https://www.landessullivan.com/landes-sullivan-blog daily 0.75 2025-08-23 https://www.landessullivan.com/landes-sullivan-blog/2023/5/8/ducting-cast-w-abaca-fiber2 monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/36fdffe1-d6f7-4f5b-85ac-49efec127a9b/cast-abaca-fiber-net-pigmented-colors.jpeg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - casting abaca on HVAC ducting part II - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/eb4841d9-8791-478d-b053-8536443936f3/art-studio-work-in-progress-papermaking-collaboration.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - casting abaca on HVAC ducting part II - Make it stand out Early days. Glad the yellow blocks came & went. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/d8b6e87f-9451-4f66-824b-be70c29f366e/Landes-Sullivan-collaborators-sculptors-Wisconsin.jpeg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - casting abaca on HVAC ducting part II - Make it stand out The final version. The piece is on no-see-um screening which lies on top of plastic sheeting. The no-see-um keeps the piece from “sticking” to the plastic & thus making it much easier to manipulate as quickly & fluidly as we need to when working up a design. The black ink lines on the plastic do not represent the ducting, but instead a “homemade” ducting mold we made for this piece. We’ll do a post on that mold in a future post. You’ll be able to see why putting this design on it was not going to happen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/c1d1f6c6-fab7-4cfb-a3a1-036e98de85de/casting-abaca-fiber-paper-colorful-structural.jpeg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - casting abaca on HVAC ducting part II - Make it stand out Barbara straightening and neatening the design after we rolled it on. After stencil brushing the wet paper into place, we started putting the magnets on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/3d358a19-7540-47ae-8056-b10d76327430/abaca-fiber-pigmented-paper-design-wet.jpeg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - casting abaca on HVAC ducting part II - Make it stand out Before we thought to use packing tape, we used little squares of thick cotton fabric to prevent the magnets rusting the paper. Dry erase boards with the addition of cardboard covers are ideal for storing magnets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/bcdefdd9-d1d8-40e0-89cd-0c7f4fb29dcb/Madison-Wisconsin-art-hand-papermaking-craft.jpeg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - casting abaca on HVAC ducting part II - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/7515b83d-6136-4288-8c34-01a05050c671/Landes-Sullivan-hand-papermaking-craft-sculpture.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - casting abaca on HVAC ducting part II - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.landessullivan.com/landes-sullivan-blog/2023/5/4/ducting-cast-w-abaca-fiber1 monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/c23b9cf8-2aea-4713-a1ce-d1fd70d7b1ec/abaca-salad-pigmented-extendible-papermaking.jpeg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - casting abaca on HVAC ducting pt 1 - Make it stand out Colorfully clear abaca salad - detail 2017 cast handmade abaca papers, paper-dipped wire 13' x 7' x 4' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/8dcea516-d4a4-4398-9f53-138ae4954975/hand-papermaking-casting-Landes-Sullivan.jpeg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - casting abaca on HVAC ducting pt 1 - Make it stand out Building a design. Normally, we’d keep the wet paper loosely attached as we find our design. However, the shapes can slide about on the curved surface, so we firmly stencil brush the shapes onto the ducting as we put them on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/3e4ca2c3-33a5-44e0-a98f-249551f28252/casting-paper-on-ducting-abaca-fiber-sculpture.jpeg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - casting abaca on HVAC ducting pt 1 - Make it stand out 24” flexible ducting in the studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/79ab6e71-40ec-4a0b-bb12-85a7adc3d472/contemporary-craft-papermaking-sculpture-pigmented-fiber.jpeg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - casting abaca on HVAC ducting pt 1 - Make it stand out The final design. The grey patches are the ducting showing through. Windows make the form a more interesting and are also useful when we’re composing & cobbling objects together to make a work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/87bc7ffe-c8d9-401a-823b-2e7a9ff68ce3/casting-ducting-abaca-fibers-shrinkage-Landes-Sullivan.jpeg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - casting abaca on HVAC ducting pt 1 - Make it stand out The mirror below the mold helped us to see quickly if the wet paper was beginning to drop off the ducting as we were positioning it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/7bb881be-5fe5-4dcd-8a7b-baaa115cfe58/Madison-Wisconsin-papermaking-technique-casting-abaca.jpeg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - casting abaca on HVAC ducting pt 1 - Make it stand out This shows how tight and dramatic the ribs can be. Sometimes, these tight bends can cause the wet paper to slide away from the fabric. Fixing that involves holding the bend apart and using a tiny stencil brush to gently push the paper back into the folds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/a2956314-35c0-4602-8284-44b10faa867a/casting-abaca-fiber-HVAC-ducting.jpeg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - casting abaca on HVAC ducting pt 1 - Make it stand out The blue tape shows how much the abaca shrank. We took this photo after 2/3 of the magnets had been removed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/f3ad6184-5c94-4ca5-a32c-e6eb436c886a/hand-papermaking-sculpture-cast-cotton-abaca-fibers.jpeg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - casting abaca on HVAC ducting pt 1 - Make it stand out driving cross country with Lil 2018 cast cotton and abaca handmade papers, plywood with paint and tape 5' x 6' x 1.5' https://www.landessullivan.com/landes-sullivan-blog/2020/4/6/line-drawings-out-of-abaca-paper-straps monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1586186279998-ICQG5FCANW71FXP8WYJ5/overbeaten-abaca-fiber-woven-net-paper-straps-drying.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - line drawings out of abaca paper straps woven abaca straps in place to dry and use for the annual handmade paper Swatch Swap https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1586185585004-1O9PYYFDMIYGU20VWRY9/abaca-straps-woven-Swap-sample-papermaking-recipes.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - line drawings out of abaca paper straps woven abaca straps cut down to 3” x 2” (very approximately in some cases) and ready to be sent for Swatch books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1586186618880-ESGD459W7VDX48W0DIIW/Landes-Sullivan-weaving-abaca-paper-straps.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - line drawings out of abaca paper straps Barbara weaving abaca straps through insulation foam board which produces a net on each side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1586183063299-TPNVZ1537FWFBZ81DXY9/overbeaten-pigmented-dyed-abaca-straps-weaving-nets.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - line drawings out of abaca paper straps the abaca straps were cut with rotary scissors to different widths for the weaving https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1586185494866-EI4XF915CVWJNE7GUWWX/colorful-abaca-fiber-strap-woven-net-free-of-mould.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - line drawings out of abaca paper straps a pair of nets of abaca straps after they dried and each side was cut off the pink foam board https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1587652643683-GQFQP0FW110XB8X58PNP/straps-abaca-2%22-by-3%22-sample-nets-papermaking-swap.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - line drawings out of abaca paper straps sample of our 3” x 2” design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1587652665068-WDK9MI9S1BM8HCID42P1/wide-pinned-flat-restrained-abaca-straps-paper-woven.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - line drawings out of abaca paper straps we decided to go large. . . https://www.landessullivan.com/landes-sullivan-blog/2020/4/5/slush-pulp-bespoke-drawing-paper monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1613319721527-06UJ21ZXHW7WMK2GKCJM/handmade-paper-couched-textured.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - slush pulp: bespoke drawing paper there’s tooth and then there’s texture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1586100530563-2D5WCJ3NBWM57G3F9BZD/pastel-as-applied-on-wet-handmade-paper-textured.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - slush pulp: bespoke drawing paper The paper we use is lightly beaten cotton rag. We couched several sheets onto the vacuum table. We distressed and rearranged them to give them an all over texture with irregular contours and negative spaces. We drew with pastel and charcoal on the still wet, lightly vacuumed sheet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1586100585735-849ES7ATC5AZ6Q6J1YH0/art-hand-textured-cotton-fiber-pastel-drawing.jpeg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - slush pulp: bespoke drawing paper To get some openings and cool contours, we broke up the sheets by couching askew on scraps of pellon. Then we crudely perforated them with finger tapping. Finally, we’d couch what was on the pellon elsewhere on the construction site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1586100615196-EB41SZ9D4M64DBLV4J3N/papermaking-handmade-drawing-paper-cotton-rag.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - slush pulp: bespoke drawing paper a sheet, freshly couched and manipulated before vacuuming. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1586100634816-RBILWPBTMUVFUZOJNPDU/colorful-textured-handmade-drawing-papermaking.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - slush pulp: bespoke drawing paper Pastels on wet paper dry with rich variety - in places looking part of the paper or a wash of color and elsewhere the pastel sits on the surface as if block printed. The pastels need less fixative when applied this way. https://www.landessullivan.com/landes-sullivan-blog/2020/4/4/bamboo-ribs-abaca-skin monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1586014373234-VVUNGEAZHW7WFBGVNJW6/bamboo-ribs-poured-abaca-fiber-3-dimensional-art.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - bamboo ribs, abaca skin abaca and bamboo artwork held up to the light to show the translucency of the paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1586012324638-O0VPL82SNTEUIHNYNEGD/bamboo-strips-design-hot-glue-prepared-poured-abaca.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - bamboo ribs, abaca skin Bamboo design, hot glued together. We taped off the contour on a pellon on top of a felt on a vacuum table. Then took the bamboo frame away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1586012338325-31BD9FS5FTBORFK4SRD3/poured-abaca-paper-pulp-design-vacuum-table-object.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - bamboo ribs, abaca skin We laid on the 6 hour abaca pulp as evenly as possible. We drained about 2/3 of the water to make it easier to handle. We put the bamboo back in position and covered just the ribs with more fiber pulp. See For the other side to see an object like this one in a composition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1586012353819-T0M2IXCVS9T0ZBHDPZPY/papermaking-sculpture-bamboo-strips-abaca-clad-drying.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - bamboo ribs, abaca skin With the pulp vacuumed until it was dry/stong enough to lift, we set blocks and bunched cloth under it to help the bamboo and pulp to dry in an aesthetically interesting way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1597024202283-FE0ZSUP0EZT2SKNYUK9I/Landes-Sullivan-Wisconsin-papermaking-sculpture.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - bamboo ribs, abaca skin As it dried, we pushed the manipulation further. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1586012392234-KVZSBWSVFQ2G9A170X7D/3d-handmade-paper-taut-over-bamboo-strips-twistingjpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - bamboo ribs, abaca skin We inadvertently made it very thick, but the dry object still glows in back light. It would hold up well as a wind spinner in a Wisconsin winter storm. https://www.landessullivan.com/landes-sullivan-blog/2020/4/1/how-we-work monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1652840782409-672A3CHR31WJX8Y3EJ08/Paul-Sullivan-bamboo-paper-art-table-size-Wisconsin.jpeg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - how we work is discontinuous - Make it stand out Table top sculpture made using 3 pieces from our paper objects inventory combined with a split bamboo frame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/f3a2e1da-c75c-4f2d-bb89-65b130b95f4d/handmade-paper-objects-inventory-sculpture-colorful.jpeg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - how we work is discontinuous - Make it stand out Some of our inventory of handmade paper objects that we draw upon when composing or putting together sculptures. As you can see, we combine the paper with other materials like shaped plywood and rope. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1585750161794-LVLL2VGWMXTN067YAEUH/fabricating-cast-paper-restraint-dried-sculpture.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - how we work is discontinuous Fabricating the flowing twisting object that appears in the sculptures shown on this page. The mold is a wire-ribbed, springy HVAC ducting that is held into position with an arrangement of ropes, hooks and clamps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1585838568508-YHCG8KJROZPM63RDP7JS/dried-cast-abaca-piece-removed-from-mould-translucent.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - how we work is discontinuous The cast removed from the mold and shows off the abaca’s translucent glow from the sunlight outside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1585837243598-82OKFSC690H8WAGQP6ZW/papermaking-abaca-fiber-cast-gestural-springy-twisted.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - how we work is discontinuous The finished paper piece is strong and springy, known between us as “boa.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/03a4c094-672e-4862-b623-f90884e50e00/atrium-art-paper-bamboo-green-yellow-skylight.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - how we work is discontinuous - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1585750445379-I255L7TRR90NFZAI7XB9/contrasting-looming-cast-handmade-paper-sculpture.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - how we work is discontinuous Watching my brothers' poolside stress and strain 2018 cast cotton and abaca handmade papers, plywood with pulp 60" x 60" x 18" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1652925045211-NLILGVIUFEQ4TGIJX3D5/contemporary-paper-wood-sculpture-wall-floor.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - how we work is discontinuous - Make it stand out Mooring 2019 handmade abaca and cotton papers, bobby pins, wood, paint 8' x 9' x 3.5' https://www.landessullivan.com/landes-sullivan-blog/2020/3/29/casting-on-edge monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/8750a4da-6eba-4d73-a6b1-dcde863a521d/casting-abaca-paper-copper-edges-craft.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - casting on edge The sharp, staccato edges of the lime green and white abaca piece contrast well with the dense and opaque cast cotton papers around it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1585498132394-3BRYABHZNGBPCF5D3I4R/preparing-pressed-abaca-draping-edges-sheet-metal.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - casting on edge A long sheet of abaca paper is prepared by overlapping the edges of wet 12” x 18” sheets. This will then be draped on the scraggly edges of crumpled copper sheeting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1585498178233-LKM8KIMHLS71XI7IPXBJ/papermaking-technique-casting-sheet-metal-edge.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - casting on edge The damp abaca paper has been laid onto the copper edges. With finger pressure, the paper was pressed down on the edges to increase the crispness of the impression in the dried paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1585499131095-XJTRM9OOFJZLOWCF0H31/restraint-drying-abaca-pebbles-casting-method-shrink.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - casting on edge Pebbles provide the weight needed to keep the high shrinkage abaca from losing its deep valleys between the high edges. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1585499297709-D3B3IJFGULXJWBYC7ERL/papermaking-green-white-design-pressed-abaca-fiber.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - casting on edge Green and white sheets were stacked and then cut in a wavy decorative line down the middle. Then the sheets were unstacked and rearranged to get the pattern above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1585498889200-1W4W0LNHYXP4EXP8OPPJ/draping-wet-abaca-paper-sheets-into-mould-valleys.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - casting on edge The overbeaten abaca is carefully draped over the copper sheeting to allow for deep valleys. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1585498918920-PP15FYAD4PZCIRNYI96G/papermaking-green-white-pattern-pressed-abaca-fiber.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - casting on edge The pebbles hold down the abaca in the valleys. They will also subtly dimple the paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1585499515803-O650KLDCJ4F82AY09AE0/american-standing-wall-sculpture-papermaking-wood-foam.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - casting on edge Here, a compositional sketch uses the copper edged cast piece to connect wall and floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1585499462582-B5E4RMI3UGDX0OTM0MHK/cast-abaca-layers-assemblage-sculpture-sketch-colorful.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - casting on edge the finished abaca cast holds the curvy mountains of the copper edges as well as the pebbled valleys, contrasting well with other cast forms. for more see studio sketches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1587565182177-GUFBSG6RM84TH3RCL3KE/bent-copper-sheeting-edge-casting-handmade-paper.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - casting on edge The copper sheeting crumbled with a rubber mallet is ready for the abaca sheet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/0cc1da49-37ea-4c37-8116-7529cbe0e0bc/casting-copper-sheet-pigmented-abaca-fiber.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - casting on edge The wet sheet is cast over the copper edges. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/d7b307fb-f174-4e7a-90b1-34b029961621/casting-paper-pebble-weights-abaca-fiber-ribbon.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - casting on edge A close up view of the abaca pressed over copper edges with pebbles in the valleys to help restrain the paper while it dries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1587563912725-S88BLWWX6RFHGIS80YG1/fire-breathing-wall-sculpture-cast-handmade-paper.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - casting on edge Holes in your soul help you breath out 2018 cast abaca and cotton papers 3’ x 4’ x 1’ see recent work. about the blue object see Holed’er post. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1587565273413-MKJ82L59TNJAO12SU0YP/sculpture-stiff-ridges-abaca-paper-making-cast-edges.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - casting on edge The abaca has darkened and tightened over the edges as it shrank and dried. It’s ready to be popped off the mold. https://www.landessullivan.com/landes-sullivan-blog/2020/3/28/blowouts-water-spray-on-freshly-pulled-handmade-paper monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1585666423601-4BGQ0IC5KN8F1TMYXYS6/water-spray-design-applied-papermaking-technique.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - blowouts - water spray on freshly pulled handmade paper black and white cotton linter blowout couched onto a peach backing sheet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1585451954104-GXEUP0QAFG2E84AJAYQO/papermaking-technique-set-up-obstructions-water-spray.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - blowouts - water spray on freshly pulled handmade paper Pulled a sheet of cotton paper and laid clamps on the sheet while still on the mould to protect the fiber in those places for the blow-out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1597586714006-O1IITIUFWY41X61IRBNS/hand-papermaking-technique-high-pressure-water-jet-on-mould.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - blowouts - water spray on freshly pulled handmade paper We used our fingers and a water spray to blow away the paper around the clamps. When we lifted off the clamps, we had our clamp shaped silhouettes of fiber. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/05c91724-6b58-470d-af66-e12ca801f5f4/hand-papermaking-craft-contemporary.jpeg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - blowouts - water spray on freshly pulled handmade paper - Make it stand out after blowing the visible pulp away from a thrift store placemat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/ed2cbd16-5c5e-4d63-950c-1cfe4f7fc90e/craft-handmade-paper-subtractive.jpeg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - blowouts - water spray on freshly pulled handmade paper - Make it stand out peeling back the place mat mask https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/ca5d3371-7fa2-4c8d-a126-6cd03aabb674/how-to-do-blowout-papermaking.jpeg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - blowouts - water spray on freshly pulled handmade paper - Make it stand out ready to be couched on to a base sheet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/57c03740-04b9-449e-a323-bbff3814fd54/papermaking-technique-blowout-water-pressure.jpeg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - blowouts - water spray on freshly pulled handmade paper - Make it stand out a light uneven touch brings off an artistic amount of pulp onto the base sheet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/c47b17b1-bad9-4b49-a130-bf7fb7dcc82b/Barbara-Landes-papermaker-sculptor-wisconsin-USA.jpeg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - blowouts - water spray on freshly pulled handmade paper - Make it stand out The first blowout and a 2nd one a few minutes later https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/d24aa0e5-baa3-4cd7-a724-6cb7648e1d28/wet-technique-papermaking-cotton-fiber.jpeg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - blowouts - water spray on freshly pulled handmade paper - Make it stand out sketched a tangle on a sheet of rubber, cut it out. the scattered pulp like that at left is often quite dramatic and often becomes part of what get couched onto the backing sheet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/558c354d-1fa4-4b01-b231-b587151e8b30/water-jet-on-fresh-sheet-paper.jpeg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - blowouts - water spray on freshly pulled handmade paper - Make it stand out getting masks off the wet sheet can be tricky that can require a lot of pressing, peeling and lifting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/c4ec0bd8-2c92-4bb0-941d-4e1fc8aa61f2/masking-paper-water-spray-remove-fiber.jpeg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - blowouts - water spray on freshly pulled handmade paper - Make it stand out ready for couching on to a base sheet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1585416332591-5DMRW1VAQSUQB533S5DG/table-top-papermaking-sculpture-bent-wood-blowouts.