PaperMaking : From Cotton To Casting

Produced by: 
Carlton Jones for Scribe Video Center
Year: 
1986
Duration: 
9 min

John Baker shows viwers a different kind of paper trail as he explains the process of producing paper from cotton by-products and the application of paper in his artwork. Using hand-made paper as his primary medium, the artist demonstrates how he forms it into molds creating an interesting variety of shapes and textures which become the building blocks for his finished works.

Carlton Jones is a working Videographer and the head of Carlton Jones Video, based in Willow Grove, PA.

John Baker received his MFA from the University of Delaware, studied at the University of the Arts and earned a BA from West Chester University. He has been a professor at West Chester University since 1974, and is currently Chairperson of the Department. His work has been exhibited in numerous national exhibitions and is represented in private, corporate and museum collections.