Khadi Paper!

After our visit to the Kalpana paper factory, Hartash, Adria and I began to explore the physical properties of Indian handmade rag papers. Some of these Khadi papers seem quite indestructible.

I have been making painted and folded forms with the paper. I am trying to think of the two-dimensional paper as a three-dimensional object like cloth and am painting both sides of the paper. I also am incorporating crayon rubbings from tiles, walls and floor-mats as a tactile reference to vernacular architecture.

Instead of measuring out a grid with pencil and ruler, I am making the grid by folding the paper. The folds catch and absorb the acrylic differently than the rest of the sheet does. When the paper is folded into volumetric forms, the grid becomes fully three-dimensional.

 Adria has been mounting her shadow-puppet influenced Mylar cut-outs on Khadi paper.

Hartash has been making clay prints on the paper. She has been printing from large rubber doormats and applying pressure to make the print by stomping on the paper. She also placed papers outside to catch a rare downpour.