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Thousand Cranes Paper Mill
Thousand Cranes Paper Mill, a project of DJD Foundation, serves veterans and the military-connected-community with workshops in making paper from military uniforms. This simple act of recycling can improve resilience, reintegration and reconciliation and it begins a creative journey.
"Thousand Cranes" art piece, which shows many paper cranes held together by string
Collage in a wooden frame made of pulp and cottonwood leaves and sticks
A wooden frame filled with pulp with handprint impressions, which are being filled with blue and red dye
An American Flag with a pulp cutout of the word "LOVE" laid on top of it
A pile of handmade paper Valentine's Day cards
A bundle of colorful, handmade paper stationary tied with string
American flag design embossed and painted with blue and red paint
Flag made of military uniforms shown, at Artown 2018; text written beside that flag says "Embossed flags are the canvas we use. They begin as uniforms. Uniforms are cut into tiny pieces. They are beaten to a pulp a made into a slurry. The slurry is dried on an embroidered flag. This canvas provides a surface for Freedom of Expression."
Art installation involving paper cranes on string floating in front of a painting
An embroidered piece of pulp with has been printed on and painted
A paper mill tub filled with paper shreds and paper cranes to be turned into a slurry
Journal pages in paper mill slurry that is blue in color
Stack of handmade paper
Leaf imprinted in paper
A piece of paper art featuring a cutout design
Wooden drying Press at Thousand Cranes Paper Mill
Red French Fourragere embedded in Combat Paper that resembles an American flag
Silk screen of a Nevada outline with star on Combat Paper
Colorful painting of an American Flag and an African American service member in uniform
Green pulp couched for a large sheet of paper
Green pulp being set in a wooden mold
Lifting green pulp from vat
Mixed media art piece displayed at Thousand Cranes Paper Mill
Hands using a blade to cut up pieces of paper
FUN-Damental Arts
FUN-Damental Arts, a project of DJD Foundation, provides instruction in basic visual art skills to veterans, military-connected individuals and their caregivers outside of the VA Campus.
A group of seniors sitting at tables attending a Watercolor Class
A group of seniors drawing at tables attending a Drawing Class
A group of seniors sitting at tables attending an Acrylic Painting Class
Two women utilizing art tools at a Wood Carving Class
A woman with glasses smiles at the camera as she paints a rock at a picnic table with a friend beside her
A group of seniors drawing at tables attending a Still Life Drawing Class
A group of seniors drawing at tables attending a Still Life Drawing Class
A group of seniors sitting together at a table at a Watercolor Class
Northern Nevada Veteran Writing Project
Northern Nevada Veterans Writing Project, a project of DJD Foundation, encourages veterans and the military-connected community to share thoughts, feelings, and observations through poetry, short stories, literature, and other written forms. This program is led by volunteer instructors who understand the nature of military service and sacrifice fostering an environment of respectful, open communication while sharing stories of war and military service.
A group of people standing and sitting on a bench, smiling for the camera
Three older men sitting together at a table with journals and articles for their Writing Meeting at Northern Nevada State Veterans Home
A man smiles as he takes art journals out of a large bin
A man wearing a mask and sitting at a table covered in writing journals; he is writing in one of the journals
Journal pages in paper mill slurry that is blue in color
A blue piece of wrinkled, handmade paper that says "Unmilitarize: you are not a snowflake, we are a storm"
A group of veterans sit at a table together at a presentation for "War's Impact on Women" in Fallon, Nevada
Group of veteran performers from NNVWP performing at Reno Little Theater
Eric Hobson performs his award winning short story at Reno Little Theater
Notes from the community to veterans written on handmade paper with American Flag prints
Handmade paper with handwritten and printed poetry and letters
A stack of various colored handmade paper