Arrival to Tucson
Tomorrow will be Day One, the Hiromi Paper booth will be in the Catalina Room at the Radisson, Tucson 12-5 p.m.
p.s. yes, it’s hot!
Category: Conference
Istanbul Congress 2010 Part 3
IIC friends:
Takeshi Ishizaki (Center for Conservation, Science, & Restoration Techniques Tokyo)
Nobuyuki Kamba (Tokyo National Museum, Head of Conservation)
James Black (Archetype Publications)
Goodbye Istanbul!
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Istanbul Congress 2010 Part 2
Hiromi met with Ebru (marbling) artist Hikmet Barutçugil at Ebristan, the Istanbul Ebru House. Hikmet Ebru devoted himself to his passion, Ebru, and was recognized as the first artist to have discovered the new paper marbling technique known as “Barut Ebru”. At Ebristan, courses and seminars are offered to keep the traditional Turkish arts alive along with moving forward with new traditions. Hikmet demonstrated his skillful hand to Hiromi on our KH-17 Tosa Hanga in White sample (image below). You can look at the sample in person in our store as well.
View from the Ebristan
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Istanbul Congress 2010 Part 1
Hiromi has returned for the 2010 IIC in Istanbul with plenty of pictures to share. The IIC stands for the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works. This year was the 23rd biennial IIC Congress, held in Istanbul, Turkey. It was Hiromi’s first time there, so it was a treat for her to experience as well. Below is the first part in her photo report, more parts to come!
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LA Printer’s Fair 2010
Outside Booths Setup Day
Inside the Museum
A peek into our room
Thank you to the International Printing Museum, Rachelle, the volunteers, the vendors, and everyone who stopped by this year for making it another fun experience. If you missed out, be sure to join us next year!
and check out more pictures, videos, and reports of the fair here
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Kochi International Hanga Triennale
by Tsuyoshi Ageta
Translation by Yuki
Since the first exhibition was held in 1990, the Kochi International Hanga Triennale has been in session every 3 years and if everything goes smoothly, the 8th exhibit will be in March 2011. However, there have been doubts because of the lack of funds. Many inquiries were made about the exhibition, and although the date will be later than scheduled, the 8th exhibition will officially be held in October 2011.
This international exhibition solicits hanga work from professionals, which has gained recognition throughout the years. Now, it is known as one of the most distinguished international exhibitions in the world.
The first prize winner receives 1 million yen, the second prize winner receives 500,000 yen. For winners of work made especially from Tosa washi, the Tosa Washi Prize is given, as well as other awards.
In an island nation such as Japan, and in an even smaller island as Kochi prefecture, how is it that an international exhibition can take place? The answer is because Kochi prefecture has long been the center of washi production, and this event strives for the internationalization of Tosa washi.
Many are encouraged to display their work in this exhibition. On top of that, the number of past participants in this event is as follows:
Year 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
Japanese 492 451 390 392 473 614 533
Participants
International 664 1001 954 1035 900 901 849
Participants
Total # of 1156 1452 1344 1427 1373 1515 1382
Participants
**For an Exhibition Entry Form in English and information on our Tosa Washi papers, please contact us.
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SGC 2010 Recap
This year, Sachi and I attended the Southern Graphics Council in Philadelphia. It was both of our first times at SGC and Philadelphia at the same time, so we were excited and a bit unsure of what to expect for the trip. For example, arriving with coats, scarves, umbrellas, and boots on a very warm and clear Thursday morning (it *did* get plenty cold the next day). So, after a red-eye, we arrived around 6am Thursday. Once we left our luggage at the Loews hotel, we had until 2pm to check in, which was the plan as we were to spend the day walking around Philly and seeing the sights! Of course, a stop at Dunkin’ Donuts to regroup and plan it out was necesary (and a nice change from the drive by Starbucks of L.A.) First stop was the Independence Hall and Liberty Bell.
Our next stop was the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts, one of the largest nonprofit conservation centers in the country. It is always amazing to see conservation studios at work in person, and here we were able to see and learn how the very thin kozo papers were being used, as well as how important the fibers are.
