• During the 1970s and 80s, political symbols and slogans proliferated and were proudly displayed as buttons on people’s jackets and hats, on cars as bumper stickers, on silkscreened t-shirts, and as prints and posters on walls. Individuals and small businesses created 100s and 1000s of these during the civil rights, peace, and women’s movements. Jocelyn Cohen used some of these cultural symbols to create one of a kind handmade paper art.
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Peace Dove handmade paper art

From Women Making History: The Revolutionary Feminist Postcard Art of Helaine Victoria Press by Julia M. Allen and Jocelyn H. Cohen

  • Although usually making ambitious editions of handmade paper while studying papermaking at Indiana University, Jocelyn Cohen sometimes played with vats of pulp left over from other students in the class. She created a variety of whimsical cultural and political designs, couching different paper pulps onto a plain sheet. All handmade paper, 2 -3 colors pressed on cotton, jute, abaca or burlap paper. 50 copies, each unique.
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