Timothy Barrett

Research Scientist, Adjunct Professor
Papermaking

I earned a BA degree in Art Communications from Antioch College in 1973 and later spent two years working with Kathryn and Howard Clark at Twinrocker Handmade Paper, Inc., two years under a Fulbright Fellowship studying papermaking in Japan, and several years researching early European handmade papers, the latter funded by the NEA and the Kress Foundation. I joined the University of Iowa Center for the Book as its paper specialist in 1986 and served as its director between 1996 and 2002. I continue to teach courses that address the history, technique, science and aesthetics of hand papermaking, and I'll soon be rejoining Lynn Amlie at the UICB Oakdale Paper Production and Research Facility. During my career, I've also made a number of one-of-a-kind artist's books using handmade paper and leather as the primary materials. My current research is focused on the role of gelatin sizing in paper permanence. I am very interested in the emerging field of book studies and in the fertile territory shared by those who study or produce physical books, and those who study the impact of the book on society and culture or the future of the book equivalent.

Phone: 319-621-2493
E-Mail: timothy-barrett@uiowa.edu
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