Conservationist Minah showed us a river route to walk to our next destination, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, luckily the nice weather continued on. The museum was hard to miss, we saw it looming ahead 15 minutes before we arrived. We first went to the Perelman Building across the street and met with the head of paper conservation, Nancy Ash, and Scott. The conservation department recently moved to this building, which provided more space and growth. I couldn’t help but to think what a great city it must be to work as a conservator.
After we checked out the exhibitions at the Perelman Building, it was time to tackle the large Philadelphia Museum of Art, which was having a “Picasso and the Avant-Garde in Paris” exhibition, along with the Philagrafika: Works by Oscar Muñoz and Tabaimo.
Outside the museum and throughout the city, cherry blossoms & other spring trees were in bloom. The sculpture garden outside the west entrance was also featuring Isamu Noguchi.
Once back and after a quick rest in our hotel room, we were in the Millenium Ballroom setting up for the Vendors Fair portion of the conference. With three tables and our display board, we were able to spread our sample books this time. Travelling around the country to attend these conferences for us means that people are able to see and feel our papers in person.
The next day was the fair from 9am to 6pm, and it opened with a rush of attendants early on. It was a busy morning, and with our conference specials (20% off, free shipping, no tax) and sample packs, we definitely felt productive! We also gave an art sample pack to the Gamblin booth, who demonstrated their oil painting tools with the sheets throughout the day. Our Gampi sample packs, Paperwood, and VF papyrus were a hit with shoppers.
Our last night there, we made sure to ride (or sneak) into the highest floor of the hotel, it sure is another world stepping out into the streets of Philly at night.
We had a wonderful time, see you in St. Louis for SGC 2011!
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HPI Updates
HPI CATALOGUE 2010
2010 Hiromi Paper Catalogues are now available. HPI Members can make your free copy request.
Isamu Noguchi Photo Essay
Thanks to your support of the Noguchi Museum, we have sold out on our first batch of the Isamu Noguchi Photo Essay and expect our next shipment to come in early March. Stock will be limited again so feel free to reserve your copy before they arrive.
New Items
KH-61 Kozo #8 White
Akatosashi
KM-01 Shikoku Natural Washi Pads
Bhutan, Nepal, Yucatan, Khadi Sample Book
Color Gampi Sample Pack
Gampi Sample Pack
Bhutan Trongsa Large size thick/thin
IJ-Kiku Catalogue cover lettersize/square
Kizuki Hosho (now regularly in stock)
Hemp Dry Bark
Hahnemuhle Bamboo Photo Rag Paper Pack
IJ-Asuka in 150 g/m2
Korean Pictograph Square
Discontinued Items
Check out our discontinued items in our sale section!
Upcoming Conference
We will be attending the Southern Graphics Council conference in Philadelphia March 26-27 (at the vendor fair).
More SGC information can be found here.
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Guild of Bookworkers Standards of Excellence Seminar 2009
Hiromi Paper attended the Guild of Bookworkers Standard of Excellence Seminar last month for the first time in several years (and somehow it is already the end of November as I write this recap!). It was located in Hotel Kabuki in Japantown, San Francisco, we couldn’t resist the opportunity to drive up the 6 or so hours. I went with Joanna(her very first conference) and had a great time there. We were surrounded with Japanese restaurants and goodies, not to mention a few bus stops down from Union Square/Crown Point Press/SFMOMA. It was certainly nice to take a break from driving in the city. The seminar itself took place in the span of 3 days. We were able to setup the morning of and come down from our room every morning after. Participants certainly took advantage of our 20% off & free shipping. Our new complete Text Libris swatchbooks came just in time as well. Thank you to everyone who stopped by!
Also, I have just received word that over 1,500 origami cranes were folded for the banquet!
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Guild of Book Workers: Standards of Excellence Seminar
This coming Thursday – Saturday (October 29-31) we will be a vendor at the annual Guild of Book Workers: Standards of Excellence Seminar in San Francisco.
Location: Hotel Kabuki 1625 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94115, Kabuki Imperial Ballroom(Garden Level)
Time: Thurs 1PM – 6PM, Fri 9AM – 6PM, Sat 9AM – 4PM
Stop by to not only see our paper, book cloth, stationery, and new items in person, but to also receive our conference-only specials!
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