Cityfolk Festival

It poured down rain today after I set up my display for the festival inside the Wright State University center building in downtown Dayton. The theme was "Rips, Clips and Creases: The Art of Paper." It looked like the rain was to be an all day affair, but after a few hours it stopped, but the sun never did shine. I demonstrated Japanese papermaking, talked about the process and discussed the international handmade paper conference I attended in Japan in the late 80's.

I was part of a panel discussion later in the afternoon with Yasue Sakaoka, a Japanese artist living in Columbus, Ohio. She discussed her interest in origami and I shared how I began my papermaking path. I displayed a walnut dyed paper garment I had made and talked about my experience of a shifu workshop (spun paper)which I attended while in Japan.

I was very impressed with all the volunteers that helped in making this function the popular event that it is every year.