Safe Haven

Drew Cameron

Safe Haven, 2017

Combat paper
11 x 14 inches
Buy It Now: $150
Retail Value $150 / Starting Bid $50
Courtesy of the artist
SOLD

Pulp stencil print on handmade paper created from US military uniforms worn in Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, US Currency, US Flags, cotton and linen rag. 

Drew Cameron is a second-generation hand papermaker, trained forester and former Army soldier. He co-founded the Combat Paper Project and has been facilitating workshops with veterans and the community in which they transform military uniforms into handmade paper, prints, books and art since 2007. The portable workshop has reached thousands of people throughout the country in 29 states and more than 125 workshops. Cameron's work is represented in 33 public collections and has been shown numerous times including at the Corcoran Gallery, Courtauld Institute, Library of Congress, Museum of Contemporary Craft and Craft and Folk Art Museum among others. Combat Paper is now operating in four locations: New York, New Jersey, Nevada and California, with open and ongoing programming. He is based in San Francisco at Shotwell Paper Mill and continues to practice papermaking, teach and encourages others to do the same.