All images* copyright 2004, Kim Matthews, Minneapolis, MN USA FFI: litemotif@aol.com or visit www.holzemergallery.com

*photos of Kavaka and Alligator by Buck Holzemer. Thank you, Buck and Shelley!

Handmade Paper, Fine and Functional Art - Kim Matthews
Big Nut, 2003, handmade silk paper, overbeaten tinted abaca, reed, waxed cord, shoe polish
Kinetic Screen Prototype, 2001-3, handmade kozo/abaca paper relief printed and embossed, maple, iron, rubber. Collection the artist.
Nest, 2003, handmade Nepalese daphne (nagashizuki formation) and tinted abaca papers, nonreactive wire, manzanita root
Kinetic Screen Prototype, detail
Just Like a Pisces, 2003
 Overbeaten tinted abaca, reed, waxed cord

Polyp, 2003
 handmade Nepalese daphne (nagashizuki method), commercial handmade paper (India), nonreactive wire, manzanita root

(private collection)

Kavaka II , 2003
 commercial handmade paper (India), nonreactive wire, manzanita root

right: Kavaka II
side view, illuminated

 

Wabi-Sabi I: 12 x 12, 2004
 commercial handmade paper (India), iron oxide
Get back, 2003
 commercial papers, reed, iron oxide

Wabi-Sabi II: Strange Forest, 2004
 commercial handmade paper (India), iron oxide, luan, vintage outboard motor crate

Luna, 2004
handmade Japanese and Thai kozo (nagashizuki method), reed