Radha Pandey making paper in the Indo-Islamicate style. Image by Aimee Lee.
About the lecture
This talk focuses on traditional Indo-Islamicate papermaking history and techniques, with a focus on contemporary practices in India. The Kagzi family is used as a case study to illuminate the introduction of papermaking in India and how it changed under British rule. The lecture will be followed by a demonstration of the burnishing technique and a show-and-tell of samples, tools and papers collected by the speaker.
About the speaker
Radha Pandey is a papermaker and letterpress printer. She earned her MFA in Book Arts from the University of Iowa Center for the Book where she was a recipient of the Iowa Arts Fellowship. She practices European, Eastern and Indo-Islamic Papermaking techniques and teaches book arts classes in India, Europe and the US. Her book "Anatomia Botanica" won the MICA Book Award (2014), and received an Honorable Mention at the 15th Carl Hertzog Award for Excellence in Book Design. Her book "Deep Time" won the Joshua Heller Memorial Award (2018). Her artists books are held in over 80 public collections internationally, including the Library of Congress and Yale University. Currently, Radha is working on an artist book inspired by Mughal floral portraiture from the 17th century, for which all the paper will be hand made in the traditional Indo-Islamic style.
This online event will take place on Wednesday, July 28th from 12 PM—1 PM EST.
This talk will last approximately 40 minutes, followed by questions. To attend, register via this Eventbrite Portal, as space is limited.
This program is pay-as-you-wish, with a suggested minimum donation of $5.00. After registering, attendees will automatically receive a registration confirmation from Eventbrite and an email from Zoom with the link to join the program.
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About the Series:
Global Perspectives in Hand Papermaking is a virtual lecture series featuring papermakers from around the world. The series explores both historic and contemporary approaches to papermaking through talks by individuals with expertise in papermaking in Japan, Korea, India, Chile, and Spain. Among the topics discussed will be traditional fibers, tools, and papermaking techniques, as well as contemporary trends in production papermaking and artistic experimentation.
Special thanks to the Windgate Foundation for their generous support for Global Perspectives in Hand Papermaking.