notes to a further excuse: A4 Paper Festival

The A4 Paper Festival is happening next week in Sydney! Presented by the Paper Convention Collective, a group dedicated to the documentation of paper expressionism, this new festival is a celebration of all things paper. Small objects and figures, large-scale installations, handcrafted creations, self-published zines and three-dimensional graphic sculptures will all be showcased, created by a variety of creatives from across design, print, graphic design, illustration, fashion, sculpture and animation.

The week-long event will be hosted from 31 May to 4 June at The Paper Mill, with other elements of the event to be held at Object Gallery and the University of Sydney’s Design & Architecture Building. The festival will showcase Australian and international paper artists, including Yoshinobu Miyamoto (Japan), Hattie Newman (UK), Benja Harney (Aus), Jesse Brown (US), Emma van Leest (Aus), Anna Gleeson (HK) Trial+Error (Aus), Matthew Roland Bannister (Aus) and Bianca Chang (Aus), as well as animation by Benjamin Ducroz (AUS).

The festival is curated by designer and all-round paper lover Lisa Loxley, founder of the Paper Convention Collective and designer of lox+savvy paper goods.

You can read about all of the workshops and talks over at the A4 Paper Festival website, and can register for the opening night here. The festival definitely sounds like fun, so I thought I’d leave you with some of the amazing paper work from the artists who will be showcased. Enjoy, and have a lovely weekend!