Treewhispers is an evolving international papermaking initiative celebrating the forest of stories and intimate connections that exist between people and trees: a traveling exhibit and workshop series where everyone’s invited to share their stories, poems, drawings, and artwork about their favorite arboreal relationships. Handmade paper rounds strung together form an immersive installation of creativity and conversation. Come and learn about paper with us, share stories and remember with the simple joy of being surrounded by trees, walking through the woods, planting a tree, and rediscovering the awe and reverence that trees inspire in all of us!
Founded in 2000 by artists Pamela Paulsrud and the late Marilyn Sward
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YAYYY!!!! Congratulations, Pam, on this beautiful new site for Treeswhispers! I’ll drop by again soon to share a tree story of my own.
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Congratulations, Pam. It’s exciting to see the new site. It will be interesting to see the evolution of things in this format. I have a photo or two and perhaps a story I’ll send along sometime. Thanks for pursuing this collaborative effort. — John
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Paula!
What a beautiful website! Congratulations.
I have started making bowls out of paper and clay mixed together.
Thanks heaven for trees!
namaste,
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How very, very cool! :)
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Hi Kate, Thanks for the post….still figuring this cyberspace stuff out! It would great to see Treewhispers there—I need to check with another gallery as there may be conflicting times…would love to seize such a wonderful opportunity.
Warmly,
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My friend Kate R. sent me to find you because she knows me so well! How lovely it must be to stand in your forest.
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Dearest Pam:
Having worked as a member of the Tree City USA in Mapleton, Ia. for 22 years I’ve helped plant over 2500 trees — I find it amazing that you too express the love and meaning and importance of trees. It is said that “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.” As your father I am so proud of your many talents that you have conveyed to the world to enjoy. You have touched the lives of so many people with your tree whispers in all the many galleries in which this exhibit has been displayed. Keep up the good works. With Love. Dad..
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Here is Pamela making the lastest batches of handmade paper for people to put their personal stories on…see more information about the upcoming show on June 9th, featuring a retrospective of the late Marilyn Swards work.
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there are some days when I go visit the treewhisper web site just so I can read all the love notes…such a gift to the world…and how fab that your dad helped you to learn to share this present.
quite a rich legacy.
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Donna, Thank you for your kind comments and yes, I’ve been richly blessed in the aspect of family, mentors!!
I know too that this project, like most that I’m involved with, is a collaborative effort—and am thankful for that connection!
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This is a beautiful site. Thanks for being.
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thank you for a place to learn of gracefulness
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During one of the most beautiful and spectacular autumns in Colorado, for more than a decade, surrounded by the glorious magnificence of our tree friends, I’m sad that I can’t share my love and appreciation for my sister Marilyn right now, with her.
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What a fantastic project!
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absolutely beautiful!
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awesome it is so beautiful project!!!!
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Amazing project, indeed!
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Hello Pam, This is a really nice new blog site – I just realized that you and Marilyn ( if she were still with us) would appreciate my tribute to another Tree Lover: Wangari Maathai: I hope your followers will also appreciate this:
http://www.elephantjournal.com/2011/09/pause-to-say-a-little-prayer-for-wangari-maathai/
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I love it!
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LIke your blog. I also have a special feeling for trees and play NA flute. When I moved into this tiny Chicago lot, there were no trees. Now there is a cherry, pines, Willows, Popular, Locust and a Scarlet and Japanese Maple among many other plants many I grew from seeds or stick cuttings. I love trees.
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This afternoon, my mother and I happened upon your exhibition in the botanic gardens. It is an extraordinary energy – all that love in one space! And for trees, which are the antennae of the earth . . . my mother is 82 and can’t do everything she used to do, but she seemed quite interested in making tree rounds. I am visiting from the East Coast, and am leaving too soon to help her make the paper . . . Making paper is a new activity, and she does better right now with the kinds of things she used to do – but drawing and writing “cards” is very apropos of her joys and talents.
