Editor:
Gail Stiffe (Australia)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Asao Shimura (Philippines): Rice straw and black kozo with konyaku print
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 2010

#46 NATURAL FIBRES

Bulletin Editor:
Gail Stiffe (Australia)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Helmut Becker (Canada): hemp paper
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 2009

#45 BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS

Bulletin Editor:
Gail Stiffe (Australia)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Loreto Apilado (Tasmania): Tobacco and kozo fibre
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 2009

#44 HIDDEN PLEASURES

Bulletin Editor:
Gail Stiffe (Australia)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Mariethé Aubry Mertenat, Anne Lachat, Henriette Sanglard, Paulette Voélin and Nicole Bonnemain (Switzerland): Wild wheat colored with fir 
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 2008

#43 PAPER MAGIC

Bulletin Editor:
Gail Stiffe (Australia)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Andrea Peterson (USA): Pulp-painted cotton paper
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 2008

#42 JOURNEYS

Bulletin Editor:
Gail Stiffe and Russell Shiells (Australia)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Joanne Kaar (UK): Linen rag and linen half stuff
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 2007

#41 HAVENS

Bulletin Editor:
Gail Stiffe (Australia)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Peter Thomas (USA): Recycled US bank notes
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 2007

#40 TALES

Bulletin Editor:
Gail Stiffe (Australia)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Creative Paper Tasmania (Australia): Roo poo paper with inkjet print
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 2006

#39 TRACES

Bulletin Editor:
Loes Schepens (Netherlands)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Loreto Apilado (Philippines): Salago and akoso
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 2006

#38 HUMOUR

Bulletin Editor:
Hjørdis Harmens Kaland (Norway)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Manohar Upreti (Nepal): Nepalese paper
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 2005

#37 LIGHT

Bulletin Editor:
Hjørdis Harmens Kaland (Norway)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Natan Kaaren (Israel): Cotton and kozo fibrę
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 2005

#36 HOPE

Bulletin Editor:
Hjørdis Harmens Kaland (Norway)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Korea: Hanji paper
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 2004

#35 MEMORIES

Bulletin Editor:
Hjørdis Harmens Kaland (Norway)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Zenart AB (Sweden): “Blue Mango”
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 2004

#34 TIME

Bulletin Editor:
Hjørdis Harmens Kaland (Norway)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Nordisk Papirmakerforening (Denmark)
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 2003

#33 LETTERS

Bulletin Editor:
Hjørdis Harmens Kaland (Norway)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Manohar Upreti (Nepal): Nepalese paper with print
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 2003

#32 FIRE

Bulletin Editors:
Cornelia Ahnert (Germany), Guido Ahnert (Germany)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Büttenpapierfabrik Gmund GmbH & Co. KG (Germany): Reaction Purple Rain paper
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 2002

#31 AIR

Bulletin Editors:
Cornelia Ahnert (Germany), Guido Ahnert (Germany)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Gangolf Ulbricht (Germany): Handmade paper of mixed blue cotton and linen rags
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 2002

#30 WATER

Bulletin Editors:
Cornelia Ahnert (Germany), Guido Ahnert (Germany)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Gangolf Ulbricht (Germany): Cover of blue cotton, linen rags, and silkscreen print
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 2001

#29 EARTH

Bulletin Editor:
Cornelia Ahnert (Germany)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Gangolf Ulbricht (Germany): Mixture of blue cotton and linien rags
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 2000

#28 EXPECTATIONS

Bulletin Editor:
Marjorie Alexander (USA)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Margareta Mannervik (Sweden): Cotton rag with blind debossing, seagrass
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 2000

#27 ICONS

Bulletin Editor:
Catherine Nash (USA)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Ruth Moro (Switzerland): Print
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 1999

#26 EDIBLE PAPER

Bulletin Editor:
Josephine Tabbert (Germany)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Manohar Upreti (Nepal): Nepalese paper
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 1999

#25 ICONS AND TROUBLES

Bulletin Editor:
Väiski Putkonen and Harri Leppänen (Finland)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Cover of blank white printing paper
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 1998

#24 WINDOWS

Bulletin Editors:
Väiski Putkonen and Harri Leppänen (Finland)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Peter Jansen (Germany): Color photocopy
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 1998

#23 BRIDGES

Bulletin Editor:
Bo Rudin (Sweden)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Erling Gustafsson (Sweden): Flax, mica and conifer fibre
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 1997

#22 CIRCLES

Bulletin Editor:
Erling Gustafsson and Bo Rudin (Sweden)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Bo Rudin (Sweden): Cyclus Print, Stora fine paper
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 1997

