"Before there was "e" messaging and "@" addressing... before paperstock was neon-inked & chemical saturated... there was paper that begged to be touched by the eye, the hand, the pen, or the brush. Handmade paper -- crafted as it was for centuries with plant materials, natural dyes, and textural inclusions, and created sheet by sheet with wild deckle edges -- connects us to the uniqueness of every element in nature. When we touch handmade paper, it touches us back."

"I began as a fiber artist in the '70's, loom-weaving my bark-dyed wool yarn into weed bags or twining it into God's Eyes. I evolved into a hand papermaker, still using plants collected in the desert to make 'wild' stationeries. Today, my papers have become my medium for artists' books, papier mâché decoratives, and layered-paper jewelry."

"What I do always begins in the wild, gathering plant materials, cooking and beating the cellulose fibers into a fine pulp, forming sheets with my mould and deckle. My palette is yucca leaves, gourd pulp, mesquite beans, oat grass, iris leaves, ocotillo flowers, black cactus seeds, pomegranate skins, or creosote leaves. My creations are truly complete only when they are in the hands of someone else who is, I hope, feeling a connection with nature."