Is there a way to buy some of the rounds from someone nearby (she lives in Highland Park) so that we could get started right away? I am leaving town on Wednesday, it would be awesome if I could pick up some rounds tomorrow somewhere and begin this process with her.
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Pam, how nice to have met you at the CBG installation – I’ll have to try my hand at paper making so I can add to the work that you have created. It was great fun to experience Treewhispers in person!
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Pam, thank you so much for your hard work on TreeWhispers! I absolutely am inthralled with trees. I am submitting some paper rounds to you this weekend to hopefully be included. Taking pictures of trees and giving them names or titles is what I love to do. I hope you enjoy what I am sending you! – Thanks so much, Carol
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Interesting site. I love trees as much as the next person, but I didn’t really envision a website devoted only to them. You pulled it off. Nice stuff.
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This is so wonderful! I live in Devon, England and create paintings of trees within which spiritual/religious words are hidden among the branches. I would love to find out if there is anything similar happening over here. I wish you continued love and blessings in your venture and I will continue to visit this site for inspiration! Charlotte Wakefield (Treespeake) xx
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What a wonderful idea ..Tree Whispers must look great..
Reading all about it in the Letter Arts Review 2012 magazine..
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Greetings from the Sonoran Desert. We have prolific trees here aka cactus! Thank you for such a wonderful website and your tree honoring initiative. I’m wondering if you could share more about the assembly and hanging technique. I’d like to try it in my Pre K classroom and hope to be sending you some special tree whispers as well. Again, much gratitude for your creative insights and inspirations. xoxo
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What a wonderful site. I’d love to share some of my art with you, based on trees. But I don’t know how to do so.
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Thank you for your kind comments.I wanted to suggest that often the rounds are displayed on a wall or corkboard prior to sending. If you would like to string them please let me know and for a small fee for shipping and handling I’ll send along the materials and directions. Essentially they’re strung on bookbinding thread with a small disc and beadclasp to support the fragile work. Looking forward to seeing the new paper rounds from your Pre K classroom!
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Greetings and thank you for your kind comments. If you would like to send your art on handmade paper rounds or type in a story, directions are here. If you would like to send images of trees or artwork relating to trees to the site I would be happy to post them. Please let me know and I’ll give you specific directions. Thank you!
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Hi Pamela – wow, 15 years since you and my sister started this wonderful endeavor. I’ll simply share this link with you to a recent article I wrote. Feel free to lift my photo / or, I’ll send it in with a more focused appreciation for Trees! Lots of love to you! http://www.next-culture.net/falling-love-nature/
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Thanks for visiting my blog. Your project is great – good to know how many folks care about trees.
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Wollte Euch einfach mal in diesem Gaestebuch einen Gruss hinterlassen. :)
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Amazing and inspiring project. There is so much to be said about trees, from the literal to the spiritual. I coincidentally was just working on my recent series about, you guessed it, trees. There are no coincidences. I’d love to be involved. Please keep me posted.
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I will mail you two rounds tomorrow, such a great idea.
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Great! Thank you Caryl for you interest and participation!
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I have seen the installation in the sharjah art museum. Its so beautiful and creative! One peace of it can be seen at my instagram account @kulturtrip_dubai
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Thank you for your kind comments and post! It is an honor to be included in the exhibition.
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It’s a pity you don’t have a donate button! I’d certainly donate to this fantastic blog!
I suppose for now i’ll settle for book-marking and adding
your RSS feed to my Google account. I look forward to new updates and will share this blog with my Facebook
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Greetings Tree Whispers,
So excited to happen upon this site and organization dedicated to the appreciation and love of Trees and I would love to be part of bringing awareness of Trees stories.I was wondering if there is a monthly newsletter and other activites or ways to participate with Tree Whispers?
Thank you and I appreciate your time. Happy New Year 2019.
Kind regards,
Robin E. White -
Wow So beautiful I am very excited to connect in with this community
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What a treat it was to meet you and to see your work!
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Thank you for your post, Sonya and likewise a pleasure to meet you today— and celebrate your handwoven pine baskets. Truly amazing and ever-so-beautiful!
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