tinporchpaper

The name of my studio comes from a tin roof that my father and I built together years ago so that I could work outside of my garage in Ohio.

Sunday, January 26, 2025

Illiad project... the beginnings of a process

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 When completed I will have transcribed the entirety of Emily Wilson's translation of the Illiad, Homer's magnificent poem set on a ...
Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Burning, Smoking, Smoldering

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 The central images are from photographs printed on bond paper 24"x 36".  They were laid onto handmade paper pulp in a water bath....

Playing with Collages

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                                                               Collage Play #1 Collage Play #2 Collage Play #3 Collage Play #4 Collage Play ...
Monday, February 21, 2022

Working with Red

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 I have made red paper, which is unusual for me. I was compelled to use red because of my alarm about what is going on in our environment. T...
Thursday, February 10, 2022

Cotton

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 This is a series about cotton as a crop.  In thinking about cotton here I am thinking of slavery, exploitation, greed and the need to talk ...
Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Trees

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These works are made of handmade paper, with bark inclusions from eleagnus, a forest invasive. The work includes spun paper thread.  Uncerta...
Saturday, January 8, 2022

An Essay

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WORKING WITH PAPER   Papermaking is a wet process of transforming plant fibers into the familiar dry, receptive surface.  Paper, like many t...
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Ann Corley Silverman
I am a papermaker. I grow, harvest, cook, and beat my own fiber for making paper. My creative work emerges from my paper making.
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