Mary Hark Handmade Paper – Closeup of pile fanned out with rich textures & colors: charteuse, dark berry, deep brown-black

PAPERMAKER • ARTIST • EDUCATOR

MARY HARK

Proprietor of HARK! Handmade Paper, fiber/mixed media artist, Professor of Design Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and passionate advocate for sustainable papermaking in Ghana, West Africa.
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HARK! Handmade Paper recently installed a public artwork in the children’s area of our our local library, Rondo Community Library, located in the heart of the Frogtown neighborhood in St. Paul. Collaborating with Mary on the design and fabrication of the work were: Tony Santoyo, longtime paper-shop assistant and 2020–21 Penland Core Fellow (Tony’s website or on Instagram); and Hannah Campbell, fabricator extrodinaire and proprietor of Tactual Goods (Hannah's website or on Instagram).