Virginia Howell, Education Curator at the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking at Georgia Tech, will speak Friday, Oct. 14, at the Georgia Archives as part of its free Lunch and Learn lecture series. The program begins at noon and lasts about an hour.
In “Fiber and Pulp, Molds and Deckles: Papermaking Yesterday and Today,” Howell will share the process of how paper is made from plant material to finished product, and explore the history of how paper became an integral part of our daily lives. The talk will be illustrated with selections from the Dard Hunter Collection, housed at the Robert C. Williams Museum. Hunter is considered to be the father of hand-papermaking in North America, and founded the museum. From eighteenth-century mill journals to thousand-year-old paper samples to contemporary art pieces to handmade books, the museum’s vast collection is a treasure-trove of exceptional examples of papermaking.
Located in the Renewable Bioproducts Institute at Georgia Tech, the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking’s exhibits feature Hunter’s historic collection, tools from the early industrialization of papermaking, environmental issues related to papermaking, and changing gallery spaces.
The program requires no registration and is free and open to the public.
