Combat Paper Project

The Combat Paper Project is a project formed to help veterans cope with experiences in the war. It is based out of the Green Door Studio in Burlington, Vermont in the United States. Their processes include making paper out of their old uniforms to then create art on them as well as many other creative outlets for them to connect to fellow veterans. They have exhibits and workshops available to further expand their knowledge as well as connect on a more national level with others.^[1]

The Combat Paper Project is a collaboration initiated by Drew Matott^[2] and Drew Cameron,^[3] involving war veterans, activists and artists.

Combat Paper is made using uniforms worn during military service. The uniforms are cut into pieces, cooked and macerated in a Hollander beater to make paper pulp. The pulp is then formed into paper sheets. Combat Paper has been used to make broadsides, books and personal journals, and the base for other printing processes.

In October 2009 utilizing a bike operated beater, Drew Matott, John LaFalce, Lee S. McDonald and Scott Meeker conducted a street intervention inviting attendees at the 2009 Friends of Dard Hunter Conference to cut pieces of military uniforms and place the pieces into the beater.

List of sponsors, supporting institutions and special collections

The Studios of Key West, Key West, FL
Longwood University, Farmville, VA
Magnolia Editions, Oakland, CA
The Beat Museum, San Francisco, CA
Napa Valley Hand Papermaking, Napa, CA
University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
International Printing Museum, Carson, CA
Tarbeaux Press, Sierra Madre, CA
Cabbage Head Press, Tempe, AZ
Herberger College of Fine Arts, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Fresno City College, Fresno, CA
The Caxton Club, Chicago, IL
Art Institute of Washington, Washington, DC
St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY^[4]
Seastone Papers, West Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, MA
Friends of Dard Hunter, Tuscalusa, AL^[5]
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ^[6]
Mills College, Oakland, CA^[7]
San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA
Colorado Center for Handmade Paper, Colorado Springs, CO
Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
The Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
Booklyn Artists Alliance, Brooklyn, NY^[8]

List of Special Collections

Bailey/Howe Library, Special Collections, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Bavarian State Library, Munich, Germany
The Boston Athenæum, Special Collections, Boston, MA
Carl Blegen Library, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Hunter Library, Special Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
Lafayette College Libraries, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Princeton University Library, Princeton, NJ
Richard F. Brush Collection, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
Scripps College, Special Collections, Claremont, CA
Temple University, Special Collections, Philadelphia, PA
University of California, Irvine, CA
University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
University of Connecticut, Special Collections, Storrs, CT
The Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN^[9]

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Combat Paper Project

List of sponsors, supporting institutions and special collections

List of Special Collections

Sponsors

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