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Elizabeth Briel

@ebriel.bsky.social
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Artist and paper researcher in Paris - sometimes Hong Kong IG: @ebrielart ebriel.com/contact

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I will be in Leeds, UK, for three weeks in November 2026. While primarily based there, I’d also love to visit universities and institutions across the UK, Scotland, and Ireland to give talks, readings, and more. If you think you might be able to invite me, please email me: t@asiancha.com.
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Elizabeth Briel @ebriel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Wu Haiyun on anti-AI anime culture and the delights of drawing for fun @sixthtone.bsky.social www.sixthtone.com/news/1018599
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Keep Drawing Your 0.5-Yuan Masterpieces, Kid
In a world still in awe of artificial intelligence, the best power we have is our urge to create and connect.
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Elizabeth Briel @ebriel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Same!
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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
That’s bad. And happening not only at your friendly Am*zon’s around the corner. But it all depends on what we label as “rare”.
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Elizabeth Briel @ebriel.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I am really tired of being called "brave" all the time More than anything right now I am just tired.
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Elizabeth Briel @ebriel.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Thanks for supporting, Dr Mark!
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Elizabeth Briel @ebriel.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Saw it in the terribly depressing film Waiting for Mr Bojangles which was, unsurprisingly, a huge hit in France www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS-4...
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WAITING FOR BOJANGLES | Official Trailer | STUDIOCANAL International
YouTube video by STUDIOCANAL
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Elizabeth Briel @ebriel.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
It's official - I'm a product 😉 My Paris paper commissions and workshops are finally online. Feedback (and bookings!) much appreciated! www.ebriel.com/experiences
Three photos: 
At left-one dark haired woman watches while another woman holds a paper screen in her hand, with cream colored paper. Both wearing black.
At center - a dark-haired woman holds a microphone, wearing black jacket and blue blouse
At right - a dark-haired woman stands in a room with a stone roof, next to a black and white artwork portrait on a white wall. At right of the portrait, a small green (papermaking) machine with motor on top
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Elizabeth Briel @ebriel.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
When a falling robot captures exactly how you feel at the moment
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Elizabeth Briel @ebriel.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Rationing inspired creativity: Clothing made of paper in Germany during WWI www.theworldwar.org/en/learn/abo... #papersky
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Ersatz
By 1915, the great demand for material resources to support the war effort caused supplies that German civilians and soldiers commonly used to dwindle, increasing their costs and value.
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Pato Pato Pato @fakenodj.net · 11/06/2026
For all #ai enthusiasts, #tech bros, and other idiots. #papersky
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Elizabeth Briel @ebriel.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Small-format artworks I'm making these days, light pouring through French windows on denim paper www.patreon.com/ebriel/posts...
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The Collector | Chambre de Papier
Windows are barriers, lattices with illusions of transparency, filters we use to separate interior and exterior space. They keep out enemie
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Elizabeth Briel @ebriel.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Sounds unfortunate - like collagen drinks popular among women
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Elizabeth Briel @ebriel.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I recently learned the phrase: "Bâtir des châteaux en Espagne", which like 'Castles in the Air', refers to impossible dreams of happiness. And after nearly 2 years in Paris, Mme de Sévigné's reply 'One need only be in Spain to lose all desire to build castles there' rings true.
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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I was going to ask if, like other Christopher Nolan movies, "The Odyssey" has a lot of mumbling/hard-to-hear dialogue. Now I've got one more reason to not go watch the film.
carnegieendowment.org
Nolan’s "The Odyssey" Has a Colonialism Problem
Despite Morocco’s hopes that its film industry would reap rewards, the blockbuster’s success will be tainted by controversy surrounding filming in occupied Western Sahara.
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Elizabeth Briel @ebriel.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Oh they can go ahead and get a heart attack/stroke from high AQI In Beijing on polluted days I'd gasp walking up stairs in the metro, heart beating like crazy.
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Elizabeth Briel @ebriel.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
For artists in France, here's how much we should be charging for artists talks, workshops and more le-trait.fr/recommandati...
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Recommandations tarifaires 2026 - Le Trait
Le Trait - Recommandations tarifaires 2026
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Elizabeth Briel @ebriel.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Books as Building Blocks: what inspired my move to Paris nearly 2 years ago www.patreon.com/ebriel/posts...
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Books as Building Blocks | Chambre de Papier
These books from my father's library, stacked on my studio couch before giving a paper marbling workshop last month, hold the origin story o
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Toby Miller @tobytram.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
And now for something completely different. Stumbled upon a gravestone today, which had been half swallowed by edaphoecotropism, only for all the branches to be cut away, leaving a grave with a dominating cloak of wood.
