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Virginia Howell
Museum Director
404-894-5726
virginia.howell@rbi.gatech.edu
Summary Sentence: Temporary exhibit at the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking
Full Summary: Spring/summer exhibits at the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking will be on view from April 11 - July 12, 2019. Postage Required: Early Animated Postcards from the Early 1900s and Marvelous Marbling: Demystifying Marbled Papers feature unique works involving paper.
Postage Required and Marvelous MarblingThe animated postcard was a genre of card that had its greatest success in the first decade of the 20th century. Post cards were affordable mass communication, sent simply and as frequently as a text message today. The animated postcard was unique in that the images moved. People were moving more, traveling more, and as a result, sending cards more.
This exhibition features a variety of postcards that are on the move: tilt them, lift a flap, or pull a tab, and see something new. Explore the cutting-edge technology of a century ago.
The techniques used to marble papers were kept secret for most of the history of this craft. Assistants were each taught only part of the process, so that they could not go out on their own and compete with the master. Discover how these beautiful patterns are created, and learn about some of the early twentieth century practitioners of the craft.
