Paper // Clay is a blog about paper arts and ceramics,
written by a recent graduate of Carleton College in Northfield, MN. Presently I am hanging out in Milwaukee, WI looking for jobs and trying to keep my hands in clay.
I tumble my own work here and my paper/clay influences here, I write about bodies here, I write about science-fiction here, I write about television here, I post photos of myself waking up in the morning here, and I tweet here.
pa·per [pey-per] (noun)
- a substance made from wood pulp, rags, straw, or other fibrous material, usually in thin sheets, used to bear writing or printing, for wrapping things, etc.
- a piece, sheet, or leaf of this.
- something resembling this substance, as papyrus.
- a written or printed document or the like.
clay [kley] (noun)
- a natural earthy material that is plastic when wet, consisting essentially of hydrated silicates of aluminum: used for making bricks, pottery, etc.
- earth; mud
- earth, esp. regarded as the material from which the human body was formed.
paper clay [pay-per kley] (noun)
- any clay body to which processed cellulose fiber (paper being the most common) has been added. The inclusion of processed cellulose fiber in the clay enables new ceramic techniques, and makes the clay stronger and slightly lighter when it’s fired.