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - blowouts - water spray on freshly pulled handmade paper We used a scrap of one of the blowout sheets at the top to encircle the network of coils on this bent wood piece. This work is from table top works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1585416161349-ZOUB5RLW5R2F3JRJ0NAS/LandesSullivan-handmade-paper-tapestry-contemporary-art.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - blowouts - water spray on freshly pulled handmade paper There’s something tiger stripe-like about this blowout. We think that gave us the idea to cut one of the sheets in strips of stripes. This tapestry was in a juried show organized by a friend in Green Lake WI. She walked by it for a month in the gallery and decided she needed to keep walking by it every day. more like this in paper objects https://www.landessullivan.com/landes-sullivan-blog/2020/3/28/making-puffers monthly 0.5 2025-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1585665073212-RLAV0ALNKL9A3RJ9DK0V/Landes-Sullivan-high-low-shrinkage-paper-fiber-art.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - making puffers Detail of a work incorporating a “puffer,” see recent work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1590762703122-1YEHUU68E8UOZATQUYTM/irregular-shape-abaca-fiber-backing-sheet-ochre.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - making puffers irregular backing sheet of overbeaten abaca https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1590763422934-BZYL8WKCA22PWZ2EMP5H/freshly-pulled-manipulated-sheet-on-papermaking-mould.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - making puffers deckle boxed sheet of dyed cotton linters on mold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1590763448201-4CNCA6ZCD3XRPXOQE4ZR/couching-cotton-fiber-shapes-on-abaca-backing-sheet.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - making puffers papermaker Barbara Landes couching cotton fiber shapes onto abaca paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1590763652678-AUSETNCEI8YICTKTKDSD/procion-dye-bleeding-pellon-papermaking-cotton-fiber.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - making puffers pellon layer being removed after hand pressing cotton shapes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1590763662911-OTTXBX7FOM2697WD2E1A/methyl-cellulose-applied-papermaking-sheet-adhesive.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - making puffers methyl cellulose is applied to help the cotton fiber shapes to adhere to the overbeaten abaca sheets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1590763671532-B57LJPSVHEKO3M47Z124/papermaking-high-low-shrinkage-composition-drying.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - making puffers lightly couched cotton shapes on lightly pressed abaca sheets ready to dry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1590763694956-UEBUFONENC42YXLDZE6T/over-beaten-abaca-fiber-shrinkage-cotton-restraint.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - making puffers a view of the concavities formed by the low shrinking cotton shapes drying attached to the high shrinkage abaca https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1590763442436-QTBRPWHJPWYBB4I3O4MT/dry-papermaking-sheet-shrinkage-contrast-fibers.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - making puffers puffiness begins to form as the cotton and abaca sheet dries in the bright sun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1588347233394-W5HHSAXDXGW4QJIU4FW3/abaca-fiber-translucence-back-lit-papermaking.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - making puffers We tend to think of the front of the sheet as the two color side, but it is beautiful on both sides. Either side may face out in any particular composition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1586359793099-MGMZFK9T09RAM2OL6G1T/LandesSullivan-cast-abaca-cotton-fiber-art.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - making puffers A black & white "puffer" is part of a work called Engagement of the puffed and the holely https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1585408292566-547BAVYUQB3VEN83L22N/enfolding-sculpture-contemporary-american-papermaking.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - making puffers Talking on the phone with Joan 92 https://www.landessullivan.com/landes-sullivan-blog/2019/6/21/heftier-coils-part-4 monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1587308208909-1SAXY5QN8ERNSS0ZN0YW/curing-non-silicon-sealant-cores-abaca-fiber-casting.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - heftier coils - part 4 some non-silicon sealant coil cores ceremoniously curing outside the studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1559879115435-CR0QSMI6EI0X6SUFV2WK/Landes-Sullivan-sealants-abaca-core-for-papermaking.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - heftier coils - part 4 3 beads of DAP sealants - latex, non-silicon and silicon on wax paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1558197421341-6F45O6PDR7GDOI00587E/Landes-Sullivan-abaca-fiber-sealant-sample-burn.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - heftier coils - part 4 Use freezer paper for the non-silicon sealant. On wax paper, it managed to melt a gouge in the insulation foam board without damaging the wax paper. Compare this photo taken 2 days after the one above when it was first squeezed out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1557937210751-O2C8N0I3VBLB3JNGIGQH/Landes-Sullivan-abaca-fiber-sealant-sample-hanging.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - heftier coils - part 4 curing took a long time to be tack-free https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1558197517887-VVYWKJ34UJMZCUBKP92Z/Landes-Sullivan-abaca-fiber-sealant-long-wrapping.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - heftier coils - part 4 We rolled the core up the same way as we did for the other (coreless) coils. We lay strips of wet abaca sheets attached end to end. Then, it’s one long rolling wrap, completely sealing the core. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1587390503706-XYYKKDJ1XEXXMYJGS7HB/comparision-3d-linear-coils-abaca-sealant-core.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - heftier coils - part 4 comparing the first beefed up, hefty coil @ 3’ long and a coreless coil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1557938774502-7H49TYCJP752OJ2FW6ED/Landes-Sullivan-abaca-fiber-sealant-mummy-wrapping.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - heftier coils - part 4 mummy wrapping the core requires a lot of overlap to keep the wrap stiff. apologies the clear sealant is hard to see. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1558197112805-DL33EJ22KOMP8CAQAKRJ/Landes-Sullivan-casting-abaca-fiber-coil-w-sealant-drawing-in-3d-drying.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - heftier coils - part 4 We added in more elaborate fences, skewers and lengths of duct tape to keep the coil in its 3 dimensional pose as it dried. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1590678283968-CCLHD2NG8HQE1YDCKEVG/abaca-fiber-sealant-unwrapped-section-bending-point.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - heftier coils - part 4 We thought if we left some of the sealant uncovered it would give us a bending and stress-relieving point. We later covered it. We decided the coil was resilient without the “tendon” showing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1590678326569-BH2WG41UO7T6TYHJH298/waxed-abaca-coil-DAP-sealant-core-for-sculpture.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - heftier coils - part 4 The 2nd sealant core coil. It’s about 5’ long and weighs maybe half a pound. https://www.landessullivan.com/landes-sullivan-blog/2019/6/12/coils-that-change-planes-part-3 monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1560004262076-Y28AA9JW9T3ZR1XTYWED/Landes-Sullivan-abaca-coils-sealant-core-like-rope.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - these coils change planes - part 3 Thinking about how to make an abaca coil act like the white rope, changing planes as it moves in space https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1557934696355-L9QY7NXM3FG5Q360U6WL/Landes-Sullivan-abaca-fiber-coil-drawing-3d.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - these coils change planes - part 3 Putting the new coil into 3 dimensions, using a stuffed seamed form. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1557934955957-LVYY4XAB5NGLR7YDVHIH/Landes-Sullivan-casting-abaca-fiber-coil-drawing-in-3d.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - these coils change planes - part 3 The skewers and fences cut from flashing adapted well to lifting the coil up and around in space while restraining it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1558197350166-W6ISB3H43KFCOFOOBOAW/Landes-Sullivan-3d-coils-overbeaten-abaca-w-wo-sealant-core.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - these coils change planes - part 3 A nice first effort, at right, seems to be stiff and tough enough to hold up to the rigors of composing. Still, it is fragile being so thin. We really liked the delicate line it introduced into our work. We wonder, however, how a thicker coil might work. https://www.landessullivan.com/landes-sullivan-blog/2019/3/17/holeders monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1587220836272-QH55GDVF7JG968XB0CXI/hand-papermaking-object-cast-cotton-negative-space.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - playing up nothing: making holes out of papers We cast with blue jean cotton rag paper filling the spaces between the islands of plywood. The garden store pebbles added ripples of texture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1587220860286-W180MJC02TK2S9A7N2OQ/hand-papermaking-wall-sculpture-lyrical-entwined.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - playing up nothing: making holes out of papers Holes in your soul help you breathe out 2018 handmade cast rage cotton and pigmented abaca papers, 30” x 38” x 11” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1587221852061-QV4FBW3SEO2P0JY3Q6ZF/compositional-process-hand-papermaking-patchwork.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - playing up nothing: making holes out of papers We laid out a patchwork of paper shapes and negative spaces before manipulating them, adding and subtracting as necessary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1587221881313-4GA1QBU9DMF8LE8MTVNC/abstract-wall-paper-sculpture-shadow-negative-space.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - playing up nothing: making holes out of papers The final piece has a nice exchange between the easy, verdant shapes on this side and the smoky blue and black of the reverse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1587221978166-6U63FUQ4HIBBKO8LU8G1/papermaking-studio-process-casting-negative-space.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - playing up nothing: making holes out of papers That light veronese green pastel on the wet black rag paper was a simple guide as to where to tear and fold back. We’ve been using pastel on wet paper ever since because it is so dreamy, creamy and damn near unseemly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1587221950093-1B7WXT4KY4IVHFMQHJTF/low-relief-cast-papermaking-curved-forms-angular-folds.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - playing up nothing: making holes out of papers We planned to trim away the folded back bits, but we decided they should stay put. The plywood mold with its similar contours and simple stepped relief was enough to give the piece some depth and gesture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1587225300505-CVJEEECLRKNJFGK1HAUW/preparatory-sketches-papermaking-casting-negative-space.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - playing up nothing: making holes out of papers studio shot of sketches for new holed’ers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1587223724640-OEFJ1SFS9PYEB23FTHII/activating-space-angular-tenuous-connection-artwork.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - playing up nothing: making holes out of papers 1st layer of new holed’er is constructed from pigmented cotton linters/abaca mix. We wanted to exaggerate the negative spaces so they’d compete with the colors for focus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1587223914592-A8ENWL1O1TIM6DW5DCMP/drawing-papermaking-monoprint-willowy-process.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - playing up nothing: making holes out of papers Pastel and monoprinting was used on the flip side to jazz up the bleak whiteness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1587225505658-OUHZ3TF9HEEOWJXD8QAM/twisted-dimensional-paper-artwork-colorful-floating.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - playing up nothing: making holes out of papers Taking advantage of the large netlike construction, we could flip parts front to back to push some dimensionality even before we used it in compositions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1587225527556-E6RK3BLW7X7WQUJTMCV3/forwards-backwards-interlocking-twists-turns-colorful.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - playing up nothing: making holes out of papers The finished holed’er offers a lot of connections points for interlocking with other elements in composing our sculptures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1593527693208-GSJ4MY7NFZZ0PGNZ3XZP/twist-meander-pink-orange-papermaking-green-abaca.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - playing up nothing: making holes out of papers We love the piece but orange and pink always make it jump out of a composition. Recently, we spliced in the green straps to cool the other colors’ jets. We also cut and rearranged its parts to make it long and narrow. https://www.landessullivan.com/landes-sullivan-blog/2019/1/3/coils-part-2 monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1590764237830-IS5U3VGULP0X5B05VPJ9/Landes-Sullivan-abaca-coil-restraint-dry-flashing-walls.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - coils racing around flashing - part 2 Abaca racetrack: These fences made from flashing, insulation foam and skewers worked well to realize our design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1597500777280-QBTDANH99GSS47CV3BS9/fencing-for-casting-rolled-abaca-fiber-coils-papermaking.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - coils racing around flashing - part 2 The flashing was bent to fit each curve of the rolled abaca coils and held in place with skewers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1548977457817-W9PFGJHTKZBDZPACIJGI/drawing-with-abaca-fiber-coils-compositional-sketch.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - coils racing around flashing - part 2 Sketching with overbeaten abaca coils allowed us to get a feel for what would work aestheticly while being useful in composing with other elements. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1548975572415-QUL2RIL1OS8O3ZNFUEIJ/cast-rolled-abaca-coil-design-open-flat-spacious.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - coils racing around flashing - part 2 After making lots of sketches with the abaca coils, this is the design we eventually decided to use. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1548977637911-QCMRQUTYYDEN5VG36SOU/fencing-metal-flashing-strips-skewers-restrain-abaca.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - coils racing around flashing - part 2 This detail of fencing shows the use of the pink foam for setting the fences in place. Rather than taping the skewers to the fence, this allows us to place and adjust the fences more precisely and quickly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1548977714482-9QTD7WNBOJK27OER7E6F/abaca-fiber-coil-restraint-dry-around-skewers.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - coils racing around flashing - part 2 The flashing fences couldn’t accommodate tight turns in the design. Taping bamboo skewers to hold the space is used instead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1591279850642-VCU4B9A23UQQ3TZ9HNFN/overbeaten-abaca-coils-shrinkage-pull-on-restraint.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - coils racing around flashing - part 2 Yank! The abaca was strong enough to actually displace the fences, as can be seen here, so we had to keep an eye on it to make adjustments as it dried. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1548980513618-R5YO4YM9IGKEWNRH73QE/casting-abaca-fiber-papermaking-linear-composition.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - coils racing around flashing - part 2 The finished abaca piece holds the curves well. https://www.landessullivan.com/landes-sullivan-blog/2019/1/1/rolling-coils-part-1 monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1591538117431-QSF6E9RPJXJK7HQKTRF8/papermaking-rolled-abaca-restraint-dried-line-drawing.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - coils in the groove - part 1 Afternoon, November 29, 2018, waiting on a coil to dry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1546573361535-TPQ8WAHI82D6RLAA813U/overbeaten-abaca-fiber-rolled-coils-linear-elements.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - coils in the groove - part 1 coils of rolled abaca paper are ready for use. Paper has 5 hours of Reina Beater time. Each coil is - pre-rolled - 4” x 96” of 2x couched sheets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1546539058872-ZQM3RYT8ETM8KZ9IHS1E/papermaking-abaca-fiber-coils-cast-line-drawing.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - coils in the groove - part 1 coils made from sheets of overbeaten, pigmented abaca fiber. They are sheet formed and couched western style. Then the 12” x 18” sheets are cut into three 4” strips laid end to end. A 90”+ long strip is then tightly rolled into a cool coil like the ones above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1546365363621-P24PKU5SWRI8FESL9JLX/LandesSullivan_restraint-dry_overbeaten-abaca_7622.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - coils in the groove - part 1 We used the tracing to cut and gouge out a track in which to lay out the coil for restraint dried casting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1546573601760-EBI18PX0BUVFKEQRK93G/casting-abaca-coil-gouged-groove-restraint-drying.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - coils in the groove - part 1 As the coil dried, it naturally tried to straighten the curves hugging one side of the mold or the other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1571882601811-PUKN5M1Z902LXGLNSTHB/dried-abaca-fiber-coil-linear-element-loops-curvy.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - coils in the groove - part 1 Even pinned up by one point, the dried coil holds its form well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1546574298311-TTDJY7G4ZV3VH04P0XG0/sculpture-abaca-fiber-coil-linear-functional-element.jpg allowed to dry blog of papermaking techniques - coils in the groove - part 1 The coil as part of a composition. It gives us a wonderful linear element to contrast with the volumetric paper elements. The coil will permanently hinge if bent too far. This can be repaired with a wrap of fresh abaca. 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Madison WI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/89f3fd8b-c902-48e5-a2ff-9f0dbe755e8e/Barbara-Landes-artist-paper-sculpture-American.jpg About artists Barbara Landes & Paul Sullivan - Make it stand out Barbara Landes at the studio. Madison WI (a nice picture of the artist, but piece is made from corrugated cardboard & no handmade paper) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/90dca41c-fd7d-4243-afec-391cbcdea7f1/art-studio-process-work-practice-handmade-paper-casting.jpg About artists Barbara Landes & Paul Sullivan - Make it stand out casting arrangement for drying 5 hr abaca with reed, bobby pins and and 2 x 4s with kozo. The object wrapped in blue tape is a separate cast of ping pong balls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/341dd5bc-6428-4b9b-94c7-da2f2d8fcaa5/cast-abaca-fiber-reed-bobby-pin-inclusions-craft-paper.jpg About artists Barbara Landes & Paul Sullivan - Make it stand out the dried object flipped over. We’ve made several of these long segmented objects because the openings and some twistiness make them ideal for combining or attaching other objects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/0de2caef-823c-4eae-83f2-1d86977a82d7/cast-abaca-fiber-sculpture-tension-abstract-table-top.jpg About artists Barbara Landes & Paul Sullivan - Make it stand out using the object strung across the top of a composition 9/13/22 cast abaca papers with reed and bobby pin inclusions, abaca wrapped paneling, painted foam board 3’ x 4.5’ x 2’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1571591550450-68XSXY4VUN0ZXRHES0C4/Paul-Sullivan-sculpture-studio.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/89f3fd8b-c902-48e5-a2ff-9f0dbe755e8e/Barbara-Landes-artist-paper-sculpture-American.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/90dca41c-fd7d-4243-afec-391cbcdea7f1/art-studio-process-work-practice-handmade-paper-casting.