A large grave stone. Leaning towards the earth, half encased in the entwined branches and roots of what used to be a small tree. 

The grave is for an Emily, who died in 1898c, aged only 37.

In the background an Essex church glows in low sunshine. 
A side angle on the grave.And the grave from behind, showing the rear of the stone to be entirely cloaked in tree.
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Elizabeth Briel @ebriel.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Been looking at ways to create a subscription option as a way to share varieties of tangible works from my studio, and this article by @unilink.bsky.social is one of the most concise and practical I've seen unil.ink/help-center/...
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How to Start a Patreon in 2026 (Launch + First 100 Patrons)
How to Start a Patreon in 2026 (Launch + First 100 Patrons) A practical playbook for creators — tier structure, perks that retain, launch sequence, and the r...
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Andy Adams @flakphoto.news · 09/07/2026
If you haven't yet, you might consider toggling this feature off. Protect your work!
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Elizabeth Briel @ebriel.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Or what is often called 'white people food' in China 😅 (delicious IMO)
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Elizabeth Briel @ebriel.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
The case here in Paris for FR-EN bilingual trainers as well.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 05/05/2026
Christopher Anderson 
“Union workers, especially garment workers, built this country.”Growing up a child actor in Kingston, Jamaica, Christopher Anderson's family told him to pick a trade. At thirteen, he chose tailoring. Mentored by sartorial artists across Jamaica, London, and New York, he now holds the title of Master Tailor at Saks Fifth Avenue — and serves as shop steward for Workers United, the union representing Saks employees. 
Fifty years into his practice, Christopher traces tailoring's history from ancient men clumsily wrapping themselves in fabric to the precision of modern suits. Sartorial art evolved on the backs of workers. He speaks of the European women garment workers who founded Amalgamated Bank after being denied loans elsewhere. "Union workers, especially garment workers, built this country." Without his union, he says, it would be far harder to be a working artist. He hopes the next generation carries on the twin legacies of art and labor power.
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Elizabeth Briel @ebriel.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Related: latination.com/12-cities-th...
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12 cities that could be underwater by 2030 with climate change
Climate change threatens to submerge 12 iconic cities by 2030. Find out which urban centers are at risk and why sea levels are rising.
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Elizabeth Briel @ebriel.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
"Your accent says: I did not start here. And that is interesting." via this FB post on accent discrimination in France www.facebook.com/groups/15859...
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Facebook
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Klay-James Enos @klayjamesenos.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Learning cursive: -allows you to sign your soul away to the devil in blood -helps with deciphering those fancy, webdings-esque fonts -has the added benefit of keeping your writings private from nosy, know-nothing kids -will help politicians sign bills into law again, which hasn’t happened since 2012
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a close up of a person 's face with a light shining through it .
Alt: It’s the Gunna writing straight fire gif
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Elizabeth Briel @ebriel.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Much of Paris is the same. Many cafes in my studio neighborhood ban laptops from front areas, and completely on weekends. Parisians are not keen on people glued to screens, ignoring one another for hours on end in public spaces
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Museum Stories @museumstories.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
In the 1820s, British potters figured out something clever. Americans would pay more for plates with American buildings on them. So factories in Staffordshire, England started cranking out dinner sets decorated with scenes of places they'd never been. Hotels, capitols, canals.
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Elizabeth Briel @ebriel.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Great list of funding links in France for studios who make all kinds of things - www.mekanika.io/en/financing...
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Screen Printing & CNC Milling Machines | MEKANIKA
Innovative open-source tools and machines for screen printing and CNC milling, with free learning resources for makers all over the world.
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Elizabeth Briel @ebriel.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Art Karlsruhe: "Collectors Often Start with Works of Paper" 'The diversity of works on paper is greater [than with other media]. And I have the impression that artists who work with paper are more spontaneous' - Kristian Jarmuschek, director france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/grand-est/al...
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Art contemporain : "les collectionneurs commencent souvent par une œuvre sur papier"
Art Karlsruhe est la deuxième foire d'art contemporain d'Europe. Elle ouvre ce jeudi 5 février et se termine dimanche 8 février : 2700 m2 d'œuvres modernes et contemporaines, 180 galeries de 18 pays. ...
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Andrew Wasserman @onceatrophic.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I know, girl. I know.
