Paper artist Helen Hiebert shares unique paper weaving projects with step-by-step instructions and inspirational prompts for developing a daily practice.
Combining fiber art and paper craft techniques, paper weaving is accessible, sustainable, and fun. Each project in the book includes a prompt, a technique, step-by-step instructions with photographs, and examples that will inspire readers to repurpose, recycle, and reuse papers they may already have, like maps, postcards, holiday cards, or journals. And, because it does not require specialized equipment like a loom, paper weaving really is for everyone.
Prompts and thoughtful questions are designed to help readers find their own creative path. Inspiring profiles and stories run throughout the book, highlighting a range of contemporary paper weaving artists.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: Exploring the Origins
Early Cloth Weaving
Early Paper Weaving
Basket Weaving
Paper Weaving in School
Modern Weaving
Chapter 2: Tools & Materials
Paper (Of Course!)
Other Materials
Tools
Other Useful Items
Chapter 3: Learning the Basics & Developing Your Design Eye
Fundamentals of Paper Weaving
Developing Your Design Eye
Chapter 4: Establishing a Daily Practice
Cultivating Flow
12 Benefits of a Daily Practice
A History of Daily Challenges
The Intermittent Daily Practice
Chapter 5: Your Paper Weaving Journey
Things to Consider as You Embark on Your Journey
The Prompts
Recycle: Straight to the Point
Roots: Home Sweet Home
Joy: Explore the Edge
World: Global Vision
Nature: The Great Outdoors
Travel: Dream Vacation
Landscape: What a View!
Random: Simply by Chance
Contrast: Worlds Collide, in a Good Way
Perspective: Fading Away
Routine: Daily Delight
Window: Looking Out
Direction: Any Way You Like It
Circle: Circle in a Square
Concentric: Inside Out
Ephemera: Those Were the Days
Silhouette: Standing Out
Highlight: Center Stage
Symbol: What Do You Stand For?
Winding: Around & Around
Crossing: Back to the Strip
Treasure: Hidden Gems
Waves: That's Very Fluttering
Light: All Will Be Revealed
Layer: What's Under There?
Variety: A Little Bit of This, a Little Bit of That
Modular: The Sum Is Greater Than the Parts
Breathe: Give Me Some Space
Angle: What's Your Angle
Puzzle: One Step at a Time
Chapter 6: Weaving Projects to Showcase Your Work
Woven Note Card
Reverse Piano Hinge Album
Woven Paper Lantern
Chapter 7: Gallery
Hollie Chastain
Galen Gibson-Cornell
Naomi J. Kendall
Carole Kunstadt
Dorothy McGuinness
Rhiannon "Skye" Tafoya
Julie VonDerVellen
Therese Zemlin
Glossary
Metric Conversion Chart
Resources
Suggested Reading
Image List
Contributing Artists
Acknowledgments
Index
About the Author
"Need a pep talk on how to show up to your own daily practice? Hiebert's new book has this and more. Abundant with prompts, examples, and ideas, Hiebert's latest book ignites possibility. Centered in paper weavings, Hiebert celebrates how regular daily practice leads to discovery and invention." -- Melanie Mowinski, artist and author of Collage Your Life
"This might be the ultimate craft or both recycling and saving money. An expert in artfully crafting with paper, Hiebert goes to the next level here, exploring the interlacing of papers (and textiles and even sandpaper)." -- Booklist
"Paper artist Hiebert provides an inspiring guide to paper weaving, in which strips of paper are interlaced to create decorative designs...This is sure to get crafters' creative juices flowing." -- Publishers Weekly
Helen Hiebert is a papermaker, artist, and author of books on papermaking and paper crafts, including The Art of Papercraft, Papermaker's Companion, and Papermaking with Garden Plants and Common Weeds. She teaches papermaking classes and workshops, writes a weekly blog, and is the host and producer of the podcast Paper Talk, which features interviews with papermakers and paper artists. Hiebert's blog, The Sunday Paper, is a resource for ideas and inspiration via stories and examples of people doing exciting, innovative, and beautiful things with paper. She lives in Colorado.
Storey Publishing
Pub Date: December 16, 2025
0.5" H x 9.9" L x 8.0" W
224 pages
paperback