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/341dd5bc-6428-4b9b-94c7-da2f2d8fcaa5/cast-abaca-fiber-reed-bobby-pin-inclusions-craft-paper.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/0de2caef-823c-4eae-83f2-1d86977a82d7/cast-abaca-fiber-sculpture-tension-abstract-table-top.jpg https://www.landessullivan.com/meaningless-and-sure daily 0.75 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1589984398334-8TGWSXNB9JW6J93SCH3J/full-installation-view-Landes-Sullivan-Ballweg-Gallery.jpg meaningless and sure exhibit of handmade paper wall works- Madison Public Library Handmade paper artwork with fabric, wire and foam board. 2017. Madison WI. The fibers are cotton and abaca. 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The colors are pigmented. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1589983316317-RRT8IU0B2ULJAUE52MN7/altarpiece-abstract-paper-tapestries-fabric-installation.jpg meaningless and sure exhibit of handmade paper wall works- Madison Public Library - detail view Meaningless and Sure view of center panel and part of side walls. handmade cotton and abaca paper, fabric, fencing wire, insulation foam board, 22’ x 35’ x 5’ 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1589983320970-CPEA63R61ME88YS6EKCY/gallery-detail-looking-up-hand-papermaking-foam.jpg meaningless and sure exhibit of handmade paper wall works- Madison Public Library - view from below of Meaningless and Sure handmade abaca, cotton and daylily papers, fabric, pink insulation foam https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1589983325869-RSUD4DJPLTCGG0LS4RQR/closeup-twisted-hand-papermaking-fabric-sculpture.jpg meaningless and sure exhibit of handmade paper wall works- Madison Public Library - 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Additional materials are: garden wire, caning and fencing wire, respectively. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1544672460431-ZE2EPTQL2CL8T58VVK3X/contemporary-paper-sculpture-Phipps-Arts-Hudson-Wi.jpg Landes Sullivan Sculptures at Phipps Arts Center Wisconsin 3 works, all 2018, using handmade cast abaca & cotton papers and other materials (l to r): Summers in Gloucester before and after their loss What was left before it, too, was swept away Driving cross country with Lillian https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1589812280695-L6REI07UKMUJBM6GGWOJ/circling-sculpture-abaca-fibers-caning-reed-relief.jpg Landes Sullivan Sculptures at Phipps Arts Center Wisconsin - Talking on the phone with Joan, 92 32” x 28” x 13” handmade cast cotton and abaca papers, caning 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1589812286097-UL439AIQSKB27APBKD5L/assemblage-paper-fiber-dramatic-shadow-dimensional.jpg Landes Sullivan Sculptures at Phipps Arts Center Wisconsin - Talking on the phone with Joan, Watching my brother's poolside stress and strain (background work) both 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1589812294683-X3CRRBSOKRYJJM6EJGLD/abstract-sculpture-cast-handmade-paper-assemblage.jpg Landes Sullivan Sculptures at Phipps Arts Center Wisconsin - Watching my brothers' poolside stress and strain 60” x 60” x 18” handmade cast cotton and abaca papers, plywood 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1589812447243-Q9OHKYQNCYVD580WMS8O/Landes-Sullivan-midwest-cast-cellulose-fiber-artwork.jpg Landes Sullivan Sculptures at Phipps Arts Center Wisconsin - detail - Watching my brothers' poolside stress and strain 60” x 60” x 18” handmade cast cotton and abaca papers, plywood 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1589812451791-V38ILUQ4TQXHS79QH9RM/colorful-paper-sculpture-handmade-drainpipe-abstract.jpg Landes Sullivan Sculptures at Phipps Arts Center Wisconsin - Says here it's still ready for the flood 48” x 60” x 36” handmade cast cotton papers, garden wire 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1589812454775-S4888HE4PX5NLISLRCJG/mixed-media-wall-sculpture-burnt-orange-cast-paper.jpg Landes Sullivan Sculptures at Phipps Arts Center Wisconsin - What was left before it, too, was swept away 84” x 60” x 24” handmade cast abaca and cotton papers, manila rope, pink insulation foam, garden wire 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1589812704914-B7WW2IPJAMM3YRS7VOGB/Landes-Sullivan-pressed-paper-rope-foam-form.jpg Landes Sullivan Sculptures at Phipps Arts Center Wisconsin - detail - What was left before it, too, was swept away 84” x 60” x 24” handmade cast abaca and cotton papers, manila rope, pink insulation foam, garden wire 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1593816293939-927XPMA08MQ5JIZERZEX/wall-hanging-colorful-layered-paper-artwork-wisc.jpg Landes Sullivan Sculptures at Phipps Arts Center Wisconsin - Summers in Gloucester before and after their loss 42” x 68” x 18” handmade cast cotton and abaca papers, fencing wire 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1589812711196-O24PDFVLL6YD8BAJGC0U/paper-tapestry-wall-hanging-detail-colorful-shadow.jpg Landes Sullivan Sculptures at Phipps Arts Center Wisconsin - detail - Summers in Gloucester before and after their loss 42” x 68” x 18” handmade cast cotton and abaca papers, fencing wire 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1589812852814-QJ0MCCRKHOET2V85PUK0/wall-sculpture-cast-abaca-painted-wood-assemblage.jpg Landes Sullivan Sculptures at Phipps Arts Center Wisconsin - Tchotchkes in my auntie's Hoboken apartment 32” x 28” x 10” handmade cast cotton and abaca papers, painted plywood 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1589812860755-ZKIU14K2TK6A22DD64LK/cast-paper-art-colorful-fiber-marks-Phipps-Wisconsin.jpg Landes Sullivan Sculptures at Phipps Arts Center Wisconsin - side view - Tchotchkes in my auntie's Hoboken apartment 32” x 28” x 10” handmade cast cotton and abaca papers, painted plywood 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1589812871254-PM8CAHR52Y1RKRP7BREV/hand-papermaking-cast-abaca-relief-cotton.jpg Landes Sullivan Sculptures at Phipps Arts Center Wisconsin - Driving cross country with Lil 62” x 74” x 16” handmade cast cotton and abaca papers, painted plywood with duct tape 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1589812876551-3HHAS7Q4Y611156OH06W/cast-abaca-fiber-red-ribbed-object-closeup-sculpture.jpg Landes Sullivan Sculptures at Phipps Arts Center Wisconsin - detail - Driving cross country with Lil, (in background) Tchotchkes in my auntie's Hoboken apartment 62” x 74” x 16” handmade cast cotton and abaca papers, painted plywood with duct tape 2018 (background) 32” x 28” x 10” handmade cast cotton and abaca papers, painted plywood 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1589559305693-8PFWJH6R3X8SW8C94B4W/gallery-view-paper-sculptures-abstraction-collaboration.jpg Landes Sullivan Sculptures at Phipps Arts Center Wisconsin (l to r) Says here it's still ready for the flood Talking on the phone with Joan, 92 Summers in Gloucester before and after their loss all 2018, and all are handmade cast abaca and cotton papers. Additional materials are: garden wire, caning and fencing wire, respectively. https://www.landessullivan.com/404-page daily 0.75 2025-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/29ad9019-1024-4cc9-b2a3-7a99900f3423/Landes-Sullivan-paper-sculpture-studio.jpg 404 page - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/bab76aa9-5731-4f48-b47e-cefbbe4cd06e/Landes-Sullivan-paper-inventory-studio.jpeg 404 page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/29ad9019-1024-4cc9-b2a3-7a99900f3423/Landes-Sullivan-paper-sculpture-studio.jpg 404 page - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/bab76aa9-5731-4f48-b47e-cefbbe4cd06e/Landes-Sullivan-paper-inventory-studio.jpeg 404 page https://www.landessullivan.com/paul-sullivan-sculpture daily 0.75 2025-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1557716043531-Z2VVUS108DOVIPZO5EPE/Paul-Sullivan-artwork-Balanced-but-Durable.jpg Paul Sullivan Sculpture Balanced but durable about 2.5’ tall, just a piece of 2 x 4 with some saber sawn slots for character. It has some threaded rod running around and through it. Balance and resolution rest with a handful of lead weights hanging off the rod on string. It’s inspired by a wine bottle holder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1557716109468-MUHGTVVLI77V738ONZDZ/Paul-Sullivan-sculpture-Orange-man.jpg Paul Sullivan Sculpture The found scrap of vibrant construction barricade needed to be part of a new barricade in a way that suited its reduced circumstances. But how do you hold up a two legged fragment when another leg or two would look too stolid? Use an anchor. The piece lurches forward, reaching for the 5 pound weight, while at the same time it holds back in a state of calm readiness. There’s a nice sway to it when you gently push down on the wood and release. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1557716129754-4Q4SEFPF3K43NMP791A5/Paul-Sullivan-artist-sculpture-Hoisted.jpg Paul Sullivan Sculpture It was hard to get the right tension for the brass wire extending between the gilded sponge and the piece of wood to the left. Hence the broken bit of wood was used as a Spanish windlass to tune the tension. The windlass was left in position should the need arise for further adjustment and in the meantime, it’s a nice focal point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1557716166260-NSUT4H2I8K16MV9JEJTB/Paul-Sullivan-Profound-Tentativeness.jpg Paul Sullivan Sculpture I wanted to lift the large horizontal beam off the ground. I thought I could that with the vertical and the bent length of threaded rod. When I couldn’t, I accepted the predicament as the new starting point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1557716154484-7UGLOE81JRGOEFI5UNI5/Paul-Sullivan-Jersey-City-Pennies+Piece.jpg Paul Sullivan Sculpture The big beam is a pin cushion of screw and drilled holes of successive tries until a dowel was attached to hold the penny jar and extra lead sinkers far enough way to achieve lift off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1557716200702-3ZAAT64B61HXSUULNNVS/Paul-Sullivan-Holding-on-to-a-split.jpg Paul Sullivan Sculpture I had a hefty squared off length of wood that I cut some rectangles out of unmindful of the deep longitudinal cracks until the cut up piece of wood split into pieces. 2 lengths of threaded rod “reunites” all the pieces of wood in an exploded view. To keep the rod in place without epoxy, the wood is cabled around a fragment of granite countertop. (Epoxy leaves no room for wondering and 2nd thoughts.) At the top, another piece is stitched back on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1557716185996-N5WLC7RNIF1J9I2FO4XP/Paul-Sullivan-Cinder-block-Wool-strap-Window.jpg Paul Sullivan Sculpture The window frame was discarded in the hallway of 111 First Street. Threaded rod vs wool scraps are from a mill in Vermont. The base always bugged me. I think it needed some saber sawing cutouts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1557716224376-Z4PYPEZG0MFFKAD8Q4HH/Paul-Sullivan-Burlap-tugging-beam-with-tired-beams.jpg Paul Sullivan Sculpture The L shape piece is from a house building site, a fragment cut away from a pre-fab wall. It has the look of a horse’s head. The L shape is tilted forward to suggest pulling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1557716238437-DIHAHPS05V45NZ0YV9LN/Paul-Sullivan-Burlap-tugging-beam-Verrmont-Studio-Center.jpg Paul Sullivan Sculpture Tying the head off to its load or anchor of wood didn’t have the same expressive strain of stapling a length of burlap to the corner of the L. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1557716043531-Z2VVUS108DOVIPZO5EPE/Paul-Sullivan-artwork-Balanced-but-Durable.jpg Paul Sullivan Sculpture Balanced but durable about 2.5’ tall, just a piece of 2 x 4 with some saber sawn slots for character. It has some threaded rod running around and through it. Balance and resolution rest with a handful of lead weights hanging off the rod on string. It’s inspired by a wine bottle holder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1557716109468-MUHGTVVLI77V738ONZDZ/Paul-Sullivan-sculpture-Orange-man.jpg Paul Sullivan Sculpture The found scrap of vibrant construction barricade needed to be part of a new barricade in a way that suited its reduced circumstances. But how do you hold up a two legged fragment when another leg or two would look too stolid? Use an anchor. The piece lurches forward, reaching for the 5 pound weight, while at the same time it holds back in a state of calm readiness. There’s a nice sway to it when you gently push down on the wood and release. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1557716129754-4Q4SEFPF3K43NMP791A5/Paul-Sullivan-artist-sculpture-Hoisted.jpg Paul Sullivan Sculpture It was hard to get the right tension for the brass wire extending between the gilded sponge and the piece of wood to the left. Hence the broken bit of wood was used as a Spanish windlass to tune the tension. The windlass was left in position should the need arise for further adjustment and in the meantime, it’s a nice focal point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1557716166260-NSUT4H2I8K16MV9JEJTB/Paul-Sullivan-Profound-Tentativeness.jpg Paul Sullivan Sculpture I wanted to lift the large horizontal beam off the ground. I thought I could that with the vertical and the bent length of threaded rod. When I couldn’t, I accepted the predicament as the new starting point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1557716154484-7UGLOE81JRGOEFI5UNI5/Paul-Sullivan-Jersey-City-Pennies+Piece.jpg Paul Sullivan Sculpture The big beam is a pin cushion of screw and drilled holes of successive tries until a dowel was attached to hold the penny jar and extra lead sinkers far enough way to achieve lift off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1557716200702-3ZAAT64B61HXSUULNNVS/Paul-Sullivan-Holding-on-to-a-split.jpg Paul Sullivan Sculpture I had a hefty squared off length of wood that I cut some rectangles out of unmindful of the deep longitudinal cracks until the cut up piece of wood split into pieces. 2 lengths of threaded rod “reunites” all the pieces of wood in an exploded view. To keep the rod in place without epoxy, the wood is cabled around a fragment of granite countertop. (Epoxy leaves no room for wondering and 2nd thoughts.) At the top, another piece is stitched back on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1557716185996-N5WLC7RNIF1J9I2FO4XP/Paul-Sullivan-Cinder-block-Wool-strap-Window.jpg Paul Sullivan Sculpture The window frame was discarded in the hallway of 111 First Street. Threaded rod vs wool scraps are from a mill in Vermont. The base always bugged me. I think it needed some saber sawing cutouts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1557716224376-Z4PYPEZG0MFFKAD8Q4HH/Paul-Sullivan-Burlap-tugging-beam-with-tired-beams.jpg Paul Sullivan Sculpture The L shape piece is from a house building site, a fragment cut away from a pre-fab wall. It has the look of a horse’s head. The L shape is tilted forward to suggest pulling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1557716238437-DIHAHPS05V45NZ0YV9LN/Paul-Sullivan-Burlap-tugging-beam-Verrmont-Studio-Center.jpg Paul Sullivan Sculpture Tying the head off to its load or anchor of wood didn’t have the same expressive strain of stapling a length of burlap to the corner of the L. https://www.landessullivan.com/paul-sullivan-design daily 0.75 2025-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1588085364437-784QGCDF88EU7H3DB708/Paul-Sullivan-wagon-wheel-mill-blade-chaise.jpg Paul Sullivan design Steel chaise, 2000 cartwheel rims, very dull sawmill blade framents, steel rod, bolt 5’ x 8’ x 4’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1597024957431-6WBAFJGI1JTJ62YRU19U/Paul-Sullivan-magazine-rack-bent-plywood-steel-magnets-apart.jpg Paul Sullivan design designer Paul Sullivan, Magazine rack, square steel rod, rare earth magnets, plywood. photo of piece together below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1588085094421-XGSXOAB4HO56PZX05J4E/Paul-Sullivan-magazine-rack-bent-plywood-steel-magnets.jpg Paul Sullivan design Magazine rack of bent wood (3 layers of 1/8” plywood bent wet without heat around a form and glued), laboriously and elegantly bent square steel rod and magnets shown on the roof at 111 First Street in Jersey City https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1588085364437-784QGCDF88EU7H3DB708/Paul-Sullivan-wagon-wheel-mill-blade-chaise.jpg Paul Sullivan design Steel chaise, 2000 cartwheel rims, very dull sawmill blade framents, steel rod, bolt 5’ x 8’ x 4’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1597024957431-6WBAFJGI1JTJ62YRU19U/Paul-Sullivan-magazine-rack-bent-plywood-steel-magnets-apart.jpg Paul Sullivan design designer Paul Sullivan, Magazine rack, square steel rod, rare earth magnets, plywood. photo of piece together below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1588085094421-XGSXOAB4HO56PZX05J4E/Paul-Sullivan-magazine-rack-bent-plywood-steel-magnets.jpg Paul Sullivan design Magazine rack of bent wood (3 layers of 1/8” plywood bent wet without heat around a form and glued), laboriously and elegantly bent square steel rod and magnets shown on the roof at 111 First Street in Jersey City https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1561259326114-82DFWJ5NOIY1FFA06VUP/Paul-Sullivan-wagon-wheel-mill-blade-chaise-occupied.jpg Paul Sullivan design - Paul Sullivan on For sawing logs discarded saw mill blade welded to old wagon wheel steel rims, smaller pieces welded to steel rod for head rest, foot rest and step up. blade teeth ground down to a painless sine wave. The flex of the saw blades and wheel rim nicely counteracted the hardness of the seating area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1561259331567-54CKE6VKUYODYSXMZP5N/Paul-Sullivan-wagon-wheel-mill-blade-chaise-rear.jpg Paul Sullivan design - For sawing logs discarded saw mill blade welded to old wagon wheel steel rims, smaller pieces welded to steel rod for head rest, foot rest and step up. blade teeth ground down to a painless sine wave. The flex of the saw blades and wheel rim nicely counteracted the hardness of the seating area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1561259331026-05SRCYF5S5SC82QFB9SI/Paul-Sullivan-wagon-wheel-mill-blade-chaise.jpg Paul Sullivan design - For sawing logs discarded saw mill blade welded to old wagon wheel steel rims, smaller pieces welded to steel rod for head rest, foot rest and step up. blade teeth ground down to a painless sine wave. The flex of the saw blades and wheel rim nicely counteracted the hardness of the seating area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1561259327930-DYOMVKT9SQW6R51IO565/Paul-Sullivan-extendible-aerial-vase-column.jpg Paul Sullivan design - aerial viewing vase - full extension radio antennae allows height adjustment, couple pounds of lead weights wired to a 4” x 4” offer lower center of gravity, also bit of cloth hides a plastic milk carton flower pot, Barb’s flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1561259312516-LIBRZVYZP3AJJLHU4YIB/Paul-Sullivan-extendible-aerial-vase-column-retracted.jpg Paul Sullivan design - aerial viewing vase - shortened radio antennae allows height adjustment, couple pounds of lead weights wired to a 4” x 4” offer lower center of gravity, also bit of cloth hides a plastic milk carton flower pot, Barb’s flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1561259311157-R1YJ825H0D1RIVQWTQ28/Paul-Sullivan-extendible-aerial-vase-splayed.jpg Paul Sullivan design - splayed aerial vase radio antennae allows height adjustment, antennae rotate together as one adds load, lead feet allow the twist to lock stay firmly twisted and quite stable by keeping aerials from splaying too far like a horse on ice, also bit of cloth, plastic milk carton, EO’s scarf knit by Barb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1561259327516-Z4RPEH7EQU74UI4D83HU/Paul-Sullivan-knock-down-glass-top-table.jpg Paul Sullivan design - flat pack glass top table glass, plywood with veneer, painted board, pipe and rod to pin the wooden parts together to support the glass, plexi-glas tubes for flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1561259329769-EFIZ0696VO83772A2I06/Paul-Sullivan-glass-top-table-knocked-down.jpg Paul Sullivan design - flat pack glass top table - in parts glass, plywood with veneer, painted board, pipe and rod to pin the wooden parts together to support the glass, plexi-glas tubes for flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1561259311848-10VHXVBBCR66GYZ8WARR/Paul-Sullivan-fan-blade-wine-bottle-glasses.jpg Paul Sullivan design - Wine holder - old fan blade a broken studio exhaust fan blade was repurposed by bending, cutting and twisting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1561259329222-VJ0KX1QHCNOGO1BV1J4O/Paul-Sullivan-fan-blade-wine-bottle-taking-a-glass.jpg Paul Sullivan design - Wine holder - old fan blade detail of tongues of metal to hold glasses. To free a glass: lift to horizontal and rotate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1561259309652-6E66JUZE0K4L9786Z673/Paul-Sullivan-fan-blade-wine-bottle-glasses-back.jpg Paul Sullivan design - Wine holder - old fan blade from the rear, debt to Calder’s stabiles revealed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1566750916832-B05TXK5YV2YATWDS22QV/Paul-Sullivan-magazine-rack-bent-plywood-steel-magnets-apart.jpg Paul Sullivan design - magazine rack of contemporary pigeon holes - apart 2002 bent plywood, square steel rod, earth magnets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1566750918662-7YP7HJWO625K1ELIJTUS/Paul-Sullivan-magazine-rack-bent-plywood-steel-magnets.jpg Paul Sullivan design - magazine rack of contemporary pigeon holes 2002 bent plywood, square steel rod, earth magnets 4’ x 2’ x 2’ https://www.landessullivan.com/cool-paper daily 0.75 2025-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1570333603966-UL14R6R5QE844UATL6A3/Peter-Gentenaar-flax-bamboo-paper-artwork-suspended.png art - paper and other - that inspires us Saint Gudula Church in Lochem, the Netherlands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1583550837883-5QXSG6S46DJINRXSXUF8/Gentenaar-handmade-paper-sculpture-fabrication-still.jpg art - paper and other - that inspires us drying overbeaten flax and bamboo strips, detail from film of Peter’s interview by Anne Gentenaar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1570458936418-7WS9NSMA78B4VG21TFL7/Eve-Ingalls-Drawing-Earth-paper-construction-sculpture.png art - paper and other - that inspires us Drawing Earth show 2010 at Soho20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1585103967798-UIBK52WKE35I1IMHZ461/Eve-Ingalls-Drawing-Earth-2010-abaca-kozo.png art - paper and other - that inspires us Drawing Earth 2010 (amazing photographer not known) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1576077576677-QM8E9U8HH4ECG4U6ZAQW/Roberto-Mannino-paper-artwork-shrinkage-graphite.png art - paper and other - that inspires us flax, abaca, tracing paper, graphite and mixed media https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1576077652344-XOOHSCH54B2640JZC8FF/Roberto-Mannino-paper-art-shrinkage-contrast-ripples.jpg art - paper and other - that inspires us We believe this is flax & pigmented abaca. The simple interaction of 2 fibers drying together presents a powerful image of interdependence of elements. