Lee McDonald

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Country	USA
Phone Number	617-242-2505
E-mail Address	lee@toolsforpaper.com
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First interest in hand papermaking process: 1974

First piece of handmade paper: 1974

First handmade paper artwork: 1975

Beginning of active practice: 1974

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Lee's Work in Hand Papermaking:

Artist who uses papermaking for three-dimensional work
Other : equipment builder

Lee's Introduction to Hand Papermaking:

Apprenticeship

Influences on Lee's Work in Hand Papermaking:

Primary

Major

Attending a papermaking conference
Classroom instruction
Other print materials (magazines, newsletters, catalogs)
Other : gettting anNEA grant for a study of equipment for hand papermaking in 1976

Modest

Minor

Publications initially important to Lee:

the history and tecnique of an ancient craft : dard Hunter
Pulp Technology & Treatment for Paper : Jame's D'A Clark

Publications eventually important to Lee:

Countries where Lee's studied:

Raw materials used by Lee in Hand Papermaking:

Used Routinely

Used Sometimes

Used Rarely

Chemicals used by Lee for cooking fibers in Hand Papermaking:

Used Routinely

Used Sometimes

Used Rarely

Tools and methods used by Lee for beating in Hand Papermaking:

Used Routinely

Hollander beater

Used Sometimes

Used Rarely

blender

Style of sheet forming used by Lee in Hand Papermaking:

Used Routinely

Western style (dipping without formation aid)

Used Sometimes

Used Rarely

Years teaching hand papermaking: grad school , college, adult ed

Teaching formats used by Lee:

Used Routinely

Used Sometimes

Used Rarely

Lee's Income Contribution from Hand Papermaking:

a little

Narrative:

I started out getting interested in paper in college and letter press printing. I studied architecture in school and I beleive read something by John Ruskin about how type was the building blocks of books. I traveled across country and visited Twinrocker and got invited to come for the summer and I ended up spending 3 years there first as an apprentice. After I left I moved to Boston and started making papermaking equipment

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