Late this summer I attended a papermaking workshop at the Penland School of Craft – a scenic community outside of Asheville in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.

The whole experience felt incredibly romantic. Each day, I woke up, walked to breakfast, met artists interested in all sorts of craft arts (basket weaving, sand casting, woodworking), hiked around campus as fog cleared, and learned about papermaking from some of the most experienced and enthusiastic teachers I have ever met.