Last January I went to the Fuller Museum to see Donna Rhae Marder's art. It was magnificent! She had had a few pieces in the Trashformations exhibit I attended the year before, including a teapot made of tea bags and a wall hanging made with a deck of cards, thread, and space. This time around, her show was all stuff that could hang on a wall.


She showed tiny wearable baby dresses made of tea bags and photographs! Wearable dresses for an adult made from magazine photos and waxed paper! Quilts made with photographs and coffee filters and eggshells! A rug made from paper and cardboard matches from matchbooks! Each display was more captivating than the next.

I was deeply disappointed to find that the museum didn't have a book of her work for sale in the gift shop, nor did they have any informational handout about her. I hope I find another show of her work someday!

Do you know of other paper artists? Please let me know! I'd love to find other people recycling paper into art.