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Akemi Martin

Adjunct Instructor

Akemi Martin is the director of and master papermaker at Pace Paper in Brooklyn where she has collaborated on numerous hand made paper and print editions with artists. She has taught courses in papermaking at SUNY Purchase, Dieu Donné (NYC) and the Penland School of Craft (NC). She received her BA from University of California, Santa Barbara. 

"37P"; by Leonardo Drew in collaboration with Pace Paper; 81" x 82" x 4"; 2015; Pigmented, printed and cast handmade paper
"37P" by Leonardo Drew in collaboration with Pace Paper; 81" x 82" x 4"; 2015; Pigmented, printed and cast handmade paper

 

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