{"id":146170,"date":"2024-02-20T18:47:27","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T17:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=146170"},"modified":"2024-02-20T18:50:19","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T17:50:19","slug":"paper-its-transcendental-historical-and-beautiful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=146170","title":{"rendered":"Paper; Its Transcendental, Historical and Beautiful"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-normal-font-size wp-elements-dbc089ced9e9e3f0c31d6ac70e328c0d wp-block-paragraph\">To Touch, to smell, to engage with paper is probably something we do most days, even in our present lives, so computer-orientated, paper is a staple in all our lives. Supporting a multitude of needs from home, and work to studying via play. Yet, have you ever paused to wonder about its history or the myriad other ways paper can be used? Beyond our everyday interactions, the paper bags we carry, and the presents we wrap, even the loo paper we all use, paper boasts a rich heritage and a diversity of applications. It carries a legacy that stretches across history, embodying stories of invention, creativity, and boundless exploration. Find out more in <em>Paper; Its Transcendental, Historical and Beautiful<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-normal-font-size wp-elements-265cf7eafe5fdb3149b14458e1a57103 wp-block-paragraph\">Image on left Pippa Dyrlaga, Flow. Image by the artist copy<em>  <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-normal-font-size wp-elements-43059de1bb0f0dc0a91e5bae1e7d8f22 wp-block-paragraph\">Let us take a voyage through time to find out the history of the creation of paper. Its origins stretch back to the Chinese Han Dynasty of 202 BCE &#8211; 220 CE in the ancient city of Lei-Yang, China, in the hands of Cai Lun, a Chinese court official. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-normal-font-size wp-elements-c0d9bfbf113090d30b8a108f89a14217 wp-block-paragraph\">Cai Lun used a deft hand and acute mind to blend the unusual ingredients of mulberry bark, hemp, and rags with water, shaping them into pulp before pressing out the liquid and drying the thin mat beneath the sun&#8217;s benign gaze. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a0059a776cc397385ae354e7893af266 wp-block-paragraph\">Before paper became a thing, imagine us scratching our stories onto cave walls, chipping away at stone, or maybe scribbling on parchment and vellum made from animal hides. It was a real DIY era for keeping memories alive, making every piece of writing a little survival against time&#8217;s relentless tide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-626b9dfa550e8b0a49e7a11a419d4941 wp-block-paragraph\">Since paper came, it changed the game. By the 8th century, this nifty invention from China was starting to steal the show from parchment, setting the stage for a revolution that would unfurl across continents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2a36baaaa83e9d8b538bfbc65b1cca09 wp-block-paragraph\">As the centuries rolled on, the art of papermaking traversed vast continents, spreading through the Middle East and into Europe by the 13th century. Making paper was simpler and quicker than stretching, washing, and drying animal hides for vellum. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-be14997b6896573ce91fc2db668fcb71 wp-block-paragraph\">At first, paper was for printing important documents like Bibles and official papers. But then, artists started realizing paper was awesome for their work, leading to all sorts of cool new art, from sketches to paintings and even the early days of printmaking. That was how paper changed the scene for creativity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6e9495c081a99ab1bc673ffc86940daf wp-block-paragraph\">Then there is the story of paper money, isn&#8217;t it kind of magical that we all agreed that paper could be money? This spell was cast in the 11th century by China&#8217;s Song dynasty, turning paper into currency. This bold move changed how we trade and trust. It is amazing how paper reshaped the very concept of value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d322beb3ea291f590bd157b69de89a61 wp-block-paragraph\">In our world today, paper transforms fashion and art, breaking the mould of traditional expression with every fold and cut. Designers like Issey Miyake and Zoe Bradley take the paper beyond the ordinary, crafting wearable art that dances on the line between fashion and fantasy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-76b5cbd6e5f3d975375d9bac5ce7ebc5 wp-block-paragraph\">Miyake&#8217;s Pleats Please series revolutionizes fabric with paper-inspired pleats, while Bradley&#8217;s creations turn paper into dramatic, high-fashion statements. They are not just designing clothes, they are dreaming up new realms of creativity and pushing paper to its most enchanting limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2dba2d14a0af2fb1156eda6737b9183a wp-block-paragraph\"> Justine Smith sees money currency not just as paper, but as a canvas for exploring value and beauty. Crafting delicate flowers and detailed maps from banknotes, she explores themes of value, beauty, and global interconnectedness. Her art turns everyday paper money into stunning, thought-provoking sculptures. