Words That Burn
– Out of Print –
Words that Burn investigates the properties of handmade paper. Paper today is ubiquitous, typically inexpensive, and often unceremoniously thrown away. But 2000 years ago, paper was rare, sacred, and valuable, and restricted in its use. Our goal was to recover that sacred feeling by making paper for this book under the supervision of Goudy Lecturer, Cal Ling. The theme was small things, because we could make only enough paper for a small book. Jocelyn Cohen, a Goudy workshop participant, shared her research on Chinese spirit papers. This inspired us to make our own western spirit papers. The papers nestled in the center of each section were made by the students in the Typography class, and were pulled from cotton rag pulp beaten by Cal Ling. The tan papers were made to our design by Cal Ling, and the barely green Urara papers are from Japan. We asked Cal Ling to make cover papers infused with her spirit. The book is sewn on ribbons that were inclusions in the cover. The size is 4.5″ x 6″ and has 84 printed pages. Fifty copies were printed on three Vandercook presses.
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