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1576689415796-CT5GLIR1XB8OTBRTLA3C/Alexis-Granwell-paper-sculptures-hard-edged-stands.jpg art - paper and other - that inspires us Turn to Earth (Installation) 2017. 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paper and other - that inspires us Ibrahim Mahama Navrongo 2017 tarp, burlap, string, plastic 9’ x 11’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1615996448856-HJXU9WG403TLXTU6P72Q/Ibrahim-Mahama-smocks-cacoa-sacks-2018.jpg art - paper and other - that inspires us Ibrahim Mahama Untitled 2018 traditional smocks, jute sacks 11’ x 11’ https://www.landessullivan.com/less-recent-shows daily 0.75 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1572273485831-F88050AKG7ZFSLU661QN/wind-sculpture-outdoor-resined-painted-bent-wood-large.jpg past sculpture exhibits 2015 - 2018 Woody’s bent ride to the sky and its gorgeous shadow 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1572273656760-FJOIXA2BKG2DLDKRR96G/wind-spinner-fiberglass-public-art-makeshift-Festival.jpg past sculpture exhibits 2015 - 2018 Pinky, or Streaking and scattering the wind and the sun with Woody in the background 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1572273828193-9LW29W38UBGUMIQRBO5P/wind-sculpture-outdoor-festival-fiberglass-wood-summer.jpg past sculpture exhibits 2015 - 2018 2018 Makeshift Festival Madison WI - art, food and people August 12 in Tenney Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1590159496094-EPIPFCDNG2YWO05PY0VI/suspended-free-standing-sculptures-hand-papermaking.jpg past sculpture exhibits 2015 - 2018 Looking for God and covering all that we can 2016 handmade cotton papers around pink foam board shape, suspended by hemp rope. lighting - and the Franz Kline shadow - courtesy of the Overture Center's Broadway-quality lighting people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1590159534194-6C1ZHBC6SPB1IOUGJ7XZ/soaring-sculpture-board-papermaking-willowy-angular.jpg past sculpture exhibits 2015 - 2018 a view of How to speak reassuringly in always uncertain times from under Looking for God https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1572445799290-TZC1KF2JM1UUQP21BPAD/sculpture-base-3-dimensional-wood-irregular-nailed-joints.jpg past sculpture exhibits 2015 - 2018 the pedestal of How to speak reassuringly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1590160875235-56JYKSB14L2MNZCOB49Y/sculpture-making-process-hot-glue-cut-foam-shapes.jpg past sculpture exhibits 2015 - 2018 the beginnings of a paper wrapped foam form https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1590159641650-VJ0F5XFY97J1K2J7D5GS/looping-wire-tree-branch-hand-papermaking-sculpture.jpg past sculpture exhibits 2015 - 2018 the wire and stick that separates us 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1590159776675-9RUAUMNAODFFZ2Y53093/tilting-abstract-sculpture-balancing-base-geometric.jpg past sculpture exhibits 2015 - 2018 out on a limb with building blocks 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1590161007440-TN83HYG0L5EHLOL624NW/Monroe-Street-outdoor-little-gallery-Landes-Sullivan.jpg past sculpture exhibits 2015 - 2018 Monroe Street Framing in Madison WI hosts an outdoor public space, a little gallery box, at right. We decided to enwrap the gallery as a piece rather than display something within it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1590161041787-S3HCHDHLT18K759FQ7LB/outdoor-sculpture-madison-wi-colorful-paper-wood-forms.jpg past sculpture exhibits 2015 - 2018 Our red and yellow plywood arches rest on the lid of the gallery box like a crown. We glued and wrapped paper and wood to the glass sides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1590161058744-JBBEIAEA8ANEHRSIHMR3/sculpture-on-little-gallery-box-nighttime-glowing.jpg past sculpture exhibits 2015 - 2018 We lined the inside with cast scraps of abaca papers to glow with translucence when lit up at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1590161083911-BF6C8D6Y1JAEWFNJJK2T/public-sculpture-madison-wi-hand-papermaking-2016.jpg past sculpture exhibits 2015 - 2018 The gallery box became our armature for tightly stretching abaca to hide and reveal what is beneath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1572273485831-F88050AKG7ZFSLU661QN/wind-sculpture-outdoor-resined-painted-bent-wood-large.jpg past sculpture exhibits 2015 - 2018 Woody’s bent ride to the sky and its gorgeous shadow 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1572273656760-FJOIXA2BKG2DLDKRR96G/wind-spinner-fiberglass-public-art-makeshift-Festival.jpg past sculpture exhibits 2015 - 2018 Pinky, or Streaking and scattering the wind and the sun with Woody in the background 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1572273828193-9LW29W38UBGUMIQRBO5P/wind-sculpture-outdoor-festival-fiberglass-wood-summer.jpg past sculpture exhibits 2015 - 2018 2018 Makeshift Festival Madison WI - art, food and people August 12 in Tenney Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1590159496094-EPIPFCDNG2YWO05PY0VI/suspended-free-standing-sculptures-hand-papermaking.jpg past sculpture exhibits 2015 - 2018 Looking for God and covering all that we can 2016 handmade cotton papers around pink foam board shape, suspended by hemp rope. lighting - and the Franz Kline shadow - courtesy of the Overture Center's Broadway-quality lighting people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1590159534194-6C1ZHBC6SPB1IOUGJ7XZ/soaring-sculpture-board-papermaking-willowy-angular.jpg past sculpture exhibits 2015 - 2018 a view of How to speak reassuringly in always uncertain times from under Looking for God https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1572445799290-TZC1KF2JM1UUQP21BPAD/sculpture-base-3-dimensional-wood-irregular-nailed-joints.jpg past sculpture exhibits 2015 - 2018 the pedestal of How to speak reassuringly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1590160875235-56JYKSB14L2MNZCOB49Y/sculpture-making-process-hot-glue-cut-foam-shapes.jpg past sculpture exhibits 2015 - 2018 the beginnings of a paper wrapped foam form https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1590159641650-VJ0F5XFY97J1K2J7D5GS/looping-wire-tree-branch-hand-papermaking-sculpture.jpg past sculpture exhibits 2015 - 2018 the wire and stick that separates us 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1590159776675-9RUAUMNAODFFZ2Y53093/tilting-abstract-sculpture-balancing-base-geometric.jpg past sculpture exhibits 2015 - 2018 out on a limb with building blocks 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1590161007440-TN83HYG0L5EHLOL624NW/Monroe-Street-outdoor-little-gallery-Landes-Sullivan.jpg past sculpture exhibits 2015 - 2018 Monroe Street Framing in Madison WI hosts an outdoor public space, a little gallery box, at right. We decided to enwrap the gallery as a piece rather than display something within it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1590161041787-S3HCHDHLT18K759FQ7LB/outdoor-sculpture-madison-wi-colorful-paper-wood-forms.jpg past sculpture exhibits 2015 - 2018 Our red and yellow plywood arches rest on the lid of the gallery box like a crown. We glued and wrapped paper and wood to the glass sides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1590161058744-JBBEIAEA8ANEHRSIHMR3/sculpture-on-little-gallery-box-nighttime-glowing.jpg past sculpture exhibits 2015 - 2018 We lined the inside with cast scraps of abaca papers to glow with translucence when lit up at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1590161083911-BF6C8D6Y1JAEWFNJJK2T/public-sculpture-madison-wi-hand-papermaking-2016.jpg past sculpture exhibits 2015 - 2018 The gallery box became our armature for tightly stretching abaca to hide and reveal what is beneath. https://www.landessullivan.com/paper-objects daily 0.75 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/ebf80ec0-5476-4f31-88a9-d828bbf37b8b/art-studio-at-work-paper-sculpture-form-Landes.jpg handmade paper objects - Make it stand out Process photo of Barb undoing the wraps and blocks used to allow the paper tapestry to dry in a twisting, wind blown gesture. The pressed but still wet handmade sheets of paper were stenciled, pulp painted and stamped before being pieced together. The whole is then - carefully and gently - shaped, bent, folded and twisted into position to dry. handmade cotton & day lily papers, pulp paint, dimensions as laid flat 7.5’ x 2.5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/52dcb657-3be7-4959-aca4-135007da6ab8/Paul-Sullivan-working-sculpture-abaca-fiber-cast.jpg handmade paper objects - Make it stand out High shrinkage abaca sheets are cast onto a length of HVAC conduit. Magnets holding to the wire in the conduit restrain the abaca as it dries. The final object is above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1653533349143-SVZ3SAEKTWPKEBSM2BA8/Landes-handmade-cotton-fiber-tapestries.jpg handmade paper objects - paper tapestry 2020 handmade cast cotton paper, pulp paint, pastel, dimensions variable, here about 5’ x 3.5 x 2’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1653533377072-X04R9YM6F9L0ELXXYH92/Landes-handmade-paper-draped-tapestries.jpg handmade paper objects - paper tapestry detail 2020 handmade cast cotton paper, pulp paint, pastel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1653533339655-5B6E0SRM60DV9G7TIOM5/Landes-tapestries-paper-large-colorful.jpg handmade paper objects - paper tapestry reverse 2020 handmade cast cotton paper, pulp paint, pastel, dimensions variable,. here about 6.5’ x 3.5’ x 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1653533386023-N59YCZPX88O35D093HGJ/papermaking-tapestry-cut-shapes-large.jpg handmade paper objects - paper tapestry handmade cast cotton with pulp painting 6’ x 3’ x 1’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1653533404507-JV0NS63U2A8KPPSBU1EH/cotton-paper-tapestry-cast-patchwork-water-blowouts.jpg handmade paper objects - paper tapestry reverse handmade cast cotton with pulp painting and blow-outs 6’ x 3’ x 1’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1653533413202-O3OLCNK15FUTXYEO45Q4/Landes-Sullivan-artistic-duo-sculpture-paper-abstract.jpg handmade paper objects - studio sketch using paper tapestry & other objects handmade cotton and abaca cast papers, painted wood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1653533431324-JU5KWYUEQCZQ5MH1ZET3/peach-purple-handmade-paper-tapestry-cast.jpg handmade paper objects - paper tapestry 2019 handmade cast cotton papers 7’ x 2’ any resemblance to a fish is coincidental and embarassing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1653533442494-G9PI4VGD4B1BEAXIT9WA/handmade-paper-tapestry-colorful-pigmented.jpg handmade paper objects - paper tapestry reverse 2019 handmade cast cotton papers 7’ x 2’ any resemblance to a fish is coincidental and embarassing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1653533911421-7JBS7PNR8LQT63BRXTGT/Landes-Sullivan-craft-of-sculpture-collaborators-handmade.jpg handmade paper objects - studio sketch using paper tapestry & other objects 2019 handmade cast cotton papers, painted wood, wood wrapped with handmade abaca paper, abaca with bamboo inclusions 7’ x 2’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1653533923300-FU6E53RMEKVBPZBY7NK1/cast-handmade-paper-tapestry-pulp-painting-lime.jpg handmade paper objects - paper tapestry handmade cast cotton paper with pulp painting, 2’ x 3.5’ x 1’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1653533933088-X6AZ9BQI5ZOUYEJKY9EC/handmade-paper-detail-sculpture-Wisconsin.jpg handmade paper objects - studio sketch of paper tapestry and other objects - detail 2017 handmade cast cotton paper with pulp painting 2’ x 3.5’ x 1’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1653534127557-I2JX14LBGTWI1KAGCMA3/cotton-paper-quilt-fibermark-pulp-paint-stencil.jpg handmade paper objects - paper tapestry handmade cast cotton with pulp painting, 4’ x 3.5’ x 1’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1653534138659-UB7L5ODWZKSFP9VZCJIS/cotton-paper-tapestry-pulp-painting-pastel-patchwork.jpg handmade paper objects - paper tapestry reverse handmade cast cotton with pulp painting, 4’ x 3.5’ x 1’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1653534151853-LML4Z7ZKZXSBAWQ0AGCN/hand-papermaking-colorful-abstract-sculpture-American.jpg handmade paper objects - studio sketch with paper tapestries at work and other objects see next image for the light grey and white objects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1653534170918-JRO75FRSMVHCUGTT76OQ/paper-craft-contemporary-paving-stone-pattern.jpeg handmade paper objects - paving stone pattern tapestries 2017 - 2021 cast handmade cotton paper, each is about 3’ to 4’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1653534182896-8KHP4PJL2K8M69US2RAU/paper-tapestry-red-black-handmade-drape.jpg handmade paper objects - paper tapestry handmade cast cotton paper with pulp painting and blow-outs, 5’ x 2.5’ x 1’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1653962556774-V36QPH79GFEZ9MIY9SHZ/contemporary-American-handmade-paper-craft.jpg handmade paper objects 2021 handmade cotton and abaca papers, (and pastel on right tapestry) 4’ x 4’ and 7.5’ x 4.5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1653962568189-6K9059MJ0A4VRY37XQ53/Landes-Sullivan-paper-fiber-collage-craft.jpg handmade paper objects 2021 handmade cotton and abaca papers, (and pastel on right tapestry) 4’ x 4’ and 7.5’ x 4.5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1701578320371-6Z3799Z4CUHEV1V1DEAP/cotton-fiber-paper-pigmented-tapestry.jpeg handmade paper objects - paper tapestry 2017 cast handmade cotton fiber paper 3’ x 4’ x .5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1701578320648-AQ350QV20K092VMA4LRR/pigmented-paper-tapestry-purple-blue-salmon.jpeg handmade paper objects - paper tapestry reverse 2017 cast handmade cotton fiber paper 3’ x 4’ x .5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1653533312741-97Y1M8O09TYRY1VDPAW2/cotton-paper-tapestry-pulp-paint-stenciled-orange.jpeg handmade paper objects - paper tapestry 2014 handmade cast cotton with pulp painting 5’ x 3’ x 2’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1653533324461-X43PFE2QU8G8L5FUZMY4/paper-installation-artist-collaborators-Landes-Sullivan.jpg handmade paper objects - installation at Madison Public Library Meaningless & Sure (see link in sidebar above) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1701576841936-HZ8NS4V3YRAGRVKA7LTC/Hand-papermaking-greens-white-Landes-Sullivan.jpeg handmade paper objects - cast paper relief 2023 cast handmade cotton paper wrapped foam board 4’ x 2.5’ x .5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1701576841943-C5AFJQDHQ41TAIAQ5UYF/cotton-fiber-cast-geometric-shapes-armature-wire.jpeg handmade paper objects - cast paper relief - detail 2023 cast handmade cotton paper wrapped foam board 4’ x 2.5’ x .5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1653962534147-NOWWRSZ4EQ63OXX0KFQB/cast-cotton-pigmented-dyed-vacuum-formed-textured.jpg handmade paper objects - cast paper relief 2017 handmade cast cotton rag paper 6’ x 3’ x .5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1653534090936-ANMPAW58YWBJT3E0QEUA/black-highly-detailed-cast-cotton-wood-wire-relief.jpg handmade paper objects - cast paper relief 2016 handmade cast cotton rag paper 6’ x 3’ x .5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1653534104373-Y36X8MC7GDNDUPZRE47H/contemporary-craft-handmade-paper-casting-relief.jpg handmade paper objects - cast paper relief at work handmade cast cotton rag paper, 6’ x 3’ x .5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1701578569105-PYD6NIHWW0N1QDXERXFC/paper-relief-cast-marbled-blue-white.jpeg handmade paper objects - cast paper relief 2023 cast handmade cotton fiber paper, aluminum armature wire 3.5’ x 5’ x .5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1701578567702-UY6KAHXX39VPZGTE4A01/handmade-paper-relief-sculpture-cast-.jpeg handmade paper objects - cast paper relief - detail 2023 cast handmade cotton fiber paper, aluminum armature wire 3.5’ x 5’ x .5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1701578568865-F5K7VFV6A3X5VNHFJYSZ/Landes-Sullivan-abstract-cast-paper-relief-Wisconsin.jpeg handmade paper objects - cast paper relief 2020 cast handmade cotton fiber paper, aluminum armature wire 3.5’ x 5.5’ x .5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1701578567778-AHTA75BGH2QK6IOS4EEL/fine-cast-paper-net-blues-blacks.jpeg handmade paper objects - cast paper relief - detail 2020 cast handmade cotton fiber paper, aluminum armature wire 3.5’ x 5.5’ x .5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1702265463668-8WE8TC6Y94L3T8WKYU16/paper-craft-casting-objects-purple-cotton-fiber.jpeg handmade paper objects - paper screen 2017 handmade cast cotton paper over dowel & flat wood strips. Paper covered wood strips were added (2023) for rigidity & strength. 4.5 x 3 x .5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1702265464100-2KJ9ZHGDI00V0HX676RJ/paper-craft-object-cast-dowels.jpeg handmade paper objects - paper screen reverse 2017 handmade cast cotton paper over dowel & flat wood strips. Paper covered wood strips were added (2023) for rigidity & strength. 4.5 x 3 x .5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1702350385183-DUW2JTYPM0X6LV2OCWTW/contemporary-craft-papermaking-pigmented-lime-cotton-fiber.jpeg handmade paper objects - lime paper cast of dowels 2017 cotton paper with fencing wire woven through for strength & attachments 3’ x 3.5’ x .5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1702350385531-5X1T0FFIRZN7U3AB1XZK/relief-cast-paper-scatter-of-sticks-craft.jpeg handmade paper objects - lime paper cast of dowels 2017 cotton paper with fencing wire woven through for strength & attachments 3’ x 3.5’ x .5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1702350386738-7VUNWQWDQ2GPW7QM6CV6/pigmented-paper-cast-beige-rose-handmade-contemporary-craft.jpeg handmade paper objects - paper cast of dowels, wire, wood shapes 2017 cast handmade cotton paper with small abaca loop with paper wrapped slats & rod for strength 4’ x 3’ x .5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1702350386977-4CBVXFPM3Y6HKNR378KC/Landes-Sullivan-collaborators-sculptural-objects.jpeg handmade paper objects - paper cast of dowels, wire, wood shapes 2017 cast handmade cotton paper with small abaca loop with paper wrapped slats & rod for strength 4’ x 3’ x .5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1654224115961-C3E712MQZTS8SY7LD37Z/green-cotton-ochre-abaca-paper-translucence.jpg handmade paper objects 2017 overbeaten pigmented abaca and dyed cotton 3’ x 1.5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1654224125620-PVAS84VKMRF8CM8F6HIE/ochre-abaca-paper-restraint-dried-concavities.jpg handmade paper objects 2017 overbeaten pigmented abaca and dyed cotton 3’ x 1.5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1654224138279-EY7DNZRCAA0JO9CJCN2H/love-with-the-lid-blown-off-sculpture-handmade-paper.jpg handmade paper objects - love with the lid blown off 2018 handmade cast cotton & abaca papers 4’ x 3.5’ x 1’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1654308309000-CU0DBNGM5L8R9MJXWE9R/cast-abaca-fiber-paper-contemporary-craft.jpg handmade paper objects - abaca scarf 2022 1/3 flax & 2/3 abaca, beaten 5 hrs 4.5’ x 2’ x .5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1654308592555-092F1FQA3I3PQJC20XWZ/abstract-sculpture-paper-cardboard-colorful.jpg handmade paper objects - 2/27/22 studio sketch cast handmade abaca/flax paper, painted cardboard, painted foamular, blue bone cast material 2’ x 2’ x 4’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1650939632363-ODTKMBRJYKDPX8Q9KG0Q/Landes-midwest-papermaking-contemporary-craft.jpg handmade paper objects - white & lime cast abaca scarf about 10’ stretched out by 1’ By using a white base sheet with lime green shapes, one side is a crisp white and lime while the other is white and soft, light lime. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1650942273033-HG41PM3AVKZB48ETY8P2/sculpture-paper-colorful-flowing-contemporary-abstract-.jpg handmade paper objects - studio sketch 2018 cast abaca paper, foamular board, nylon mesh bag, plywood with pastel about 7’ x 3’ x 4’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1661393590507-EPB086YZRYTLJS3E738H/pigmented-cast-abaca-fiber-object-craft-handmade.jpg handmade paper objects 2022 cast abaca and flax forms each roughly 2’ to 3’ long https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1661393590716-F15LRJ73FAPFINHFHUJW/hand-papermaking-cast-abaca-fiber-Landes-Sullivan.jpg handmade paper objects 2022 cast abaca and flax forms each roughly 2’ to 3’ long - objects have been repositioned from previous photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1654308777335-SMLO1SEBWKPSLPL0Z4AO/handmade-paper-sculpture-color-abstract-soaring.jpg handmade paper objects - 2/18/22 cast abaca, abaca with bamboo inclusion, fiberglassed wood with pink fabric, fabric & paper wrapped plaster & gutter mesh stick 4’ x 2’ x 4’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1585837243598-82OKFSC690H8WAGQP6ZW/papermaking-abaca-fiber-cast-gestural-springy-twisted.jpg handmade paper objects - cast abaca object - the boa For a process shot, please see photo below this gallery. 