Hello, and welcome to my website.
I've been marbling, teaching and writing books about paper art for almost twenty years. Some of the recent books published under my full name, Diane Maurer-Mathison, are Paper in Three Dimensions, The Art of Making Paste Papers, Paper Art, The Ultimate Marbling Handbook, and The Handcrafted Letter.My accordion-fold books, handbound in original decorative papers, include Making Paste Papers, Suminagashi Marbling and Making Fold and Dye Papers.
For information about purchasing autographed copies of my books, attending workshops, purchasing decorative papers or acquiring reproduction rights to designs please contact me.
Diane
Maurer Hand Marbled Papers
P.0. Box 78, Spring Mills, PA 16875
(814) 422-8651
dkmaurer1@aol.com
NEW
Collage,
Assemblage, and Altered Art explores collage in all its dimensions via
48 noted artists' works. Order your copy.
Classes in
2008:
•Society for Contemporary Craft. Pittsburgh,
PA:
August 16- Watercolor Marbling
August 17- Paper Collage Landscapes and Seascapes
Call Laura Rundell at 412-261-7003 ext. 25 to register
please email me for futher descriptions.
I also teach from my home studio near State College, and will hold a class at your convenience for as few as four people, in case you have some friends who'd like to travel with you. My classes run from 10 AM to 3 PM, and are $75.00 per person, including materials. You can learn watercolor marbling, suminagashi or paste paper design.
About the Artist:
Diane Maurer-Mathison
is recognized internationally as an expert paper artist. Her work is represented
in numerous collections including those of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Harvard
University Library, The Süleymaniye Library, Istanbul, Turkey, and the
Museum of Antiquities, Urumchi, China.
Her decorative papers have been widely reproduced. Numerous commissions include
designs for Lenox China, Godiva Chocolates, and Harper Collins Publishers.
Diane has taught throughout the United States, including surface design
workshops for the Smithsonian Institution, Penland School of Crafts, and
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. She has made guest appearances on
The Carol Duvall Show, Home Matters, and Martha Stewart Living Television.
Links
Handmade Paper: more than 1700 varieties of handmade paper and paper cutting services.
The Gallery Shop: Central PA Fine Art and Craft
Jeanne Petrosky: One of a kind handmade paper wall sculptures
Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen
Jeff Mathison: photomontage and illustration
Joanne B. Kaar: paperworks
Ingrid Siliakus: Amazing Origamic Architecture
