The Art and Art Therapy of Papermaking: Material, Methods, and Applications

ISBN-13: 9781032106243 / Angielski

Drew Matott; Gretchen Miller

Opis

The Art and Art Therapy of Papermaking: Material, Methods, and Applications provides a comprehensive collection about the contemporary practices, media, and value of hand papermaking as social engagement, art therapy, and personal voice.

Divided into three sections that highlight each of these areas, contributors explore topics such as advocacy, work with survivors, community outreach, medical challenges, and how papermaking can empower creative expression, stories of change, recovery, and reclamation to address trauma, grief and loss, social action, as well as life experiences. Previous books have covered hand papermaking or art therapy media as stand-alone subjects; this text is the first of its kind that unites and describes the convergence of papermaking in all these forms.

Art therapists, art educators, and artists will find this book essential to their education about how papermaking can be a powerful process to make meaning for the self, groups, and community.

Recenzje

"In The Art and Art Therapy of Papermaking: Material, Methods, and Applications, editors Drew Luan Matott and Gretchen M. Miller have gathered an important series of essays by practitioners who have seen, again and again, how therapeutic the craft can be. This book is essential for anyone who cares about the craft of papermaking, and its ability to help nurture and heal."

Tim Barrett, director emeritus, University of Iowa Center for the Book

"This wonderful book is what happens when artists and art therapists get together to rediscover an age-old yet uncommon material. Every aspect of papermaking is described: from how to approach this fascinating medium and invite participants to explore its alchemical potential, to the practical details and endless therapeutic adaptations that can be made. But it doesn’t stop there: More than a book on papermaking, it offers a soul-stirring testimony to the work of reclamation – as people courageously free the fibers of their military uniforms, baby blankets, public records, t-shirts, love and hate letters, and more – to be pulped, recast, and transformed with radical insights that inspire far-reaching transformations in their lives."

Lynn Kapitan, Ph.D., ATR-BC, HLM, professor emerit of graduate and doctoral art therapy and author, Introduction to Art Therapy Research

"The Art & Art Therapy of Papermaking　is an accessible guide to transforming meaningful materials and experiences into sheets of paper and works of art. An insightful book filled with examples of healing through the papermaking process – the first of its kind!"

Helen Hiebert, author, The Papermaker’s Companion, artist, and educator

"Serendipity often led contributors to this book to papermaking. Fortunately, readers can engage with papermaking more intentionally and knowledgeably with Matott and Miller’s The Art and Art Therapy of Papermaking as their guide. Teachers, art activists, art therapists, students, and artists of all experience levels will find practical and inspirational material here. The book is replete with examples, instructions, and resources that are relatable and accessible. The authors have made papermaking, often perceived as too complicated for novice users, approachable by all. Highly Recommended!"

Lisa D. Hinz, Ph.D., ATR-BC author, Expressive Therapies Continuum A Framework for Using Art in Therapy

Spis treści

Introduction PART I: Papermaking as Social Engagement 1.　 Making Paper Mean Something: Socially Engaged Art with Content-Specific Fibers 2.Pulp, Pull, Press, and Print:　Engaging with Papermaking in Community Art　Workshops 3.　 Paper as Praxis PART II: Papermaking as Art Therapy 4.　 Adaptations and Modifications for Therapeutic Hand Papermaking 5.Papermaking Transformation in an Art Therapy Curriculum 6.　 Voices of the Bereaved: Papermaking for Processing Grief and Loss PART III: Papermaking as Personal Voice 7.Papermaker Reflections: Stories of Change, Growth, and Creativity 8.Future Thoughts and Directions

O autorze

Drew Luan Matott is a Master Papermaker and Founder and Director of the Peace Paper Project with expertise in using papermaking as a form of social engagement and community activism.　

Gretchen M. Miller is a Registered Board Certified Art Therapist and Advanced Certified Trauma Practitioner.