Timothy Barrett: A career in Papermaking - accomplishments and shortcomings
- Mar 10, 2019
- 2 min read
March 15, 2019
Friday, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Sacerdote Room, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Free - Registration required (limited space)
Please join us in welcoming Timothy Barrett to New York City for an overview of his esteemed career.
Following The Legacy Press (Ann Arbor) 2018 publication of European Hand Papermaking- Traditions, Tools and Techniques, Tim Barrett has been reflecting on his 45 years of hand papermaking study and practice. Mr. Barrett will summarize what he considers his most important accomplishments, the work that could have been done better, and the exciting territory he hopes others will pursue going forward. Paper samples will be on display for handling, and questions from the audience will be warmly encouraged. There will be a reception and booksigning after his presentation.
Mr. Barrett received a B.A. (1973) from Antioch College and undertook training in papermaking at Twinrocker Handmade Paper (1973-1975). He spent two years under a Fulbright Fellowship at the Saitama Prefecture Paper Industry Research Station in Japan (1975-1977), and Western Michigan University (1982-1985). In 1983 he authored Japanese Papermaking: Traditions, Tools, and Techniques.
As the founding director of the papermaking facilities at the University of Iowa Center for the Book Mr. Barrett has trained a generation of papermakers to create conservation-sound paper. He served as director of the University of Iowa Center for the Book from 1996 to 2002, where he is currently a research scientist and adjunct professor. Mr. Barrett has spent many years researching early European handmade papers funded by the NEA, the Kress Foundation and the Institute for Museum and Library Services and in 2009 a MacArthur Fellowship. Mr. Barrett also oversees the UICB Research and Production Paper Facility.
Deeply committed to the preservation and future of his art form, Barrett continues to enrich the fields of hand-papermaking, paper conservation, and the history of paper.
To reserve a copy of Tim Barrett's European Hand Papermaking - Traditions, Tools and Techniques please email guildbwny@gmail.com. Limited copies available. We hope to see you there!
The New York Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers thanks the Thomas J. Watson Library of the Metropolitan Museum of Art for co-sponsoring this event.
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