Twinrocker: Forty Years of Hand Papermaking
The Robert C. Williams Paper Museum is honoring our good friends Kathryn and Howard Clark and Twinrocker Paper, Brookston, Indiana, for their incredible work reviving fine handmade paper in the United States with a retrospective exhibition.
From the Robert C. Williams Paper Museum website:
When we think of great moments in history, we think of big events: the fall of the Berlin Wall, the first moon landing, the discovery of Penicillin. There are many more great moments, however, that are unknown to most of the world, yet they quietly change certain industries and even the way we live. Such was the founding of Twinrocker paper mill near Brookston, Indiana in 1971. The impact that Twinrocker’s founders, Kathryn and Howard Clark, have had on hand papermaking in the United States and the process of creating Fine Arts Books over the past four decades will be celebrated in a 40th anniversary exhibit at the Museum. Twinrocker: Forty Years of Hand Papermaking will mark the first time this collection has ever been on public view.
Howie Clark is a founding board member of Blue Stone Folk School and our resident “sage”. He and Kathryn have been good friends of our family and our artistic pursuits for nearly a dozen years. Congratulations to both of them and a thank you for their contributions to traditional arts and fine arts in Indiana and around the world!
Thinking out loud again – we’ve talked often about taking a field trip to see Twinrocker in action. We need to re-visit this discussion.
