Helen Hiebert Studio

Using time-lapse photography, the film explores how external forces such as time, gravity and molecular structure bend, tear and wrinkle Hiebert’s handmade paper, producing startlingly allusive and organic forms which recall the fibers and plants that the artist used in the paper-making process. ...

This chapter covers the basic equipment you'll need to make paper, from beginning to advanced.

This chapter documents various types of papermaking fiber and how to process them.

This chapter covers beating fiber to a pulp, literally! From the blender to the Hollander beater, watch pulp being processed.

This chapter addresses the basics about additives: sizing, calcium carbonate, methyl cellulose and pigments.

Watch Eastern, Western and Nepalses-style papermaking in action.

This chapter covers embedding, laminating, embossing, watermarks, inclusions, and a couple of sculptural techniques.

“My sculpture Mother Tree serves as a symbol of the vulnerability, strength and sense of community I feel as a mother.” – Helen Hiebert

This performance, choreographed by Tracy Broyles, brings Mother Tree to life as sculpture, dance, and crocheters interact.

The seven-foot tall handmade pap...