{"id":8696,"date":"2017-12-05T11:45:05","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T15:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=8696"},"modified":"2017-12-04T15:33:53","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T19:33:53","slug":"personalize-your-holiday-gift-giving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2017\/12\/05\/personalize-your-holiday-gift-giving\/","title":{"rendered":"Personalize Your Holiday Gift Giving"},"content":{"rendered":"

When people hear the word \u201cart\u201d they think of paintings, photographs, sculptures, music, or maybe movies. \u00a0But not paper. \u00a0People commonly think of paper as a mode to transport art, or a medium that art is displayed through, but they don\u2019t think of the paper itself as art. \u00a0Cards a common form of a present to loved ones, whether they are store bought or handmade. \u00a0This holiday season make cards extra special by creating the whole thing by hand, \u00a0even the paper.<\/span><\/p>\n

The kerrytown bookfest in Ann Arbor teaches people that paper itself is creative and can be a form of art. \u00a0There were stands that were dedicated to making paper. \u00a0The paper that these stands were selling looked vintage, like the paper you would see a medieval letter written on. \u00a0Each piece was different and they all varied in colors, size, and even texture. \u00a0The texture, thickness, and color of the paper depends on what it is made out of. \u00a0Paper can be made out of different materials; the easiest material to make paper out of is other paper. \u00a0But it can also be made out of leaves, grass, flowers, or even a wasps nest. \u00a0Keep this in mind while making a card, and use the materials and colors that the recipient will love. \u00a0This uniqueness will translate well into a nice holiday card for a loved one, because they will see all of the effort and love put into it and appreciate it even more.<\/span><\/p>\n

The people who worked at the Kerrytown bookfest were so passionate about there craft of making paper, they wanted to show and teach every person that worked by how to do what they did so that they could share in their happiness with this overlooked artform. \u00a0These people were more enthusiastic about their craft than most other professionals are about there job, and that is because they make paper because they loved it, and it is something they are truly passionate about. \u00a0It is no longer a necessity to make paper from scratch, it is much easier and less time consuming to go to the store and buy whatever size and color paper you want than to make it yourself. \u00a0But the paper we all buy at the store lacks the uniqueness of the paper that the people at the kerrytown bookfest put into their paper. \u00a0This passion and compassion will come through a handmade Christmas card, the loved one it\u2019s made for will love the gift made with love.<\/span><\/p>\n

Link to learn how to make paper:\u00a0 \u00a0https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Make-Paper<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When people hear the word \u201cart\u201d they think of paintings, photographs, sculptures, music, or maybe movies. \u00a0But not paper. \u00a0People commonly think of paper as a mode to transport art, or a medium that art is displayed through, but they don\u2019t think of the paper itself as art. \u00a0Cards a common form of a present […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2188,"featured_media":8697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[75,776,245,1058,1063,884,1065,1062,1064],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8696"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2188"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8696"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8699,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8696\/revisions\/8699"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}