2018 cast abaca over HVAC conduit, about 6’ long and 1’ at widest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1654308823764-Z99S3LRVECVQ241MMBWX/craft-accordion-handmade-paper-pigmented.jpg handmade paper objects - Watching my brothers' poolside stress and strain - detail 2018 cast cotton and abaca handmade papers, plywood with pulp 5' x 5' x 1.5' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1654481233465-BZMVYHJRBYFAT6EHHMPL/cast-abaca-fiber-tactile-Wisconsin-craft-contemporary.jpg handmade paper objects 2017 cast abaca paper, acrylic paint 2.5’ x 1.5’ x 1’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1654481256222-7YKDLEUEV6T882T2TVI4/cast-handmade-paper-abstract-art-Veronese-green.jpg handmade paper objects - Talking on the phone with Joan 2018 handmade cast cotton and abaca papers, caning 2.5' x 2.5' x 1' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1654483269044-L52YUJZ8PJZJPIEW9GVX/pigmented-abaca-paper-high-chroma.jpg handmade paper objects 2017 cast abaca around a HVAC conduit, 4’ x 2’ x 2’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1654483047156-ZM3P75DFXXKFUCKNLDPB/cast-abaca-fiber-paper-orange-Madison-Wisconsin.jpg handmade paper objects - Us vs Them - detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1654483064160-YLSXMEHZC4RDZFEUAWSQ/layered-abaca-paper-reflected-light-microcrystaline-wax-pastel.jpg handmade paper objects 2019 abaca, pastel, wax 3’ x 4’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1654483082266-21VQSA96PRM294EQS6RZ/layered-abaca-lime-gray-black-reflected-light.jpg handmade paper objects - opposite side of previous 2019 abaca, pastel, wax 3’ x 4’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1654483101038-88APYUMRWYTBPEFIJHRY/artistic-duo-papermaking-Landes-Sullivan.jpg handmade paper objects - 10/6/2021 handmade cast abaca papers (one has bamboo inclusions), wire covered with gutter mesh then plaster cast material, handmade paper, fabric, pastel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1654483737674-AG3R8HDC38TWETK2AEZE/abaca-fiber-paper-orange-pastel-strap-sworf.jpg handmade paper objects pinned down to dry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1654483719676-JSZTT7S1UEV2A74FE4PW/hand-papermaking-abaca-cursive-ribbon.jpg handmade paper objects - meant to entangle other objects 2020 restraint dried abaca paper stretched out about 12’ x 2.5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1654483748577-XN1SEV19O78M58Q7P3JJ/draped-curling-orange-blue-abaca-fiber-scarf-paper.jpg handmade paper objects in a sketch, 2020 restraint dried abaca paper stretched out about 12’ x 2.5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1654483761305-SKAPRKLDG5Q97JWMH0FA/abaca-fiber-black-white-quilted-scarf.jpg handmade paper objects - abaca scarf - meant to entangle other objects 2018 abaca fiber paper patchwork scarf laid out straight about 12’ x 1’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1660608814415-ZLK2ONRRMNJN8WMPJC3T/abaca-fiber-scarf-quilt-ribbon-black-white.jpg handmade paper objects - detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1654483804900-S123AIMTH75I725JV8Z2/abstract-contemporary-sculpture-abaca-fiber.jpg handmade paper objects - abaca scarf as part of a studio sketch handmade abaca papers, shaped and painted foam board, carved wood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1660605757212-R4HZ1M6FGIHJGXWQB4CA/wide-meandering-belt-handmade-paper-ochre-veronese.jpg handmade paper objects - meant to entangle other objects 2020 ochre abaca sheets sandwiching veronese green layer of cotton about 4.5’ x 4.5’. It is strong, but stiff. It will crease if held in the middle. When we use it, we gently fold it back & forth to increase the bending area so we can avoid creating sharp folds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1702181575662-8JJV89T9F40HAMGR369X/paper-nets-handmade-abaca-cotton-fiber-charcoal.jpeg handmade paper objects - nets to hold onto other objects left triangles are sandwiches of pink abaca with purple sharpie and blue cotton & green abaca stripes, attachments are straps of thick, highly beaten, unrestrained abaca fiber which becomes hard, strong & brittle. Looks like beef jerky right shapes are black cotton with attachments of pigmented & painted handmade paper as well as scraps of cutup charcoal drawing, connectors are short beaten abaca paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1702181575992-RYBKRQCM0JDMZ3BW40WR/beef-jerky-high-shrink-abaca-paper-net.jpeg handmade paper objects - nets meant to connect objects & throw great shadow left triangles are sandwiches of pink abaca with purple sharpie and blue cotton & green abaca stripes, attachments are straps of thick, highly beaten, unrestrained abaca fiber which becomes hard, strong & brittle. Looks like beef jerky https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/ebf80ec0-5476-4f31-88a9-d828bbf37b8b/art-studio-at-work-paper-sculpture-form-Landes.jpg handmade paper objects - Make it stand out Process photo of Barb undoing the wraps and blocks used to allow the paper tapestry to dry in a twisting, wind blown gesture. The pressed but still wet handmade sheets of paper were stenciled, pulp painted and stamped before being pieced together. The whole is then - carefully and gently - shaped, bent, folded and twisted into position to dry. handmade cotton & day lily papers, pulp paint, dimensions as laid flat 7.5’ x 2.5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1588516703998-677635J6TNDPFJ2G4RT7/shrinkage-abaca-bobby-pins-inclusions.jpg handmade paper objects abaca, bobby pins, 2.5’ x 1.5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1644896733768-TJ892VY9QKENB1M4FM6B/structural-paper-spring-steel-inserts-restraint-dried.jpg handmade paper objects - abaca object with bobby pin inclusions 2019 2’ x 1.5’ x .5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1655171750945-A8EKBIASYNWWNVT32U88/Landes-Sullivan-paper-sculpture-contemporary-abstract.jpg handmade paper objects - studio sketch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1588516699111-367G0TQAIFIX69K1QNDO/abaca-bamboo-overbeaten-3D-structure-pink.jpg handmade paper objects abaca, bamboo, 4’ x 2.5’ x 2.5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1594000960051-CYSK69HVWBQ52WEB3I7E/papermaking-art-stretched-abaca-bamboo-frame.jpg handmade paper objects form made by drying overbeaten abaca over a bamboo frame https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1594732579931-3LV80GB6IP6D1XN6ZGLY/papermaking-artwork-bamboo-abaca.jpg handmade paper objects overbeaten, pigmented, abaca fiber dried over rigid frame of bamboo and glue 2.5’ x 1.5’ x 2’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1701576843001-DDVS9AWA1ZLFT619VX7U/bamboo-long-beaten-abaca-fiber-object.jpeg handmade paper objects - 3 bamboo & abaca structures overbeaten, pigmented, abaca fiber dried over rigid frame of bamboo and glue left object is 1.5’ x 3’ x 1.5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1701748745091-W0JV25PPVFUGNKH5KPCC/Paul-Sullivan-abstract-sculpture-bamboo-abaca-high-shrinkage.jpeg handmade paper objects - October 14 2022 cast handmade cotton & abaca papers, pulp paint, plywood shapes, fabric 2.5’ x 1.5’ x 3’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1597066015853-ESNZ73YXS46DRKHCLXBW/abaca-paper-bamboo-taut-structure.jpg handmade paper objects 2020 bamboo shivers keeping the high shrink abaca taut. The pale green front piece is 1.5 x 1’ x 1’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1655246916803-V7FI3FCLI0UZBWA019N7/handmade-abaca-paper-bamboo-art-yellow.jpg handmade paper objects 2022 yellow & orange sheets of abaca set together sandwiching shavings of bamboo stakes 4’ x 6’ x .5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1661569534310-FY3PNPG8OP3VL9SGWFQ7/orange-abaca-paper-bamboo-shivers-fabric.jpg handmade paper objects - work in progress 2022 other abaca objects, fabric and bamboo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1655247981717-G0H8QAL1AP9HE0411FMK/abaca-fiber-high-shrinkage-inclusion-reed-.jpg handmade paper objects 2019 high shrinkage abaca fiber paper, chair caning 2’ x 1’ x 1’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1644289979764-J8ETRN3UU17AWY30E1QV/abaca-paper-shrunk-on-abaca-rope-Manila-craft-contemporary.jpg handmade paper objects - tangled nets 2021 abaca, manila hemp rope, middle object is about 4.5’ x 2’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1644289987952-J09NTM7ZXIZEBU48E2UL/handmade-abaca-fiber-paper-rope-shrinkage-craft.jpg handmade paper objects - tangled nets 2021 abaca, manila hemp rope, middle object is about 4.5’ x 2’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/52dcb657-3be7-4959-aca4-135007da6ab8/Paul-Sullivan-working-sculpture-abaca-fiber-cast.jpg handmade paper objects - Make it stand out High shrinkage abaca sheets are cast onto a length of HVAC conduit. Magnets holding to the wire in the conduit restrain the abaca as it dries. The final object is above. https://www.landessullivan.com/papermaking-links daily 0.75 2025-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1591281582529-J6M7YXTMXUHPNN8QT7DO/sculpture-sketch-leaning-wall-planks-curvy-abaca-scarf.jpg links about handmade paper leaning sketch, abaca casts, carved planks, painted plywood, about 11’ high, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/cb3e3395-c0bb-4cb2-b2bf-ba028c5e0355/sculpture-handmade-paper-in-process-contemporary.jpg links about handmade paper getting life from art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1591281582529-J6M7YXTMXUHPNN8QT7DO/sculpture-sketch-leaning-wall-planks-curvy-abaca-scarf.jpg links about handmade paper leaning sketch, abaca casts, carved planks, painted plywood, about 11’ high, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/cb3e3395-c0bb-4cb2-b2bf-ba028c5e0355/sculpture-handmade-paper-in-process-contemporary.jpg links about handmade paper getting life from art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1559230572430-6NS90HNZIUNUWGV40WTN/pigmenting+paper+fiber.jpg links about handmade paper Landes Sullivan pigmenting paper fiber https://www.landessullivan.com/pastel-paintings daily 0.75 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/6433708c-b66b-4b66-bd06-f9846b68fe2c/drawings-arranged-haphazard-pastel-paint-paper-wood.jpeg Landes Sullivan drawings - Make it stand out We think of some of our drawings as artworks. Many, though, become objects for art-making like most of the things we fabricate. Using them with handmade paper objects to create sculptures has been a challenge we’ve enjoyed taking up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/12d158c4-7768-49d5-9f73-d20c1f7a5ef3/cutting-up-charcoal-drawings-sculpture.jpg Landes Sullivan drawings - Make it stand out We cut up some 8’ x 4’ two sided charcoal drawings to get something sculptural going. The heft of the 140lb drawing paper and some deft cutting allows the drawing parts to drape & twist dramatically. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/af66dc61-c809-457b-b785-df157c44e34f/charcoal-drawing-sculpture-handmade-paper.jpeg Landes Sullivan drawings - Make it stand out We put the drawing fragments up to work on their arrangement. We started to take down the piece on the right to make more room, but we took some pictures since they were working well together showing, maybe, a pursuit or tryst. December 2020 For scale, the wall is about 11’ high. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1624069370213-T5JQPD796B8GF1TO7EWJ/pastel-mixed-media-cardboard-Barbara-Landes-Paul-Sullivan.jpg Landes Sullivan drawings - Make it stand out A flattened & sliced cardboard painting began as a cardboard box that we tore, cut and folded to make a suspended sculpture. We liked it, but making artwork from a single element never holds our attention long. fitting 2020 pastel, acrylic paint, spray paint, charcoal, fabric on flattened box 1.5’ x 7’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1624069386779-CSQAVZCTP0TM2YRYJM1E/pastel-mixed-media-painting-Barbara-Landes-Paul-Sullivan.jpg Landes Sullivan drawings - Make it stand out reverse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/9160915d-6f8e-4f95-94bd-bec98787deca/Barbara-Landes-white-cardboard-box-sculpture-beginning.jpeg Landes Sullivan drawings - Make it stand out The simple white cardboard box was cut, bent, folded. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/a3177418-adb1-419a-b7af-aba2dafdbe6b/drawing-cardboard-folded-sculptural-fabric.jpeg Landes Sullivan drawings - Make it stand out We clamped it to itself and suspended it to resemble something sculptural. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/97ecbbba-1f87-4e97-907c-39f0988ce1dd/cut-folded-torn-cardboard-box-sculpture-painted.jpeg Landes Sullivan drawings - Make it stand out We started painting it and attaching some fabric. Some wood dowels were added to push the planes of the box into space. After a week or so, we’d had our fun. We unhung the piece and laid it out flat. It looked good as a 2 sided 2 dimensional drawing. However, our sculpting was hard on the cardboard. It was ragged and soon became a useful pile of colorful cardboard shapes that still find their way into our work occasionally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1613101449537-74BB4XCUX3RXTHB7E8W6/pastel-bamboo-painting-Landes-Sullivan-abstract.jpg Landes Sullivan drawings a sketch to set up again and take further. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/6433708c-b66b-4b66-bd06-f9846b68fe2c/drawings-arranged-haphazard-pastel-paint-paper-wood.jpeg Landes Sullivan drawings - Make it stand out We think of some of our drawings as artworks. Many, though, become objects for art-making like most of the things we fabricate. Using them with handmade paper objects to create sculptures has been a challenge we’ve enjoyed taking up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/12d158c4-7768-49d5-9f73-d20c1f7a5ef3/cutting-up-charcoal-drawings-sculpture.jpg Landes Sullivan drawings - Make it stand out We cut up some 8’ x 4’ two sided charcoal drawings to get something sculptural going. The heft of the 140lb drawing paper and some deft cutting allows the drawing parts to drape & twist dramatically. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/af66dc61-c809-457b-b785-df157c44e34f/charcoal-drawing-sculpture-handmade-paper.jpeg Landes Sullivan drawings - Make it stand out We put the drawing fragments up to work on their arrangement. We started to take down the piece on the right to make more room, but we took some pictures since they were working well together showing, maybe, a pursuit or tryst. December 2020 For scale, the wall is about 11’ high. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1757170083319-CV6NCHWV9EDQ0SHKJO5Y/pastel-rocky-curves-landscape-red-greyblue.jpg Landes Sullivan drawings - ranging among landscapes of red & hope 2025 pastel on paper, 4’ x 5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1757170082742-2YNTSI2B2CBXVS1TJHIT/charcoal-abstract-4feet-wide-apocalyptic.jpg Landes Sullivan drawings - seared into chaos 2025, charcoal on paper, 4’ x 5.5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1689029205111-36W1M3Y2L67HGMS8S0AU/large-abstract-non-objective-pastel-painting-on-paper-not-representational.jpeg Landes Sullivan drawings - interlocking decision making 2023 pastel, paint on paper 7’ x 5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1668877726157-JLEZE5NRXDYWGRT47BW6/large-pastel-painting-abstract.jpg Landes Sullivan drawings - the abstract powers of the reeds and rocks 2022 pastel 7’ x 4’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1602174516294-HWSDBI135FMZZLBZ33YB/pastel-drawing-colorful-large-abstract.jpg Landes Sullivan drawings 2019 pastel, paint on paper 36” x 52” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1602289089810-2XU6CPPOBL2QBVD1LEOH/pastel-paint-drawings-Wisconsin-artist-collaborators.jpg Landes Sullivan drawings - a long cross warning lightly felt 2020 pastel on paper 48” x is 72” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1602174537138-QXOMHFNEMN5CSWKVCO12/artists-who-collaborate-drawing-pastels.jpg Landes Sullivan drawings 2019 pastel on paper 70” x 26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1602174506032-GDFRHINEQ0AE26N8B2PI/collaborators-on-pastel-paintings-midwest.jpg Landes Sullivan drawings 2019 pastel on paper 36” x 16” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1689040457657-P5L5X3HJDJ22ITKQ9W02/abstract-non-representational-no-flowers-figures-nada.jpeg Landes Sullivan drawings - not knowing beforehand is as bad as afterwards 2020 spray paint, pastel, graphite 6’ x 4’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1602174582858-ZR8B0DO4FBIL99ZB27MA/charcoal-paint-abstraction-collaboration.jpg Landes Sullivan drawings 2020 pastel, charcoal, ink, graphite, paint on paper 87” x 48” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1602174567848-HNYWG43DJA3VR5UYPUWQ/artist-collaborators-pastel-paint-drawing.jpg Landes Sullivan drawings 2020 pastel, acrylic paint, charcoal 60” x 48” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1602175439157-74RRR24OWKLQX0K6Y2XX/abstract-large-colorful-paintings-sea-sand.jpg Landes Sullivan drawings 2020 pastel on paper 48’ x 48” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1624069370213-T5JQPD796B8GF1TO7EWJ/pastel-mixed-media-cardboard-Barbara-Landes-Paul-Sullivan.jpg Landes Sullivan drawings - Make it stand out A flattened & sliced cardboard painting began as a cardboard box that we tore, cut and folded to make a suspended sculpture. We liked it, but making artwork from a single element never holds our attention long. fitting 2020 pastel, acrylic paint, spray paint, charcoal, fabric on flattened box 1.5’ x 7’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1624069386779-CSQAVZCTP0TM2YRYJM1E/pastel-mixed-media-painting-Barbara-Landes-Paul-Sullivan.jpg Landes Sullivan drawings - Make it stand out reverse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/9160915d-6f8e-4f95-94bd-bec98787deca/Barbara-Landes-white-cardboard-box-sculpture-beginning.jpeg Landes Sullivan drawings - Make it stand out The simple white cardboard box was cut, bent, folded. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/a3177418-adb1-419a-b7af-aba2dafdbe6b/drawing-cardboard-folded-sculptural-fabric.jpeg Landes Sullivan drawings - Make it stand out We clamped it to itself and suspended it to resemble something sculptural. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/97ecbbba-1f87-4e97-907c-39f0988ce1dd/cut-folded-torn-cardboard-box-sculpture-painted.jpeg Landes Sullivan drawings - Make it stand out We started painting it and attaching some fabric. Some wood dowels were added to push the planes of the box into space. After a week or so, we’d had our fun. We unhung the piece and laid it out flat. It looked good as a 2 sided 2 dimensional drawing. However, our sculpting was hard on the cardboard. It was ragged and soon became a useful pile of colorful cardboard shapes that still find their way into our work occasionally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1613101449537-74BB4XCUX3RXTHB7E8W6/pastel-bamboo-painting-Landes-Sullivan-abstract.jpg Landes Sullivan drawings a sketch to set up again and take further. https://www.landessullivan.com/what-we-say-about-art daily 0.75 2026-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1623448459495-54AWHIQ3R7BVFYAW4AEY/Paul-Sullivan-sculpture.jpg what we say - Make it stand out Yes, Barbara, but does it look like it intentionally happened to be in this position? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1623250846702-AK2QNIUOQH2QHAPKT162/handmade-paper-sculpture-sketch-wisconsin.jpg what we say - Make it stand out early Tuesday afternoon, we’re composing. things going well. we’re clicking, in the flow … https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1623250867213-3CLP3OAJ6SEX1GC9CY0B/handmade-paper-sculpture-sketch-wisconsin-chicken.jpg what we say - Make it stand out … late Tuesday evening - lying in bed, one is looking at photos of the day’s work and says “you know that piece that was so rocking this afternoon?” “yeah?” “it looks like a chicken” “weird” “maybe it won’t look like one when we get to the studio tomorrow” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1623288969016-CXPQX0CO4RPFQYISHMJ9/birds-walking-studio-wisconsin.jpg what we say - Make it stand out Sunday walkers near the studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1623508022331-DS4ZHEOMPKB1KI8PCU4S/Landes-Sullivan-sculpture-studio-american.jpg what we say - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1623448459495-54AWHIQ3R7BVFYAW4AEY/Paul-Sullivan-sculpture.jpg what we say - Make it stand out Yes, Barbara, but does it look like it intentionally happened to be in this position? