✨ Artist Spotlight: Julie VonDerVellen ✨ @julievondervellen Julie VonDerVellen is a contemporary artist, designer, and educator whose work explores narrative, memory, and the possibilities of paper.

Working primarily with handmade paper, Julie transforms painted sheets into intricate woven compositions and sculptural forms that reflect the ways our experiences are recorded, organized, and remembered. Drawing on her background in graphic design, Julie considers elements like grids, spacing, sequencing, and structure as she works. Sheets of handmade paper are layered with acrylic, watercolor, and chalk pastel before being cut into incredibly narrow strips and meticulously woven together—each strip becoming part of a larger visual story. Julie holds an MFA from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and is Associate Professor of Graphic Design at Carroll University. Her work has been exhibited across the country and is currently included in The Craft of Paper: Contemporary Takes on Tradition at the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking in Atlanta. We love the way her work brings together paper, weaving, storytelling, and material exploration! #JulieVonDerVellen #ArtistSpotlight #PaperArt #PaperWeaving #ContemporaryCraft #FiberArt #TextileArt #HandmadePaper #ContemporaryArt #SEFAA