Douglass Howell, a Conversation with Elisabeth Howell King

Douglass Howell is probably the first person to have used hand papermaking as an artistic medium as early as the 1940’s, creating what he called Papetries which were shown at the Betty Parsons Gallery in NYC. Howell mentored several people, who went on to establish papermaking studios and paper programs at the university level. His daughter, Elisabeth Howell King, tells me about his life with paper. Continue reading Douglass Howell, a Conversation with Elisabeth Howell King