Overview This project chronicles handmade and mould made paper images produced by a scanning-laser confocal microscope. This type of microscopy is unsurpassed for producing sharp three-dimensional images and allows us to see not just surface features, but often all the way through the sheet. The microscope scans successively deeper layers of a specimen and then uses a computer to assemble the various images into a single composition. This technique eliminates blurring and scatter. The resulting compositions have proved to be not just helpful in understanding how the fibers are interlaced within a specific paper, but are also esthetically of interest as works of art. All about the Paper Project People Charles Kazilek is an emeritus professor at Arizona State University, where he served as a senior leader in academic technology and K-12 outreach in the Provost's Office, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the School of Life Sciences. His art features a blend of analog and digital works alongside large-scale installation projects. Combining art and science, Kazilek's creations highlight the shared creative spirit essential to artists and scientists. Gene Valentine (b: July 29, 1938 | d: February 22, 2022) was Professor Emeritus of English at Arizona State University and proprietor (since 1979) of the Almond Tree Press and Paper Mill in Tempe, Arizona. His interest in the interior structure of his own silk and cellulose fiber papers led to his current collaboration with Charles Kazilek and their work with the Leica scanning-laser confocal microscope at Arizona State University. Jennifer Tsukayama is the Vice President at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center and is the founder of tsukayama dance collaborative (tdc). tdc’s credits include a wide range of projects which integrate dance and new media to site specific works. She has toured and performed with artists from across the United States and taught in schools and festivals both nationally and internationally. tdc’s repertory can be found in companies in the United States and Mexico. Confocal images were produced in the William M. Keck Bioimaging Laboratory, located in the School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University.To contact the Paper Project
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