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Don Widmer Paper Arts

Don Widmer Paper ArtsDon Widmer Paper Arts

Portfolio - Pulp Painting

Pulp painting is a process that uses colored plant pulp as a painting medium. I apply the pulp to a freshly formed sheet of paper in various ways, using a spray bottle, squirt bottle, or even tweezers.  I control the pulp with hand-cut stencils, my fingers, or even by blowing on it. My artwork is made from various plant materials, including local plants such as daylily, iris, or corn. I cook down this material to beat into an archival and acid-free pulp. I also make paper from recycled fabrics such as denim and linen.


As a papermaker, I am fascinated by the ability of pulp to represent both living creatures and inanimate objects, which is why I choose to paint birds as well as architectural imagery.  Other subjects include music, myth and nautical imagery.


I also create artist books.

Birds and More

Ships and Nautical Flags

Birds and More

Don Widmer paper artist pulp paintings of architecture

Architecture

Ships and Nautical Flags

Birds and More

Ships and Nautical Flags

Ships and Nautical Flags

Ships and Nautical Flags

Music and Myth

Ships and Nautical Flags

Ships and Nautical Flags

Watch the Process

Artist Don Widmer guides the viewer through this unique process of creating imagery within the fiber of handmade paper, called pulp painting.

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