Starting as a child with shoestring punch cards, Paula Damm’s work has grown to encompass weaving, sculpture, photography, embroidery, papermaking, painting, and the unexpected manipulation of all the above. On the shoulders of the women makers who came before, Paula’s marks with needle, thread, paper, paint and cloth share stories that are deeply personal yet universal – loss, love, aging, and connection to others. Paula lives in Cleveland Heights, Ohio and has recently “graduated” after being school nurse in a high school for 21 years.