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Justine-Smith-Paper-Its-Transcendental-Historical-and-Beautiful.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"871\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Justine-Smith-Paper-Its-Transcendental-Historical-and-Beautiful.jpg?resize=580%2C871&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-146740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Justine-Smith-Paper-Its-Transcendental-Historical-and-Beautiful.jpg?w=650&amp;ssl=1 650w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Justine-Smith-Paper-Its-Transcendental-Historical-and-Beautiful.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-433e918d62b096659b4a90df4dd0954d wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/justinesmith.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=5323796b283b8d52e22014b30&amp;id=dc0a4b8c70&amp;e=53673d5a3a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Specimen Geranium Endressii<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>  Madagascan Ariary, S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 &amp; Principe Dobras, Chinese Yuan, butterfly, silver plated egg cup, wire, glass dome.&nbsp;Dimensions: 18.5cm x 18.5cm x 26cm Image Justine Smith <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-096a8c6fcdbddc99265b731297aecc45 wp-block-paragraph\">The evolution of paper in music, through iconic album covers designed by artists like Roger Dean, has transformed the way we experience music. Dean\u2019s visionary landscapes for bands like Yes and Asia didn&#8217;t just wrap a record, they expanded the music&#8217;s universe visually, deepening our connection to the tunes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9b7ef8bb6b680f8b22ae6ef6e7c07b97 wp-block-paragraph\">Paper art also becomes a voice for cultural identity, enabling artists to weave their heritage into pieces that speak powerfully of tradition and contemporary life alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d43bb7e98d9c58af83fdaa3df7d4a169 wp-block-paragraph\">And paper is still an important part of the world of creativity. At the heart of MAKE Southwest, the PULP exhibition reveals the magic of paper in the hands of 30 international artists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-dd9a9a28183cb45898d317f32bd81802 wp-block-paragraph\">From ethereal sculptures to jewellery paper mimicking gemstones, each work invites us to see paper in a new light. These artists prove that paper is more than a medium; it&#8217;s a source of endless innovation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c8e68a5f50d0acf1be01a031814baa90 wp-block-paragraph\">Pippa Dyrlaga delicately plays with paper&#8217;s fragility, crafting patterns that spiral from a central tear, inspired by the Japanese philosophy of kintsugi, finding beauty in the broken. It&#8217;s a subtle nod to the art of embracing imperfections and giving them new life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d53b2c688b0b3b2d4f67855e13482236 wp-block-paragraph\">Clare Pentlow\u2019s &#8220;Subtlety in White&#8221; whispers the power of paper to mimic the natural world&#8217;s quiet elegance, proving that something as simple as a sheet of paper can capture the complexity and beauty of nature&#8217;s own designs.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Clare-Pentlow-Subtlety-in-white-Paper-Its-Transcendental-Historical-and-Beautiful-image-by-the-artist.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"774\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Clare-Pentlow-Subtlety-in-white-Paper-Its-Transcendental-Historical-and-Beautiful-image-by-the-artist.jpg?resize=580%2C774&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-146677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Clare-Pentlow-Subtlety-in-white-Paper-Its-Transcendental-Historical-and-Beautiful-image-by-the-artist.jpg?w=682&amp;ssl=1 682w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Clare-Pentlow-Subtlety-in-white-Paper-Its-Transcendental-Historical-and-Beautiful-image-by-the-artist.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-332c4cb5f24e63a9583f34a789b36648 wp-block-paragraph\">Clare Pentlow, Subtlety in white, image by the artist <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4f88d5ade5dd4d2d22930ccb16b17a54 wp-block-paragraph\">Nathan Ward dives into the depths of the ocean with his art, studying the grace of marine life through paper. His creation of a whale, fully articulated is a testament to the movement and life that paper can embody.