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1623250846702-AK2QNIUOQH2QHAPKT162/handmade-paper-sculpture-sketch-wisconsin.jpg what we say - Make it stand out early Tuesday afternoon, we’re composing. things going well. we’re clicking, in the flow … https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1623250867213-3CLP3OAJ6SEX1GC9CY0B/handmade-paper-sculpture-sketch-wisconsin-chicken.jpg what we say - Make it stand out … late Tuesday evening - lying in bed, one is looking at photos of the day’s work and says “you know that piece that was so rocking this afternoon?” “yeah?” “it looks like a chicken” “weird” “maybe it won’t look like one when we get to the studio tomorrow” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1623288969016-CXPQX0CO4RPFQYISHMJ9/birds-walking-studio-wisconsin.jpg what we say - Make it stand out Sunday walkers near the studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1623508022331-DS4ZHEOMPKB1KI8PCU4S/Landes-Sullivan-sculpture-studio-american.jpg what we say - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.landessullivan.com/wait-10-days daily 0.75 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/963b8f1b-9e8e-4d10-b616-5b05208c1ff3/Paul-Sullivan-abstract-sculpture-paper.jpeg if you don't like the art, wait 10 days - project space proposal - Make it stand out variation 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/99eb1d00-29e1-48b8-a73c-9b4c935d195a/cast-abaca-fiber-pigment-dyed-sculpture-abstract.jpeg if you don't like the art, wait 10 days - project space proposal - Make it stand out variation 2 We found ourselves trying to get the colorful accordion into the air by adding some bent plywood shapes and the black & purple accordion as supports. Our 1st attempt at a bridge gave way, but we liked the resulting heavy, strong horizontal composition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/5c9fad69-29d5-4ea8-acfb-72165d976c32/bridge-sculpture-suspended-ribbed-form.jpeg if you don't like the art, wait 10 days - project space proposal - Make it stand out variation 3 The purple and white pieces which are stiffened with bobby pins help secure or weigh down the left side of the accordion as it reaches out and up to the base on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/71f5879c-3205-4553-ba5a-871d300f803c/Landes-Sullivan-abstract-paper-sculpture.jpeg if you don't like the art, wait 10 days - project space proposal - Make it stand out variation 4 By rearranging the purple and white forms, we managed to get the accordion shape suspended over the table top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/f02ac6c0-f9b5-4ce2-b0ba-78d8cdcba126/contemporary-abstract-sculpture-balanced.jpeg if you don't like the art, wait 10 days - project space proposal - Make it stand out variation 5 The accordion mimics a figure in a backbend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/62a1d05e-56d4-4950-92ca-990a2f88ab69/Barbara-Landes-handmade-paper-sculpture.jpeg if you don't like the art, wait 10 days - project space proposal - Make it stand out variation 6 The lime, red and grey abaca strapping help turn the colorful accordion into a base in order to hold the much smaller accordion aloft between it and the curving base of overlapping elements on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/963b8f1b-9e8e-4d10-b616-5b05208c1ff3/Paul-Sullivan-abstract-sculpture-paper.jpeg if you don't like the art, wait 10 days - project space proposal - Make it stand out variation 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/99eb1d00-29e1-48b8-a73c-9b4c935d195a/cast-abaca-fiber-pigment-dyed-sculpture-abstract.jpeg if you don't like the art, wait 10 days - project space proposal - Make it stand out variation 2 We found ourselves trying to get the colorful accordion into the air by adding some bent plywood shapes and the black & purple accordion as supports. Our 1st attempt at a bridge gave way, but we liked the resulting heavy, strong horizontal composition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/5c9fad69-29d5-4ea8-acfb-72165d976c32/bridge-sculpture-suspended-ribbed-form.jpeg if you don't like the art, wait 10 days - project space proposal - Make it stand out variation 3 The purple and white pieces which are stiffened with bobby pins help secure or weigh down the left side of the accordion as it reaches out and up to the base on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/71f5879c-3205-4553-ba5a-871d300f803c/Landes-Sullivan-abstract-paper-sculpture.jpeg if you don't like the art, wait 10 days - project space proposal - Make it stand out variation 4 By rearranging the purple and white forms, we managed to get the accordion shape suspended over the table top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/f02ac6c0-f9b5-4ce2-b0ba-78d8cdcba126/contemporary-abstract-sculpture-balanced.jpeg if you don't like the art, wait 10 days - project space proposal - Make it stand out variation 5 The accordion mimics a figure in a backbend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/62a1d05e-56d4-4950-92ca-990a2f88ab69/Barbara-Landes-handmade-paper-sculpture.jpeg if you don't like the art, wait 10 days - project space proposal - Make it stand out variation 6 The lime, red and grey abaca strapping help turn the colorful accordion into a base in order to hold the much smaller accordion aloft between it and the curving base of overlapping elements on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/963b8f1b-9e8e-4d10-b616-5b05208c1ff3/Paul-Sullivan-abstract-sculpture-paper.jpeg if you don't like the art, wait 10 days - project space proposal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/99eb1d00-29e1-48b8-a73c-9b4c935d195a/cast-abaca-fiber-pigment-dyed-sculpture-abstract.jpeg if you don't like the art, wait 10 days - project space proposal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1689906298632-4UPV82JS945BL825T0QU/bridge-sculpture-suspended-ribbed-form.jpeg if you don't like the art, wait 10 days - project space proposal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1690161313483-F0BMD5DIBOISEZMO78AG/Landes-Sullivan-abstract-paper-sculpture.jpeg if you don't like the art, wait 10 days - project space proposal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/f02ac6c0-f9b5-4ce2-b0ba-78d8cdcba126/contemporary-abstract-sculpture-balanced.jpeg if you don't like the art, wait 10 days - project space proposal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/62a1d05e-56d4-4950-92ca-990a2f88ab69/Barbara-Landes-handmade-paper-sculpture.jpeg if you don't like the art, wait 10 days - project space proposal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1625611220015-J0V5WKM519AG9Z1A267P/contemporary-handmade-paper-art-leaning-tapestry-cast.jpg if you don't like the art, wait 10 days - project space proposal This artwork began with the left plywood figure as a door that became a door within a wall of densely layered elements of bright yellow abaca fragments, richly patterned and colorful cotton papers planked with various decorated and papered plywood forms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1625611219761-H4GMTD7HVYND9SI1DN81/shaped-plywood-purple-cotton-paint-abstract-sculpture.jpg if you don't like the art, wait 10 days - project space proposal We reimagined the piece as a barrier of sorts spreading along the wall. The parts are more individual. The right plywood swung outward from the studio wall suggesting an opening, bracing or a corner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1625611219315-QDNXHGA191KRF3L2BCF0/handmade-abaca-cotton-paper-installation-sculpture.jpg if you don't like the art, wait 10 days - project space proposal The paper is hand cast cotton and abaca. Hand papermaking techniques such as pulp painting, stencils, monotype are used. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1625611219133-T3QAFFM878ABLRI5WSTI/installation-collaboration-colorful-patterned-paper-bamboo-ribs.jpg if you don't like the art, wait 10 days - project space proposal The last version moved more towards mimicking a fragment of a room or hut, the purple paper pieces became less window forms than the landscape beyond the windows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1589727086719-O05RB1W6CA2FVKIOVC34/sculpture-sketch-madison-wisconsin-abstract-paper.jpg if you don't like the art, wait 10 days - project space proposal - contemporary American mixed media wall sculpture western style hand papermaking for contemporary paper sculpture installations with wood and pink insulation foam board https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1589727265844-97G3WA9HRQGTOIXCJFI1/sculpture-paper-abaca-meandering-contemporary-wood.jpg if you don't like the art, wait 10 days - project space proposal - sketching with handmade abaca paper forms to create contemporary art composition abaca fiber paper holds up sawn wood clamped together pieces & cast accordion form and rolled coils https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1631454499159-JM9XGZR485SZVOQP5D5H/sculpture-wisconsin-paper-collaboration-Landes-Sullivan.jpg if you don't like the art, wait 10 days - project space proposal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1589727343306-4LOLMN488GKVSK888BI3/expansive-abaca-cast-accordion-fold-off-the-wall-art.jpg if you don't like the art, wait 10 days - project space proposal - contemporary American craft artwork, Midwest suspended & projecting abaca paper sculpture, papermaking, narrow length of black & white paper zig zags under green corrugated form https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1659301592829-KCQA9P1UUAUNRSEGOV9Y/sculpture-stumbling-abaca-paper-wood-foamular.jpg if you don't like the art, wait 10 days - project space proposal - sketching with handmade abaca paper forms to create contemporary art composition abaca fiber paper holds up sawn wood clamped together pieces & cast accordion form and rolled coils https://www.landessullivan.com/welcome daily 1.0 2026-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/b7ef5c2e-ee70-41cd-a639-97a3add42298/LandesSullivan-colorful+tabletop+sculptures.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/973b936d-0adc-4336-b3be-d63ac03c9e43/playful+tabletop+sculpture.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/33af9bd9-24d6-472f-91a9-a7759d223279/overbeaten+abaca%2C+wood%2C+foam+board+and+fiberglass+compositios.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/669587f0-0838-4f62-bd59-a85c3779dbd9/precariously+balanced+sculptures+of+paper%2C+wood+and+rope.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/128a1b59-1c4d-43eb-9ab0-3f9fbc53a123/interlocking+colorful+small+scale+sculptures.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/ef6d18d9-11df-473c-86a8-86ae62a5600f/restraint-dried-abaca-paper-sculpture.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/e0c51185-23b6-4326-bd53-7f079170f820/LandesSullivan-cast+paper+object.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/29660d53-cda1-4c89-afa5-22cdd7bdd2f7/cotton-abaca-cast-from-glass-vases.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/bddfee13-a7ba-4b14-841f-d16e2cad8d15/abaca-sculpture-broken-glass.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/70da5099-9796-446a-b94a-4e676f3448ab/paper-objects-into-sculptures-reuse-reimagine.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/70da5099-9796-446a-b94a-4e676f3448ab/paper-objects-into-sculptures-reuse-reimagine.jpeg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture - Make it stand out How we work (for illustration purposes only - we’re never this tidy) We make a lot of handmade paper objects often combined with other materials. We make our sculptures by combining/arranging/composing those objects together like those on the table. If it’s interesting we photograph it. Then the piece comes apart and the objects return to the inventory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1775100063835-Y0U6KBB0MFC09583RLLS/abaca-handmade-paper-cast-sculpture.jpeg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1775100142103-X4RAHU4U23FN3WP5LMFN/temporary-sculpture-clips-clamps-nano-tape.jpeg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1775100137709-9IIGRFTTRWDJ0X4S2S4P/temporary-sculptures-table-top-rearranged-posed-together.jpeg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1775100141212-KZ46A2SY1K0SRR0CNWJG/table-top-sculpture-paper-Landes-Sullivan.jpeg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1775100140234-WIZAAGW442CM0DQZP18S/sculptures-posed-together-to-create-larger-sculpture.jpeg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1775100066220-PA4YVEU8Y4G9FU8WDC6Q/Landes-Sullivan-Madison-Wisconsin-paper-sculpture-2026.jpeg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1767754683936-X6TTSHQZQ6XUC3GYTXUO/old-vases-make-new-paper-sculpture.jpg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture - prepping a glass mold composition with glass vases and foam board is carefully glued together https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1767754701210-9TZEDWFQ2M1DBRUYVOJE/old-flower-vases-good-for-new-paper-sculpture.jpg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture - glass and foam mold practicing ideas for paper wraps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1767754682222-UKYZGUO2EWZ270RYQ9FS/wet-paper-wrapped-on-glass-form-to-cast.jpg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture beginning to wrap the mold with damp papers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1767754703738-QI7NZK3ZLX5WKMDTO44A/broken-glass-paper-sculpture.jpg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture the mold is partially wrapped at this stage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1767754704038-HF69AQ4EAYZIU9J4OIKH/glass-cast-ready-to-break.jpg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture - the wrapped mold the glass is left in place until the paper dries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1767754701367-OXBOBXCYR1GA2F3D1LHT/Landes-Sullivan-paper-cast-from-glass.jpg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture - the wrapped mold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1767754681593-Q04UWLYDDP5XK9Q502NB/paper-sculpture-made-from-breaking-glass.jpg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture - the finished work the glass and foam have been broken and removed. It’s about 12” long or so. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1767754716277-DHBSEOKXFP46DOB1RI4O/broke-glass-cast-paper-sculpture.jpg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture cotton and abaca papers 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1767754684046-PV7MXSLP9ZVYXDPUP7YE/paper-sculpture-broke-glass-cast.jpg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture - lost glass cast https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1768232388959-FBF61Z6AKD0NN2JLX9SY/abaca-sculpture-Landes-Sullivan.jpeg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture - A fine boned structure with green drape 10” x 9” x 4”, overbeaten abaca 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1768232388704-OQGKNBAC0PL08IQBGHJL/pigmented-restraint-dried-abaca-paper-sculpture.jpeg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture - A fine boned structure with green drape 10” x 9” x 4”, overbeaten abaca 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1768232390709-RSW73FC10JBKSB0YOVPH/handmade-abaca-paper-restraint-dried-cast.jpeg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture - A fine boned structure with green drape 10” x 9” x 4”, overbeaten abaca 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1768232528268-WVU89O1V0X2GGQ2NPFSM/glass-mold-for-casting-restraining-abaca-paper.jpeg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture - glass mold the glass mold for “a fine boned structure with green drape” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1768232392745-4NAAAFZ7LDS2AQFGLWPT/casting-handmade-paper-on-glass.jpeg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture wrapping the mold with abaca straps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1768232393589-RHTZ6PWR7S7820HIYJPT/Landes-Sullivan-handmade-paper-sculpture-cast.jpeg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture the paper is drying around the mold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1768232392052-E2OVOBU62U95TWYRNV6K/lost-glass-casting-handmade-wet-paper.jpeg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture the finished piece before the glass is gone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1768232391250-30ZM1JNXDVJY0MI53HF4/breaking-glass-making-handmade-paper-sculpture.jpeg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture breaking and removing the glass from the mold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1769483304957-ZDEUVU9UN9WWVAFQH3WD/sculpture-from-abaca-paper-cast.jpg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1769483305160-AB4Y62XUSFVL5YWRPWQL/Landes-Sullivan-sculpture-Wisconsin.jpg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1769483500381-80CDC5EC605XNYOHN5GI/abaca-sculpture-broken-glass.jpg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1701918529031-LNBMM47KQUIEP3919RHU/Landes-Sullivan-table-top-sculpture-Wisconsin-pink-yellow.jpeg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture - 9 23 2023 alt view (Copy) cast handmade abaca paper, pigmented, bamboo inclusion, painted plywood & foamboard, fabric wrapped wire 3.5’ x 3.5’ x 3’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1690300383237-921XRVKEZI0TP8QIW9A1/fabric-paper-bamboo-sculpture-table-size.jpeg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture - 5 24 2023 (Copy) cast handmade & pigmented abaca and cotton papers, bamboo as inclusion, paper wrapped foam board, pattern dyed fabric (ie we wrapped fabric around dyed paper & paper printed) 4’ x 4.5’ x 3’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1690758012776-IEVEVU2ZUKD8U9MFNNSH/paper-wrapped-window-shapes-bamboo-inclusion-sculpture.jpeg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture - 2 27 2023 (Copy) handmade cotton and abaca papers, bamboo as inclusions, fabric, paint 3’ x 3.5’ x 2.5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1690758012360-PQV5TCHVHXL8F21RQSR9/paper-nets-standing-cascade-foam-squares.jpeg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture - 2 17 2023 alt view (Copy) handmade cotton and abaca papers, fabric, armature wire, paint, broken tree branches 4’ x 3’ x 2’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1690318163818-2H58FVDFHIU6BN3YLVJR/pulp-painted-wood-foam-embossed-paper.jpeg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture - 8/13/22 alt view (Copy) handmade cotton and abaca papers, inclusions of bamboo shivers, pulp paint, shaped and painted foam and luan 3’ x 3.5’ x 4’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1689643014177-07S5LEUU7EBC9ES9SQJ4/Landes-Sullivan-colorful-paper-sculpture-table-top.jpeg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture - 3 7 23 (Copy) cast handmade abaca & cotton papers, rock 2.5’ x 4’ x 2’ (grey sheet is a sandwich of thick cotton around translucent green abaca) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1690318097725-OKJDJYOTYGHWDKNO3VM7/wood-foam-contemporary-abstract-sculpture-colorful.jpeg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture - 9/13/22 (Copy) cast abaca papers, inclusions of reed and bobby pins, kozo, shaped luan, painted foam 3’x 4’ x 2.5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1690299493359-GC2FM13OI4PYJD7IQQC4/bamboo-sculpture-balance-strong-gesture.jpeg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture - 5/27/23 handmade cotton and abaca papers, bamboo structure, shaped pink foam board 6’ x 8’ x 3’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1685328364176-JMUA75U0ZJD5ZVC195Q4/hand-papermaking-abstract-sculpture-contemporary.jpeg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture - 9/20/22 handmade abaca and flax papers, bamboo structure 5.5’ x 5.5’ x 5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1692665989955-PTCNY59G9LWQTRF5RWC6/shivers-bamboo-inclusions-papermaking.jpeg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture - 9/18/22 bamboo (& as inclusion), handmade cast abaca paper forms, bobby pins as inclusion, cable ties & clips 6’ x 4’ x 3’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1690579565100-J999HBQXPP6U0KP1XMT9/sculpture-made-from-reused-objects-colorful-gestural.jpeg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture - 3/26/23 cast handmade & pigmented abaca and cotton papers, bamboo & twine as inclusions, bamboo, wood paneling, plywood, bamboo structure 4’ x 4.5’ x 3.5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1685841545323-6Y5SO9EZ0490LXAVLIAW/Landes-Sullivan-papermaking-abstraction-sculpture.jpeg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture cast handmade & pigmented abaca and cotton papers, bamboo as inclusions, bamboo structure 6.5’ x 4.5’ x 5.5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1685328391523-MJ7JKZYVA8HV7DAOBSJC/sculpture-Landes-Sullivan-collaborate-.jpeg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture cast handmade cotton papers, bamboo structure, cut and shaped wood with printed papers and fabric, bamboo wrapped with abaca papers 5.5’ x 6.5’ x 5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1685328350740-WZ8SXJALTQY0CI7FFV7S/bamboo-papermaking-sculpture-abstract-Wisconsin.jpeg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture cast handmade cotton papers, bamboo structure, cut pink foam wrapped with cotton papers, paint 5.5’ x 6.5’ x 5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1659490848368-WWPQT1LJN26WAAA0CQNA/cast-handmade-paper-cotton-fiber-abstract-contemporary.jpg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture - treehouse indestructible in its imagining 2017 handmade cotton paper around pink insulation foam board, cast cotton papers 4.5' x 8' x 3.5' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1663122817225-43Z7CI5Q74S55OKPJBXI/30+COPY+totem-figure-pigmented-paper-cut-plywood.jpg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture - figure sketch 2019 handmade cast abaca and cotton papers, shaped and painted plywood, fabric, masking tape, armature, flashing, blue nitrile glove 11.5’ x 4’ x 3’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1652841532144-6SQJABQCH1LM8IW1XOGT/totem-figures-paper-wood-tall-sculptures.jpg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture - 3 figures 2021 cast handmade abaca and cotton papers, cardboard, wood, paint, tape, fiberglass form, foam board, wire 11’ high https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1652840889615-6PEU3FTLJMAE7KRPHYZ2/contemporary-abstract-wall-sculptrure-Wisconsin.jpg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture - untitled 2021 handmade cast abaca and cotton paper, plywood, caning 7’ x 5’ x 2’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1659473236595-FM841UC6TIYKT0PH2A80/sculpture-abstract-paper-charcoal-drawing.jpg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture - St George and the dragon 2021 handmade cotton cast papers, charcoal drawings, pink foam board, wood lathing 7' x 10' x 2' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1652842240404-4IIW7J25HZYS9PC0HGME/handmade-paper-wrapped-form-plywood-artwork.jpg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture - double portrait: floating off - detail 2017 handmade cotton papers around pink insulation foam board, plywood shapes 8' x 5.5' x 1' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1589812294683-X3CRRBSOKRYJJM6EJGLD/abstract-sculpture-cast-handmade-paper-assemblage.jpg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture - Watching my brothers' poolside stress and strain 60” x 60” x 18” handmade cast cotton and abaca papers, plywood 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1653533386023-N59YCZPX88O35D093HGJ/papermaking-tapestry-cut-shapes-large.jpg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1661393590507-EPB086YZRYTLJS3E738H/pigmented-cast-abaca-fiber-object-craft-handmade.jpg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1644896733768-TJ892VY9QKENB1M4FM6B/structural-paper-spring-steel-inserts-restraint-dried.jpg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1586744954047-66OE6MPCYA5RKP4BZZ3X/paper-fabric-irregular-art-sticks.jpg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1654483269044-L52YUJZ8PJZJPIEW9GVX/pigmented-abaca-paper-high-chroma.jpg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1585837243598-82OKFSC690H8WAGQP6ZW/papermaking-abaca-fiber-cast-gestural-springy-twisted.jpg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1587221881313-4GA1QBU9DMF8LE8MTVNC/abstract-wall-paper-sculpture-shadow-negative-space.jpg welcome Landes Sullivan sculpture https://www.landessullivan.com/load-form daily 0.75 2025-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1684638031358-JHZ1ENL3508F9SX3LNOR/Landes-Sullivan-sculpture-collaborators-handmade-paper.jpeg table top sculptures of handmade paper, wire, wood & foam board - 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4 11 2023 handmade cotton and abaca papers, pulp paint, bobby pin inclusions, fiberglass, shaped wood, acrylic paint 3’ x 