Jim Patterson

[singing] In the winter, the rivers run.

The stampers beat until the pulp is done.

Another season.

Another reason.

For making paper.

Welcome to episode number 155 of Paper Talk, a series of podcast interviews featuring artists and professionals who are working in the fields of hand paper making and paper art.

I'm Helen Hiebert, and I run Helen Hiebert Studio, a hand paper-making studio in Colorado's Rocky Mountains, where I create artist books and installations.

I also host the annual Red Cliff Paper Retreat and paper-making master classes here in the studio, and I run an online membership program called The Paper Year.

Find out more at helenhiebertstudio.com. You can also find the show notes for this episode at helenhiebertstudio.com/podcast.

Today, I'm talking with Jim Patterson, a lifelong paper maker and owner of Two Rivers Paper since 1986.

Two Rivers Paper specializes in handmade rag papers using traditional methods, each sheet being carefully crafted one by one.

After many years of production in a water and solar-powered mill, Two Rivers is now situated at East Quay Arts Center in Watchet, Somerset, in the United Kingdom.

Enjoy our conversation.