INDEX OF BULLETINS 1986–1996

Bulletin Editors:
Anne Vilsbøll (Denmark) and Sophie Dawson (UK)

Handmade Paper Cover:
Bo Rudin (Japan): Kozo

Handmade Paper Swatches:
—

Published 1997

#21 LIFTS

Bulletin Editors:
Bo Rudin (Sweden), Erling Gustafsson (Sweden)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Erling Gustafsson and Malin Rudin (Sweden): Corrugated cardboard
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 1996

#20 PAPER MONEY

Bulletin Editors:
Dion Channer (Italy), Josephine Tabbert (Germany)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Duszniki Zdrój Paper Mill (Poland) and Blind Print Associazione Culturale (Italy)
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 1996

#19 FLYING OBJECTS

Bulletin Editors:
Dion Channer (Italy), Josephine Tabbert (Germany)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Josephine Tabbert (Germany): Recycled paper
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 1995

#18 PAPER CLOTHES

Bulletin Editors:
Dion Channer (Italy), Josephine Tabbert (Germany)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Natan Kaaren (Israel): Green wheat
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 1995

#17 PAPER AND FORM

Bulletin Editors:
Dion Channer (Italy), Josephine Tabbert (Germany)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Dion Channer (Italy): Cotton linters and fir tree fibre
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 1994

#16 DIALOGUE

Bulletin Editor:
Puck Bramlage (Netherlands) and Vicky Sigwald (Argentina)

Bulletin Designer:
Maaike Wijnands (The Netherlands)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Biborton Handmade Paper (Bangladesh): Water hyacinth fibre, waste paper
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 1994

#15 NATURE AND CULTURE

Bulletin Editor:
Puck Bramlage (Netherlands)

Bulletin Designer:
Maaike Wijnands (The Netherlands)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Peter Gentenaar (Netherlands): Flax and cotton fibre
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 1993

#14 CROSSING THE BORDER

Bulletin Editors:
Puck Bramlage (Netherlands) and Vicky Sigwald (Argentina)

Bulletin Designer:
Maaike Wijnands (The Netherlands)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Gangolf Ulbricht (Germany): Recycled fine printing paper
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 1993

#13 [Untitled]

Bulletin Editors:
Vicky Sigwald (Argentina), Puck Bramlage (Netherlands)

Bulletin Designer:
Maaike Wijnands (The Netherlands)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Maureen Richardson (England): Recycled UK banknotes 
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 1992

#12 MEDIUM: PAPER

Bulletin Editors:
Vicky Sigwald (Argentina), Donna Koretsky (USA)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
László Vincze (Hungary): Fir wood paper
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 1992

#11 [Untitled]

Bulletin Editors:
Vicky Sigwald (Argentina), Donna Koretsky (USA)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Dorothy Cox (USA): Cotton rag (1/3), cotton linters (2/3), silk thread
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 1991

#10 COTTON & ALPHA

Bulletin Editors:
Donna Koretsky (USA), Pia Andersen (Denmark)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Vicky Sigwald (Argentina): Triangle cover of banana and cattail 

Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 1991

#9 [Untitled]

Bulletin Editors:
Donna Koretsky and Pia Anderson (USA)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Anne Vilsbøll (Denmark) and Sophie Dawson (UK): Abaca paper
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 1990

#5 SHADES OF GREEN

Bulletin Editors:
Anne Vilsbøll (Denmark), Sophie Dawson (England)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Randi Studsgarth (Denmark)
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 1988

#4 TOUCH: CHINA

Bulletin Editors:
Anne Vilsbøll (Denmark), Sophie Dawson (Philippines)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Randi Studsgarth (Denmark)
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 1988

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#3 THE SOFT WORLD AND THE HARD WORLD

Bulletin Editors:
Anne Vilsbøll (Denmark), Sophie Dawson (Philippines)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Paper … Metal
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 1987

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#2 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HAND PAPERMAKERS AND PAPER ARTISTS

Bulletin Editors:
Anne Vilsbøll (Denmark), Sophie Dawson (Philippines)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Leporello made of Suminagashi paper
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 1987

#1 MANIFESTO

Bulletin Editors:
Anne Vilsbøll (Denmark), Sophie Dawson (Philippines)
 
Handmade Paper Cover:
Nepalese paper
 
Handmade Paper Swatches:
—
 
Published 1986

The original physical copy of this bulletin is currently missing from the IAPMA archive. Please contact archive@iapma.info if you have this bulletin and would be willing to donate it to the IAPMA archive, making it accessible to its members.