Precious Paper

2017

Promoted by COMIECO, this volume is a splendid treasure chest of 21 paper jewels to build, wear, gift and show on special occasions. 21 jewels realised by 21 world famous designers and contemporary artists that have been working with papers for years, reunited here for the first time to show that paper is precious: a good to enhance and not waste. 21 precious jewels, made with 100% recycled paper and highly sustainable processes, colored with vegetable dyes and perforated by hand. The jewels sheets are enriched with unpublished texts on the history of the paper jewel and the manipulation of paper in its multiple forms, from ancient times to nowadays. Jewels by: Gian Luca Bartellone, Sarah Kate Burgess, Ela Cindoruk, Dario Cestaro, Caterina Crepax, Eleonora Cumer, Sandra Di Giacinto, Noémi Gera, Martine Horstman, Maria Teresa Illuminato, Zoe Keramea, Parth Kothekar, Tithi Kutchamuch, Edoardo Malagigi, Fernando Masone, Angela Nocentini, Daniele Papuli, Angela Simone, Sounds of Silence, Paolo Ulian, Roberto Zanon. Volume a cura di Bianca Cappello.