2.5’ x 3.5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1690757663824-32FEMFA2S031X586ED7U/elegant-abstract-sculpture-intimate-gestural.jpeg table top sculptures of handmade paper, wire, wood & foam board - 4 11 2023 alt view handmade cotton and abaca papers, pulp paint, bobby pin inclusions, fiberglass, shaped wood, acrylic paint 3’ x 2.5’ x 3.5’ https://www.landessullivan.com/recent-work daily 0.75 2025-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1652669143701-VPDUXKEE281BLF8IGQF9/cast-handmade-paper-relief-sculpture.jpg wall & floor works - handmade paper, wood, foam board, bamboo - RIP this joint: Charlie Watts 2021 handmade cast cotton paper, plywood, spray paint, tape, bamboo, cable ties 7’ x 5’ x 1’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1659469958884-FEUNHDRY080CWO7F2YEJ/sculpture-handmade-paper-bamboo-relief-art-Barbara-Landes.jpg wall & floor works - handmade paper, wood, foam board, bamboo - RIP this joint: Charlie Watts 2021 handmade cast cotton paper, plywood, spray paint, tape, bamboo, cable ties 7’ x 5’ x 1’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1659470030618-YA5Y9ZDUWWLYV8L401NU/wall-Sculpture-handmade-craft-abstract-.jpg wall & floor works - handmade paper, wood, foam board, bamboo - crumpled ambition in the great wide open 2021 handmade cast abaca and cotton papers, pink foam board 7' x 9' x 2' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1659469928544-TPUMWN3PQ1XNFC1TU9QW/orange-green-yellow-handmade-paper-wall-art.jpg wall & floor works - handmade paper, wood, foam board, bamboo - crumpled ambition in the great wide open 2021 handmade cast abaca and cotton papers, pink foam board 7' x 9' x 2' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1659108568201-LNHMNJX58QH470G09KLV/cast-abaca-paper-sculpture-bent-wood-composition.jpg wall & floor works - handmade paper, wood, foam board, bamboo - untitled sketch 2020 handmade abaca papers, bent stick fabric, bent and shaped luan 9’ x 5’ x 3’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1659492361916-E0JREU3GTKVFUP35JKHL/cast-handmade-paper-contemporary-craft-sculpture-.jpg wall & floor works - handmade paper, wood, foam board, bamboo - tilting away from for and against 2021 handmade cotton and abaca papers, plywood 6' x 3.5' x 1.5' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1659473236595-FM841UC6TIYKT0PH2A80/sculpture-abstract-paper-charcoal-drawing.jpg wall & floor works - handmade paper, wood, foam board, bamboo - St George and the dragon 2021 handmade cotton cast papers, charcoal drawings, pink foam board, wood lathing 7' x 10' x 2' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1659108628782-93X8R09UV0S4ALGP417O/husband-wife-artist-collaborations-sculpture.jpg wall & floor works - handmade paper, wood, foam board, bamboo - St George and the dragon 2021 handmade cotton cast papers, charcoal drawings, pink foam board, wood lathing 7' x 10' x 2' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1659481681766-P9RCLPR3V6X5X9XAJMFK/abstract-wall-sculpture-pigmented-paper-painted-wood.jpg wall & floor works - handmade paper, wood, foam board, bamboo - The accumulation of breezy give and take 2020 cast handmade abaca & cotton paper, shaped plywood, paint 3’ x 4’ x 1.5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1659492754087-RZNNXEER4P1T2J6PFR6P/abstract-wall-sculpture-paper-foamular-drifting.jpg wall & floor works - handmade paper, wood, foam board, bamboo - A peace offering of what I knew was lost 2020 cast handmade cotton and abaca papers, bamboo inclusion, paper covered pink foam board 6' x 4' x 3' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1652842256733-K3BTBXX4DI97KSI0H1VY/abstract-contemporary-sculpture-paper-wood-wire.jpg wall & floor works - handmade paper, wood, foam board, bamboo - got it all so together and hanging by a whim 2020 cast abaca papers, plywood with abaca and cotton papers and paint, pink foam board with cotton paper 4.5' x 4.5' x 1.5' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1652842284463-X8WE5TD17Q18I8T4M4A4/hanging-sculpture-abaca-fiber-hammock-abstract.jpg wall & floor works - handmade paper, wood, foam board, bamboo - got it all so together and hanging by a whim - detail 2020 cast abaca papers, plywood with abaca and cotton papers and paint, pink foam board with cotton paper 4.5' x 4.5' x 1.5' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1652842056036-NRDV9U9N2C04O55LX8YO/handmade-paper-contemporary-art-Landes-Sullivan.jpg wall & floor works - handmade paper, wood, foam board, bamboo - double portrait: hanging on, floating off 2017 handmade cotton papers around pink insulation foam board, plywood shapes 8' x 5.5' x 1' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1652842240404-4IIW7J25HZYS9PC0HGME/handmade-paper-wrapped-form-plywood-artwork.jpg wall & floor works - handmade paper, wood, foam board, bamboo - double portrait: floating off - detail 2017 handmade cotton papers around pink insulation foam board, plywood shapes 8' x 5.5' x 1' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1659491312174-48VCL3K7CNV8L9LN7S62/sweeping-wall-sculpture-abstract-paper-Orvis-flannel-shirt.jpg wall & floor works - handmade paper, wood, foam board, bamboo - it's going despite all the disbelief 2017 handmade cast abaca and cotton papers, walnut ink, red flannel shirt 4' x 8' x 1.5' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1659108587008-QVL1SGGES004VFS13UYU/composition-paper-wood-paneling-yellow-wall-relief.jpg wall & floor works - handmade paper, wood, foam board, bamboo - composing is about making sense of what the hell just happened in the studio 2017 handmade cast abaca papers, cotton on abaca sheet, wood paneling shape with abaca and pulp paint 6’ x 5.5’ x 1.5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1652842036303-CH6FV5OSV90GC0JLYN8N/blue-abaca-scarf-lime-green-cotton-fiber-cast.jpg wall & floor works - handmade paper, wood, foam board, bamboo - yeah, we can live like this 2017 handmade cast abaca and cotton papers 7.5' x 7.5' x 1.5' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1652842044123-IARBPDIL6VWXMM7F6GL0/detail-wall-sculpture-shadow-lime-green-blue.jpg wall & floor works - handmade paper, wood, foam board, bamboo - yeah, we can live like this - detail 2017 handmade cast abaca and cotton papers 7.5' x 7.5' x 1.5' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1652842015180-3PUZJXEMROXC8244H82A/quilts-colorful-abaca-cotton-papers-patchwork.jpg wall & floor works - handmade paper, wood, foam board, bamboo - untitled 2018 handmade cast cotton and abaca papers, plywood, paint, reed 3' x 2.5' x 1.5' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1652842024787-EEAVMR61TF3ZVGG86QW9/handmade-paper-wall-sculpture-abstract-colorful.jpg wall & floor works - handmade paper, wood, foam board, bamboo - untitled -detail 2018 handmade cast cotton and abaca papers, plywood, paint, reed 3' x 2.5' x 1.5' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1592448028550-D17G37LMAUITORCQKR8K/sculpture-contemporary-handmade-blue-white-paper.jpg wall & floor works - handmade paper, wood, foam board, bamboo - holding out on a sign better liked 2019 handmade abaca paper, painted shaped wood 9’ x 4’ x 2’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1589812294683-X3CRRBSOKRYJJM6EJGLD/abstract-sculpture-cast-handmade-paper-assemblage.jpg wall & floor works - handmade paper, wood, foam board, bamboo - Watching my brothers' poolside stress and strain 60” x 60” x 18” handmade cast cotton and abaca papers, plywood 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1589812447243-Q9OHKYQNCYVD580WMS8O/Landes-Sullivan-midwest-cast-cellulose-fiber-artwork.jpg wall & floor works - handmade paper, wood, foam board, bamboo - detail - Watching my brothers' poolside stress and strain 60” x 60” x 18” handmade cast cotton and abaca papers, plywood 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1546392409984-2T6PZSWCLL79Q03PSJFP/Landes%2BSullivan%2Bhandmade%2Bpaper%2Bsculpture%2Bcast%2Bcotton2.jpg wall & floor works - handmade paper, wood, foam board, bamboo - Says here it's still ready for the flood 48” x 60” x 36” handmade cast cotton papers, garden wire 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1546392543985-B1N5EABBB2OM3DW0ZZ2O/Landes%2BSullivan%2Bhandmade%2Bpaper%2Bsculpture%2Bcast%2Bcotton3.jpg wall & floor works - handmade paper, wood, foam board, bamboo - alt view- Says here it's still ready for the flood 48” x 60” x 36” handmade cast cotton papers, garden wire 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1586441388758-EU9R38XEHKOK41EYI1P0/Landes-Sullivan-paper-installation.jpg wall & floor works - handmade paper, wood, foam board, bamboo - Installation shot - Meaningless and Sure cast handmade papers, fabric 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1652840889615-6PEU3FTLJMAE7KRPHYZ2/contemporary-abstract-wall-sculptrure-Wisconsin.jpg wall & floor works - handmade paper, wood, foam board, bamboo - untitled 2021 handmade cast abaca and cotton paper, plywood, caning 7’ x 5’ x 2’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1652840911327-1FQVG35GS0I31WHW4BA7/handmade-paper-craft-tradition-midwest.jpg wall & floor works - handmade paper, wood, foam board, bamboo - untitled 2021 handmade cast abaca and cotton paper, plywood, caning 7’ x 5’ x 2’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1659564655920-330B4YYZHPXF3Q6V6SIT/aluminum-wire-foamular-abaca-fiber-paper-cast-black-purple.jpg wall & floor works - handmade paper, wood, foam board, bamboo - untitled 2021 handmade cast abaca paper, bamboo, pink foam board with acrylic paint 6.5’ x 3’ x 3.5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1659108605741-S4V2SX1QIYPR6S9AY8TJ/handmade-paper-contemporary-sculpture-yellow-green.jpeg wall & floor works - handmade paper, wood, foam board, bamboo - raveling of care and fortune 2019 handmade cast abaca and cotton fibers 10’ x 3.5’ x 3’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1663122817225-43Z7CI5Q74S55OKPJBXI/30+COPY+totem-figure-pigmented-paper-cut-plywood.jpg wall & floor works - handmade paper, wood, foam board, bamboo - figure sketch 2019 handmade cast abaca and cotton papers, shaped and painted plywood, fabric, masking tape, armature, flashing, blue nitrile glove 11.5’ x 4’ x 3’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1652841532144-6SQJABQCH1LM8IW1XOGT/totem-figures-paper-wood-tall-sculptures.jpg wall & floor works - handmade paper, wood, foam board, bamboo - 3 figures 2021 cast handmade abaca and cotton papers, cardboard, wood, paint, tape, fiberglass form, foam board, wire 11’ high https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1652841541572-6QS570E6HUX6STMHJN9Q/detail-handmade-paper-art-contemporary-colorful.jpg wall & floor works - handmade paper, wood, foam board, bamboo - 3 figures - alt view 2021 cast handmade abaca and cotton papers, cardboard, wood, paint, tape, fiberglass form, foam board, wire 11’ high https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1659301592829-KCQA9P1UUAUNRSEGOV9Y/sculpture-stumbling-abaca-paper-wood-foamular.jpg wall & floor works - handmade paper, wood, foam board, bamboo - untitled partially restraint dried handmade abaca paper, painted and carved foam 12’ x 17’ x 4’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1663212065314-DWZ15OZCLWV9TQI3GRZE/leaning-wood-beam-abaca-paper-balanced-sculpture.jpg wall & floor works - handmade paper, wood, foam board, bamboo - walkin away - August 2020 partially restraint dried handmade abaca paper, wood, paint 11’ x 6’ x 3’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1659108595554-F5RTCT0R28X4S002HM70/handmade-paper-abstract-sculptures.jpg wall & floor works - handmade paper, wood, foam board, bamboo - "watch your stepping up" left and "a bit of wall’s all that’s left after colors flit and shadows shift" left: 2020 handmade cast abaca and cotton papers, pink foam board with cotton papers, fencing wire 12' x 5.5' x 3.5' right: 2020 handmade cast abaca and cotton papers, painted pink foam board, wire, tape, stick 10' x 8' x 2.5' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1659473210291-1Y81O79TTZI0XYQIPL29/Landes-Sullivan-handmade-paper-sculpture-2020.jpg wall & floor works - handmade paper, wood, foam board, bamboo - a bit of wall’s all that’s left after colors flit and shadows shift - detail 2020 handmade cast abaca and cotton papers, painted pink foam board, wire, tape, stick 10' x 8' x 2.5' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1660857859755-PN9WGZ5W3CQN74UTGY7M/suspended-sculpture-Landes-Sullivan-curly-wood.jpg wall & floor works - handmade paper, wood, foam board, bamboo - untitled 2016 handmade cast abaca and cotton papers, pulp paint, wire, wood 5' x 6' x 2' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1659490848368-WWPQT1LJN26WAAA0CQNA/cast-handmade-paper-cotton-fiber-abstract-contemporary.jpg wall & floor works - handmade paper, wood, foam board, bamboo - treehouse indestructible in its imagining 2017 handmade cotton paper around pink insulation foam board, cast cotton papers 4.5' x 8' x 3.5' https://www.landessullivan.com/stop-noticing-it daily 0.75 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/af336d70-8fe5-4401-9b90-6f36466477f4/Landes-Sullivan-Yours-Until.jpg Landes Sullivan installation at Edgewood College atrium Wisconsin - Make it stand out yours unless you stop noticing it 2022 cast handmade abaca paper, bamboo with cable ties & wire, fabric 11’ x 8’ x 5’ August 9, 2022 we installed it and got to see it gently rotating about 25’ in the air in the tall, spacious, light-filled atrium in the Stream at Edgewood College, Madison WI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/190fe4bb-1fd9-47e0-8583-8c34f7a0f200/bamboo-abaca-handmade-paper-suspended-sculpture.jpg Landes Sullivan installation at Edgewood College atrium Wisconsin - Make it stand out We’ve been working on this for 5 months in a windowless grey studio suspended barely 3’ off the ground. We’ve never shown a hanging piece or one with much bamboo. This atrium space inspired us to change that. After this photo was taken, we added some hefty poles to make the piece transportable. The poles seem to finish the piece so we left them on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/04c451b6-4d18-4659-9912-7c7bf4c896c2/Edgewood_college-WI-suspended-bamboo-sculpture.jpg Landes Sullivan installation at Edgewood College atrium Wisconsin - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/2de5bfd5-f556-48e0-bff2-438ba26db2fb/Suspended-handmade-paper-sculpture-bamboo.jpg Landes Sullivan installation at Edgewood College atrium Wisconsin - Make it stand out yours unless you stop noticing it A piece belongs to anyone who is seeing it right now. When a piece becomes invisible to the daily passersby, it becomes disowned and lost. https://www.landessullivan.com/supporting-objects daily 0.75 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/f9eede24-eb74-4d9e-85d5-0c04d8f96cbf/art-objects-parts-of-larger-sculpture.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - Make it stand out On the ground: a pink foam shape painted & a shaped piece of plywood with pastel drawing. On the shelf: 2 shaped pieces of curved & bent fiberglassed plywood with handmade paper glued on. On the wall: The object in the upper left is painted cardboard & pink foam with paint & pastel wrapped in blue fiberglass cast wrap. The 2 rounded volumes on the right were cast from poly-filled fabric forms. The middle top object is a pink foam construction wrapped in handmade paper & paint.The last object is pink foam with handmade paper, paint & pastel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/b0bd178d-6782-4d0c-a1ab-0c59000e0572/sculptural-objects-abstract-structural-paper-foam.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - Make it stand out the flip sides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/5cbb1b19-03bf-4e3e-b0bc-195d9ff45757/Landes-Sullivan-handmade-paper-sculpture-colorful-abstract.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - Make it stand out An earlier version of an object in the photos above showing a blaze of kozo. Not sure why we moved on from this look. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1028d70d-ba02-4091-8834-7d3c35dee5a1/Midwest-sculpture-abstract-craft-contemporary.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - Make it stand out We made the foam form to be seen frontally as tumbling squares & from the side as tumbling blocks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/7e684c8c-9af5-4cb9-83b1-87962f086988/sculptural-objects-composition-abstraction-parts.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - Make it stand out On the ground: a plywood shape with spray paint & pastel. On the shelf: The curvy object to the left is fiberglassed bent plywood with scraps of an etching & pink t-shirt. We added a loop of bamboo to give the object greater versatility to hang from, connect to or hold other objects. See next caption for other object description. On the wall- clockwise upper left: bent plywood wrapped with abaca papers, foam board shape with paper & paint, length of heavy fencing wire wrapped with paper, fabric & plaster casting wrap, plywood shape with handmade paper, pulp painting & blue fabric & middle left, blue painted foam board attached to paper wrapped wood slat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/49f6c9d8-d2a2-4910-813c-7c9917f78c38/abstract-sculpture-Landes-Sullivan-paper-foam-board-wire.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - Make it stand out On the shelf: The right object is 2 bent shapes of plywood with handmade paper attached together with blue fiberglass cast tape. The plywood shapes are attached to a long strip of plywood wrapped in grey duct tape and ornamented with strips of bicycle inner-tube. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/10200f0f-a71c-4a45-bc13-44ba09280a7e/Landes-Sullivan-objects-for-sculpture-wood-handmade-paper.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - Make it stand out center on wall: paper wrapped foam board construction (about 4’ across) other objects on wall (l to r): metal barn siding shape w/ spray paint, plywood shape with handmade paper attached, bent plywood with abaca strap under tension, (below) plywood shape with handmade paper & paint, etching fragment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/0dd7d54f-836e-4b1f-b333-d145cebdd354/wood-sculptural-object-shaped-painted-Wisconsin.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - Make it stand out floor: bent plywood shapes w/ paint & handmade paper. on wall upper right: bent plywood wrapped in abaca strap https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1702867348039-LLTB8BVKQBUN0GP8Q1ER/Landes-Sullivan-handmade-paper-hollow-conduits.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - Make it stand out We use these as supports for other objects being use. Some are hollow. Materials usually include handmade paper as well as fiberglass, wire, plaster cast mesh, fabric, paint, pastel among other things. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1702867348284-FOU0IRTQEXRLIGCGEYON/contemporary-craft-paper-objects-Wisconsin-colorful.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/f9eede24-eb74-4d9e-85d5-0c04d8f96cbf/art-objects-parts-of-larger-sculpture.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - Make it stand out On the ground: a pink foam shape painted & a shaped piece of plywood with pastel drawing. On the shelf: 2 shaped pieces of curved & bent fiberglassed plywood with handmade paper glued on. On the wall: The object in the upper left is painted cardboard & pink foam with paint & pastel wrapped in blue fiberglass cast wrap. The 2 rounded volumes on the right were cast from poly-filled fabric forms. The middle top object is a pink foam construction wrapped in handmade paper & paint.The last object is pink foam with handmade paper, paint & pastel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/b0bd178d-6782-4d0c-a1ab-0c59000e0572/sculptural-objects-abstract-structural-paper-foam.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - Make it stand out the flip sides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/5cbb1b19-03bf-4e3e-b0bc-195d9ff45757/Landes-Sullivan-handmade-paper-sculpture-colorful-abstract.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - Make it stand out An earlier version of an object in the photos above showing a blaze of kozo. Not sure why we moved on from this look. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1028d70d-ba02-4091-8834-7d3c35dee5a1/Midwest-sculpture-abstract-craft-contemporary.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - Make it stand out We made the foam form to be seen frontally as tumbling squares & from the side as tumbling blocks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/7e684c8c-9af5-4cb9-83b1-87962f086988/sculptural-objects-composition-abstraction-parts.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - Make it stand out On the ground: a plywood shape with spray paint & pastel. On the shelf: The curvy object to the left is fiberglassed bent plywood with scraps of an etching & pink t-shirt. We added a loop of bamboo to give the object greater versatility to hang from, connect to or hold other objects. See next caption for other object description. On the wall- clockwise upper left: bent plywood wrapped with abaca papers, foam board shape with paper & paint, length of heavy fencing wire wrapped with paper, fabric & plaster casting wrap, plywood shape with handmade paper, pulp painting & blue fabric & middle left, blue painted foam board attached to paper wrapped wood slat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/49f6c9d8-d2a2-4910-813c-7c9917f78c38/abstract-sculpture-Landes-Sullivan-paper-foam-board-wire.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - Make it stand out On the shelf: The right object is 2 bent shapes of plywood with handmade paper attached together with blue fiberglass cast tape. The plywood shapes are attached to a long strip of plywood wrapped in grey duct tape and ornamented with strips of bicycle inner-tube. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1701483307869-VWSQQRQ9MK66IJQHA11I/art-objects-handmade-paper-inventory.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - 3 objects middle object is about 18” high l to r: 1) shaped foam board, caning, wood, paint 2023 2) shaped foam board, wood paneling shape wrapped with handmade paper, paint 2021 3) handmade paper, plywood shape with paint & graphite, bent steel pencil rod, plexi-glass There are several holes in which to stick the pencil rod when composing with the object 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1701483308056-Q69UDIA606E3ZKW74GN5/art-objects-handmade-paper-wood-plexi.