From top: Broadside prints from Volume IV, "You Are Not My Enemy!" (2), Senium Spectare
(to view decline) and Kinder Gentler Machine Gun Man - Community College of Vermont Exhibit, 2006, Crumbling Democracy and He Spoke They Died by Drew Matott, Healing by Robynn Murray, Breaking Rank by Drew Cameron and Drew Matott. All copyright of the artists.
Drew Matott and Drew Cameron, the founders of Combat Paper Project say on their website, "The story of the soldier, the Marine, the men and the women and the journeys within the military service in a time of war is the basis for this project. The goal is to utilize art as a means to help veterans reconcile their personal experiences as well as broaden the traditional narrative surrounding service, honor and the military culture.
Through papermaking workshops veterans use their uniforms worn in combat to create cathartic works of art. The uniforms are cut up, beat and formed into sheets of paper. Veterans use the transformative process of papermaking to reclaim their uniform as art and begin to embrace their experiences as a soldier in war.
The Combat Paper Project is based out of Green Door Studio in Burlington, VT and has traveled throughout the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, providing veterans' workshops, exhibitions, performances and artists' talks. This project is made possible by a multifaceted collaboration between artists, art collectors, academic institutions and combat veterans."
www.combatpaper.org