Emile Bernard, The Artist's Grandmother (Madame Bodin-Lallement), 1887, Oil on canvas
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Elizabeth Briel @ebriel.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Ditto to seeing Suzanne Vega posters here in Paris
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Elizabeth Briel @ebriel.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Not by any means My soon-to-be Guatemalan sister-in-law has had to postpone her US marriage ceremony (planned for Minneapolis where much of my family lives) to my brother indefinitely
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Kevin Buist @kevinbuist.com · 16/01/2026
The one big social media habit that we need to all break is going "look at how stupid this is!!" Yeah, we all know. Don't give it oxygen.
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Le beau vice @lebeauvice.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Question: did Mondrian owe his success to a cross-dressing lesbian artist who lived in a Cornish cove? Réponse: YES! (Il s'agit bien sûr de Marlow Moss) www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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‘Her time has come’: did Mondrian owe his success to a cross-dressing lesbian artist who lived in a Cornish cove?
Piet Mondrian found fame, fortune and glory with his grid-like paintings lit with basic colours. But did many of his ideas come from Marlow Moss? Our writer celebrates an extraordinary British talent ...
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Elizabeth Briel @ebriel.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
I lived in these neighborhoods aged 20-23, within a few hundred meters of each site. Cannot begin to explain how this institutional violence becomes tangled into memory when it happens on your street, where you greet your neighbors, in the places where you love and fail and build and live your life
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Elizabeth Briel @ebriel.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Today's inspiration: artists commissioned to design public works for stations as part of the Art at Amtrak program @amtrak.com www.amtrak.com/at-the-stati...
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Art at Amtrak
Art at Amtrak invites artists from New York and New Jersey to create original art specifically for Penn Station.
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Niao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
‘What a week, huh/ Lemon it’s Wednesday’ 30 rock meme showing a woman in glasses on the top panel and a man below, except if says ‘what a year/ it’s Jan 2nd’
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Elizabeth Briel @ebriel.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
A fascinating artist and life en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Bo...
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Anna Boberg - Wikipedia
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Carolina A. Miranda @cmonstah.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
If I was working the NYT end of year death list, I would write this one up so HARD. Rest in Power Cecilia Giménez, creator of Beast Jesus. www.euronews.com/culture/2025...
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Cecilia Giménez, the painter who 'botched' the Ecce Homo dies aged 94
The Borja resident, who rose to fame in 2012 for her widely mocked restoration of Elías García Martínez's fresco 'Ecco Homo', has died at the age of 94.
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Chris Santa Maria @chrissantamaria.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
How many painters are there? Millions and they're all pretty good. Everybody is creative. Tony Cokes, Pittsburgh.Isms (still), 2022
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Elizabeth Briel @ebriel.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Another site with suggested charges ranging from Paris to the rest of the country takes into account the many costs that go into producing and sharing work kitdesurvie.metiers-graphiques.fr/articles/com... it's not been updated for current cost of living so you'll want to add 50percent + (in FR)
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Comment établir mes devis ? — Kit de survie du créatif
Marronnier ultra-éculé sur les forums et les réseaux sociaux, la question par laquelle tout commence pour un indépendant : comment établir un devis, comment évaluer le tarif d’une prestation ? Prêts ?...
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Elizabeth Briel @ebriel.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Great resource for those working in the visual arts in France. It breaks down charges associated with producing, exhibiting, and sharing artwork in varied contexts reseau-astre.org/ressources/r... This particular site is specific for Nouvelle-Aquitaine but can be modified for anywhere in the country
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Elizabeth Briel @ebriel.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Explorations of Lisbon patterns with Ceramicas Vicente last December. Like many visitors I was mesmerized by the tiles that simultaneously protect and enhance the city's architecture
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Elizabeth Briel @ebriel.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Finally managed to understand mid-tones when painting ceramic glazes at Ceramicas Vicente, Lisbon, December 2024 by interpreting the same motif over and over www.instagram.com/p/DD0liOsIWG...
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Elizabeth Briel @ebriel.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Oh would love to see those
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Elizabeth Briel @ebriel.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
"Cobalto / 鎂" Cobalt blues from my research of the past year: five centuries over two continents - Sintra, Porto and Lisbon; then Jingdezhen, Macau and Hong Kong
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Elizabeth Briel @ebriel.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Only now am I catching up with this thread! Some images from my Azulejo / Chinese tile painting tile research from the past year. Early tiles in Portugal showed strong links with North African geometric designs. Clay was rolled in a relief pattern then colors are filled in like cloisonné enamel
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