Weaving Color Into Comfort

“Weaving Color Into Comfort” is a series of colored handmade papers woven into intricate patterns. The paper is made from abaca, flax, and cotton fibers, and is colored using aqueous dispersed pigments and other natural dyes. Some of these weaving structures require glue to hold together, but others are simply the paper cut into strips, carefully arranged, and held together on its own.

The inspiration for this art form started in 2020, when I learned the foundations of weaving structures using paper. I latched on to its striking qualities, yet felt comfort and warmth in its similarity to fiber weavings. It was the perfect outlet for me to play with color and patterns, and I loved exploring how paper strips could create illusions of overlapping lines of color. Two years later, I enrolled in a handmade paper class and it quickly became my obsession. Experimenting with colored pulp was a…