Different size notecards and papers with signage about Fabriano Paper. A hand-calligraphed note in italic reads: “Fabriano since 1264” Another sign traces history of paper. It reads (with most recent at top, older at bottom) 2002 — You pay with Euro banknotes printed on Fabriano Paper. 1509 — Michelangelo uses Fabriano paper in a letter to his friend Nicolò. 1502 — Raffaello sketches figures on Fabriano paper while working in Perugia. 1496 — Aldo Manuzio prints greek books in Venice on Fabriano paper. 1455 — Gutenberg prints the first bible with movable type: press is born and paper consumption booms. 1293 — Fabriano masters invent the watermaking of sheets. 1264 — The papermaking production of Fabriano officially starts. 1173 — Paper is made in the Middle East mainly using old linen and hemp rags. 103 — China: Ts'ai Lun announces to his emperor Ho Ti the invention of paper, made with bamboo and shrubs.

#Fabriano paper. Disrupting the art and writing world with their breakthrough products since 1264.

(At #HiromiPaper in Culver City, CA)

The latest additions to the Paper Boats Project are from La Habana Cuba, the work here from Anyelmaidelin Calzadilla Fernandez, artist and professor at the Art Academy. The four boats are from her students and the paper was donated by @HiromiPaper #paperboatsproject #hiromipaper #printmakingartists