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Nathan-Ward-Under-Water-paper-and-movement-Paper-Its-Transcendental-Historical-and-Beautiful-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Nathan-Ward-Under-Water-paper-and-movement-Paper-Its-Transcendental-Historical-and-Beautiful-1.jpg?resize=580%2C387&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-146679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Nathan-Ward-Under-Water-paper-and-movement-Paper-Its-Transcendental-Historical-and-Beautiful-1.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Nathan-Ward-Under-Water-paper-and-movement-Paper-Its-Transcendental-Historical-and-Beautiful-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Nathan-Ward-Under-Water-paper-and-movement-Paper-Its-Transcendental-Historical-and-Beautiful-1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-317f3e558b9cae5e5d5f94c74e49f456 wp-block-paragraph\">Nathan Ward, Under Water paper and movement 3, image by the artist <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-12bc5c2dcba404173617f74703a7961c wp-block-paragraph\">Kate Kato&#8217;s paper creations invite us into a miniature natural world of her own making, where flowers, fungi, and insects crafted from paper rival the beauty of their real-life counterparts. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Kate-Kato-Kasasagi-designs-UK-Fungi.-Paper-Its-Transcendental-Historical-and-Beautiful.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Kate-Kato-Kasasagi-designs-UK-Fungi.-Paper-Its-Transcendental-Historical-and-Beautiful.jpg?resize=580%2C395&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-146680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Kate-Kato-Kasasagi-designs-UK-Fungi.-Paper-Its-Transcendental-Historical-and-Beautiful.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Kate-Kato-Kasasagi-designs-UK-Fungi.-Paper-Its-Transcendental-Historical-and-Beautiful.jpg?resize=300%2C204&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Kate-Kato-Kasasagi-designs-UK-Fungi.-Paper-Its-Transcendental-Historical-and-Beautiful.jpg?resize=768%2C524&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-22f2b1115843a7113670fff443a6e635 wp-block-paragraph\">Kate Kato Kasasagi, Fungi, image by the artist <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-50bde7b9e5de6dba3e72d7a2e74f4933 wp-block-paragraph\">This journey from ancient craft to avant-garde artistry at PULP not only showcases paper&#8217;s versatility but also celebrates the human spirit&#8217;s boundless creativity and resilience. It&#8217;s a testament to how imagination can transform the simplest material into a world of wonder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3005ddb32e494b2ac1f2445d4fd034d6 wp-block-paragraph\">Every touch, glance, and fold of paper connects us to a deeper story than we often realize, intertwining with art, fashion, and creativity in ways we&#8217;ve barely begun to explore. This unassuming material holds a world of possibilities, influencing realms from art to fashion in profound, unexpected ways. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0c28dcd5518488e12c6249f2e9f09b81 wp-block-paragraph\">Find out more here in, <a href=\"http:\/\/makesouthwest.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MAKE Southwest <em>Paper; Its Transcendental and Historical<\/em>, makesouthwest.org.uk<\/a>, and discover the boundless impact of paper on our lives and culture<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1106579d155c530fca5705c99afc5c16 wp-block-paragraph\">If you enjoyed reading\u00a0<em>Paper; Its Transcendental, Historical and Beautiful<\/em>, then why not read\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/immersive-canvases-living-within-brushstrokes-of-the-world-around\/\">Immersive Canvases: Living Within Brushstrokes of the World Around<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-normal-font-size wp-elements-cc0454a0e11924c5ca497d57f41c16cd wp-block-paragraph\">. Cent London, <strong>Be Inspired; Get Involved<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To Touch, to smell, to engage with paper is probably something we do most days, even in our present lives,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":146743,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11,1],"tags":[28,450,1255,387,31],"features_issues":[],"featured_themes":[16300],"ppma_author":[16876],"class_list":["post-146170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-100-percent-design","tag-art-2","tag-artist","tag-design-2","tag-exhibition","tag-fashion-2","featured_themes-ensemble"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Paper; Its Transcendental, Historical and Beautiful | Cent Magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Have you ever paused to wonder about paper&#039;s history or the myriad other ways it can be used? 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