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - 3 objects - reverse middle object is about 18” high l to r: 1) shaped foam board, caning, wood, paint 2023 2) shaped foam board, wood paneling shape wrapped with handmade paper, paint 2021 3) handmade paper, plywood shape with paint & graphite, bent steel pencil rod, plexi-glass There are several holes in which to stick the pencil rod when composing with the object 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1701485565211-QGNDL8938SWIHTEYQ9KI/tabletop-sculpture-assemblage-paper-wood-American.jpg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - sculpture using the middle object of previous group 2022 cast handmade paper, inclusions - caning, bobby pins, shaped foam board with wood paneling shape wrapped with handmade paper, paint 2.5’ x 4’ x 1.5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1701663450082-CIYUAPHRP63YX041Q5V4/sculptural-objects-paper-gutter-mesh-whimsy-Wisconsin.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - objects meant to support all about 3’ tall left - 2021 long beaten abaca paper, core of gutter mesh, bamboo, fabric (earlier version in photo at top) center - 2023 handmade cotton fiber paper, wood, paint right - 2020 2” x 2” wrapped in handmade cotton paper & fabric, black bicycle inner tube rubber, fencing wire https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1701663450326-DRYUTUZEC2Z5IQJSVT1C/assemblages-of-artistic-bits-paper-sculpture.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - objects meant to support all about 3’ tall left - 2021 long beaten abaca paper, core of gutter mesh, bamboo, fabric (earlier version in photo at top) center - 2023 handmade cotton fiber paper, wood, paint right - 2020 2” x 2” wrapped in handmade cotton paper & fabric, black bicycle inner tube rubber, fencing wire https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1701835881657-T8NNHHEGT3A81UKOLNKH/tabletop-abstract-contemporary-sculpture-paper-wood.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - March 22 2022 cast handmade cotton & abaca paper, painted plywood, paper & fabric & rubber wrapped wood, abaca wrapped rock 3’ x 4.5’ x 1.5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1701746299402-NA9B98FA69Y9NEUNDAQC/sculptural-whimsey-supports-fiberglass-casting-tape.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - 3 sculptural whimsies left: handmade paper wrapped on plywood, painted foamboard, strips of bicycle innertube, duct tape, blue fiberglass cast tape center: 2” x 2” with drilled holes wrapped in handmade paper, plywood with pastel wrapped in handmade paper & blue fiberglass cast tape right: painted cardboard, painted foamboard, blue fiberglass cast tape, fabric https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1701746299437-H30MITOBWNYBPK9LH0IF/wood-cardboard-foamboard-sculpture-lime-pink.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - 3 sculptural whimsies left: handmade paper wrapped on plywood, painted foamboard, strips of bicycle innertube, duct tape, blue fiberglass cast tape center: 2” x 2” with drilled holes wrapped in handmade paper, plywood with pastel wrapped in handmade paper & blue fiberglass cast tape right: painted cardboard, painted foamboard, blue fiberglass cast tape, fabric https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1701748704554-M9XE2MKZWQ3ICCA1J2FP/Landes-Sullivan-abstract-contemporary-sculpture-green-yellow.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - October 9 2022 cast handmade abaca papers, handmade cotton papers, drilled paper-covered 2” x 2”, wood with blue fiberglass cast tape, bamboo 3.5’ x 3’ x 2.5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1702005589891-D1ZCDDHDF179NRO837SI/bent-plywood-handmade-paper-craft-object-contemporary.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - bent wood & handmade paper both are about 3’ tall left: 2017 bent plywood shape with abaca paper on surface, paint & abaca paper coils attached to the ends. Coils are wrapped in cotton sheet of orange with grey blowouts right: 2020 bent plywood shape with abaca paper strap & pulp paint, fabric, tape https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1702005590046-3QRBTST3YWWFW4222G9Q/bent-wood-handmade-paper-sculpture-Wisconsin.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - bent wood & handmade paper both are about 3’ tall left: 2017 bent plywood shape with abaca paper on surface, paint & abaca paper coils attached to the ends. Coils are wrapped in cotton sheet of orange with grey blowouts right: 2020 bent plywood shape with abaca paper strap & pulp paint, fabric, tape https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/10200f0f-a71c-4a45-bc13-44ba09280a7e/Landes-Sullivan-objects-for-sculpture-wood-handmade-paper.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - Make it stand out center on wall: paper wrapped foam board construction (about 4’ across) other objects on wall (l to r): metal barn siding shape w/ spray paint, plywood shape with handmade paper attached, bent plywood with abaca strap under tension, (below) plywood shape with handmade paper & paint, etching fragment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/0dd7d54f-836e-4b1f-b333-d145cebdd354/wood-sculptural-object-shaped-painted-Wisconsin.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - Make it stand out floor: bent plywood shapes w/ paint & handmade paper. on wall upper right: bent plywood wrapped in abaca strap https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1703733503900-EN7TI277KF1E62B4JTX0/barn-siding-scrap-painted-bent-artsy.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint 2019 shape cut from metal barn siding, bent & spray painted https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1703733504116-TW8WMB9PFSH4N6F3DPLM/barn-siding-shape-bent-painted-sculptural-Landes-Sullivan.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - reverse 2019 shape cut from metal barn siding, bent & spray painted https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1703733506745-VLZQDMFNTLK0JYFU6A4Z/handmade-paper-shapes-wrapped-pinned-glued-onto-formboard-shapes.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint 2023 foam board shapes wrapped in handmade cotton & abaca paper about 4’ high. won’t bear much load but pretty sturdy. pinned together with metal kebab skewers & hot glue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1703733570387-GOE24J342MCCJ9XTT8FH/sculptural-object-painted-shaped-bent-plywood.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint 2022 & 2018 bent plywood shapes w/ paint & handmade paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1703733571970-Z7LTJPWNXFEHZROZPSZZ/shaped-plywood-handmade-paper-abstract-contemporary.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint 2021 bent plywood shapes w/ paint & handmade abaca, cotton & kozo paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1703733505661-MHAUZ11DAIK4MRTLN4FH/handmade-mottled-paper-on-shaped-bent-paint-plywood.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - reverse detail 2021 bent plywood shapes w/ paint & handmade abaca & cotton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1703733756485-GM44S4OEITX2Q2I39ZUO/shaped-painted-plywood-part-sculpture-contemporary.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint 2021 bent plywood shapes w/ paint & handmade abaca, cotton & kozo paper & fabric https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1703733505411-F326JLZQOZHN0TPD994W/etching-cut-out-glued-shaped-plywood-handmade-paper.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - reverse detail 2021 bent plywood shapes w/ paint & handmade abaca, cotton & kozo paper & fabric https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1702867348039-LLTB8BVKQBUN0GP8Q1ER/Landes-Sullivan-handmade-paper-hollow-conduits.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - Make it stand out We use these as supports for other objects being use. Some are hollow. Materials usually include handmade paper as well as fiberglass, wire, plaster cast mesh, fabric, paint, pastel among other things. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1702867348284-FOU0IRTQEXRLIGCGEYON/contemporary-craft-paper-objects-Wisconsin-colorful.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1702867352545-476IQLTP2B5L628T1TI6/paper-wire-plaster-cast-plexiglass-long-forms-colorful.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - coils All 3 2019 We love the one with the plexiglass. We don’t hook it into the wall very often because nuisance of spackling after. Usually our wall or table attachments are hidden, being able to incorporate it into the sculpture is exciting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1702867349856-G26T4MBD3VXODTMJXXZ2/patterned-fabric-colorful-decorated-paper.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - coils 2019 Both of these were built up with a couple of wraps around a core of tightly crumpled gutter mesh. Weak parts are reenforced with 3M fiberglass cast mesh. The paper & fabric also adds some strength & rigidity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1704255951856-37PEW3I094JIIAL1ZYZR/casting-crumpled-gutter-mesh-abaca-wraps.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint process shot of the left object from previous image We crumpled a length of aluminum expandable gutter mesh & create this long skinny form. The abaca wrapping was enough to stiffen the gutter mesh so it didn’t buckle under a bit of load. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1702958025181-FYDP9PSKUJTCS3VMZE5P/Landes-Sullivan-studio-fabrication-paper-form-casting.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint Eventually, it developed some partial hinge points, so in 2021 we unwrapped some of the fabric & paper & added some 3M blue fiberglass casting mesh. It has some more hingy points, but not enough to add more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1702867351277-X22QJ5I1HMB7UCS5OYW5/husband-wife-art-collaborators-paper-scultpture.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - coils 2019 both a couple of layers of abaca with some water soluble crayon were wrapped around a fabric core form (seamed with hot glued rather than thread for speed) which is stuffed with poli-fill. The poli-fill came out first & then the empty fabric casing slides out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1702958025326-C35ZDNV8SYEPND3H5JHU/water-soluable-crayon-abaca-wraps-balloon-mold.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint right object in previous image. We got some color & marks on the wraps. Then we cast/wrapped the balloon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1702956135527-80Y8OX6WGBHYTPA0S3JT/casting-form-fabric-hotglued-poli-fill-mummy-wrapped.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - coil form fabric, hot glue, poli-fill. Then we wrapped the form & wedged it into a position we liked. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1702956135843-R1YZDL4QPFW8GZHSQV7R/cast-from-fabric-hotglue-stuffed-form.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - coil & what's left of the mold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1702867349656-1BLS2EX1GYKEFI3RPWSC/hollow-paper-fiberglass-tubes-organic-shapes.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - coils the coil on the table top (2020) was done like the ones in the previous image. The coils above (2022) were made as explained in the next gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1702867351655-UMS78WHQIWBBIL4D1XPS/wire-fabric-plaster-cast-handmade-abaca-fiber-paper.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - coil 2020 We started making the coils because we always needs supports for flimsier objects. The first were rolled lengths of abaca (see blog posts), but they’re are brittle & subject to hinging. Their use is decorative. We use a lot of heavy fencing wire from Home Depot. One day we bent & crumpled a 4’ or so length before wrapping it with the usual materials. Obviously, it bends easily, but generally rigid enough to hold up lightweight paper objects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1702867353118-47Z5MM3Q3F2VZOJ3YF0X/paper-tubes-pigmented-abaca-fiber-craft.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - coils 2019 hollow coil in front of a pair of stuffed coils https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1701834704987-324PGCLICB48DZCWF2CQ/sculptural-object-paper-fiberglass-rounded-form.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - an object only the artists could love 2022 Originally, cast as a single volume with handmade abaca paper wrapped around soft removeable fabric & poli-fill form. Once dried with the stuffed form still inside, we wrapped it in fiberglass, handmade paper patches added 2’ x .5’ x 1’ We could not use the whole form in our sculptures, so we cut it into two. . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1701834590196-FMWUHXU2NJ7W2NTCFISN/cutting-rounded-volume-sculptural-object.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint - 2 sculptural objects from 1 We cut it down the middle in a spirally meandering line. After cutting, the fiberglass & paper delaminated, so we used a lot of jade glue & clips to relaminate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1701834588611-4YEI9ELWEBUQJOQ66NOM/Landes-Sullivan-artist-collaborators-wife-husband.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint We use these 2 a lot in our sculptures. They don’t stand without a skewer or 2 to brace them. They’re actually quite impractical for structural purposes, but exciting visually. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1701834588468-2SDPQE8Y8ZMKR4XW10LK/mummy-wrapped-paper-fiberglass-rounded-volume.jpeg objects that support of wood, fiberglass, foam board, paper and paint paper forms that needed fiberglassing to make them stiff enough to use. The concave areas are paper wrap. The outside is fiberglass wrap with handmade paper attached. What looks good to our eyes often gets in the way of practicality. These forms are robust, but they don’t stand on their own. It captures our way of thinking about artmaking: our struts or columns usually need support before they’re of use. https://www.landessullivan.com/bamboo-and-paper daily 0.75 2025-09-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/2de5bfd5-f556-48e0-bff2-438ba26db2fb/Suspended-handmade-paper-sculpture-bamboo.jpg bamboo & handmade paper sculptures Landes Sullivan - Make it stand out Also, see our suspended bamboo & paper piece, Yours unless you stop that was up in the Arts building at Edgewood College, Madison WI this past school year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1690077660805-1DTLW84KVASRNBJWYIGS/bamboo-support-abstract-paper-sculpture.jpeg bamboo & handmade paper sculptures Landes Sullivan - 8 7 2022 handmade cotton and abaca papers, rope, dye, bamboo, bamboo shiver inclusions, wire, paint 3.5’ x 4’ x 3’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/565a2a07-00a3-4063-b719-51ee21c5a4fa/Landes-Sullivan-Madison-111-Jersey-City-abstract-sculpture.jpeg bamboo & handmade paper sculptures Landes Sullivan - 8 7 2022 another version handmade cotton and abaca papers, rope, dye, bamboo, bamboo shiver inclusions, wire, paint 4’ x 4’ x 3.5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1690077660643-0W95B7TU97LBF31O1WCY/plywood-bamboo-rope-fiber-sculpture.jpeg bamboo & handmade paper sculptures Landes Sullivan - 8 7 2022 another version handmade cotton and abaca papers, rope, dye, bamboo, bamboo shiver inclusions, wire, paint shaped foam board and luan 3’ x 4’ x 3’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1690299493359-GC2FM13OI4PYJD7IQQC4/bamboo-sculpture-balance-strong-gesture.jpeg bamboo & handmade paper sculptures Landes Sullivan - 5/27/23 handmade cotton and abaca papers, bamboo structure, shaped pink foam board 6’ x 8’ x 3’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1690077847117-CNOSUXVP85PNEF0LUTTX/delete+figs+n+clips+-+4+of+14+copy.jpeg bamboo & handmade paper sculptures Landes Sullivan - 5/27/23 alt view handmade cotton and abaca papers, bamboo structure, shaped pink foam board 6’ x 8’ x 3’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1690077899440-V7C3PRFGAFC80VUWLWOZ/contemporary-sculpture-paper-split-bamboo.jpeg bamboo & handmade paper sculptures Landes Sullivan - 9/16/22 handmade abaca papers, bamboo, bamboo inclusions, fiberglass 4.5’ x 2’ x 3’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1690077909839-ISAALBWO075BVZLVCLP3/Barbara-Landes-craft-papermaking-sculpture.jpeg bamboo & handmade paper sculptures Landes Sullivan - 9/16/22 alt view handmade abaca papers, bamboo, bamboo inclusions, fiberglass 4.5’ x 2’ x 3’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1692665989955-PTCNY59G9LWQTRF5RWC6/shivers-bamboo-inclusions-papermaking.jpeg bamboo & handmade paper sculptures Landes Sullivan - 9 18 2022 version 1 bamboo (& as inclusion), handmade cast abaca paper forms, bobby pins as inclusion, cable ties & clips 6’ x 4’ x 3’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1692665987626-93AD9ZD6T4EELYPS81TO/American-sculpture-2022-colorful-pigmented.jpeg bamboo & handmade paper sculptures Landes Sullivan - 9 18 2022 Version 1 - alt view bamboo (& as inclusion), handmade cast abaca paper forms, bobby pins as inclusion, cable ties & clips 6’ x 4’ x 3’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1692665989382-FS3EEA3Y9YH9GA3L5MB5/Landes-Sullivan-contemporary-craft-sculpture-midwest.jpeg bamboo & handmade paper sculptures Landes Sullivan - 9 18 2022 version 2 bamboo (& as inclusion), handmade cast abaca paper forms, bobby pins as inclusion, cable ties & clips 6’ x 4’ x 3’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1690077838116-5ZHSVMO24FH7GSHPGEE1/bamboo-sculpture-abstract-lightweight-balanced.jpeg bamboo & handmade paper sculptures Landes Sullivan - 9 18 22 version 2 - alt view bamboo (& as inclusion), handmade cast abaca paper forms, bobby pins as inclusion, cable ties & clips 6’ x 4’ x 3’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1685328364176-JMUA75U0ZJD5ZVC195Q4/hand-papermaking-abstract-sculpture-contemporary.jpeg bamboo & handmade paper sculptures Landes Sullivan - 9/20/22 handmade abaca and flax papers, bamboo structure 5.5’ x 5.5’ x 5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1685328364372-5QQ29FYNPIS73DD0XJTE/is-what-it-is-sculpture-abstract-paper.jpeg bamboo & handmade paper sculptures Landes Sullivan - 9/20/22 handmade abaca and flax papers, bamboo structure 4’ x 5’ x 3’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1690300118805-LS7U4IFNA4EO944JJP0D/bamboo-sculpture-cotton-paper-standing-purple.jpeg bamboo & handmade paper sculptures Landes Sullivan - 3 26 2023 A cast handmade & pigmented abaca and cotton papers, bamboo & twine as inclusions, bamboo, wood paneling, plywood 2.5’ x 3’ x 3’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1690300118685-IH8NXGHP8DW53QCYMS19/bamboo-frame-support-colorful-pigmented-paper.jpeg bamboo & handmade paper sculptures Landes Sullivan - 3 26 2023 A alt view cast handmade & pigmented abaca and cotton papers, bamboo & twine as inclusions, bamboo, wood paneling, plywood 2.5’ x 3’ x 3’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1690579568874-0EKMIBTVEN3SBB5Y246M/sculpture-split-bamboo-standing-balanced-assemblage.jpeg bamboo & handmade paper sculptures Landes Sullivan - 3 26 2023 B cast handmade & pigmented abaca and cotton papers, bamboo & twine as inclusions, bamboo, wood paneling, plywood, bamboo structure 4’ x 4.5’ x 3.5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1690579565100-J999HBQXPP6U0KP1XMT9/sculpture-made-from-reused-objects-colorful-gestural.jpeg bamboo & handmade paper sculptures Landes Sullivan - 3 26 2023 B alt view cast handmade & pigmented abaca and cotton papers, bamboo & twine as inclusions, bamboo, wood paneling, plywood, bamboo structure 4’ x 4.5’ x 3.5’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1690078523819-HPUV47HHNOH5X0KPABF4/contemporary-craft-sculpture-collaboration.jpeg bamboo & handmade paper sculptures Landes Sullivan - 5/31/23 handmade cotton and abaca papers, pulp painting, bamboo, bamboo shiver inclusions, shaped foam board, acrylic paint 4.5’ x 6’ x 4’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1685328379063-OCSZG0INCWWD8D095V5P/sculpture-bamboo-balance-elegant-beautiful.jpeg bamboo & handmade paper sculptures Landes Sullivan - 5/31/23 handmade cotton and abaca papers, pulp painting, bamboo, bamboo shiver inclusions, shaped foam board, acrylic paint 4.5’ x6’x 4’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1690077824468-CWCEVW657CR6V7UESPLC/Barbara-Landes-sculptor-handmade-paper-contemporary.jpeg bamboo & handmade paper sculptures Landes Sullivan - 11/10/21 cast abaca fiber forms, bamboo, bobby pins 2.5’ x 4’ x 3’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/1690077829736-NT5WUMFFMPMVLJZUE3X9/Landes-Sullivan-abaca-fiber-sculpture-green-yellow-purple.jpeg bamboo & handmade paper sculptures Landes Sullivan - 11/10/21 alt view cast abaca fiber forms, bamboo, bobby pins 2.5’ x 4’ x 3’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/2de5bfd5-f556-48e0-bff2-438ba26db2fb/Suspended-handmade-paper-sculpture-bamboo.jpg bamboo & handmade paper sculptures Landes Sullivan - Make it stand out Also, see our suspended bamboo & paper piece, Yours unless you stop that was up in the Arts building at Edgewood College, Madison WI this past school year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/511fa50c-d872-4ee4-bff9-f2c6cf57b62f/contemporary-craft-hand-papermaking-American-2021-colorful.jpg bamboo & handmade paper sculptures Landes Sullivan - Make it stand out Inspiration underfoot
 2021 cast abaca and cotton papers, wood with papers, pastel and paste paper application, dowels, wire, fabric 5’ x 3’ x 2.5’
The blue conduit form is the main actor, being bent back as it is thrown up or pushed aside by forces underfoot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/d08c17d5-8a2e-4115-bcc9-413dc4b10e50/collaborators-married-contemporary-craft-sculpture.jpg bamboo & handmade paper sculptures Landes Sullivan - Make it stand out From this angle the blue conduit is snared, entangled by the same elements that hold it off the ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58705bddd2b85797c678350f/afe84bf3-2817-4a17-af39-fe89064bd009/artistic-duo-Landes-Sullivan-paper-fabric-dowels.jpg bamboo & handmade paper sculptures Landes Sullivan - Make it stand out The conduit is more an equal match to the obstacles from this side. 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