Meet Paper Jam Reuse
Paper Jam Reuse collects interesting paper goods and reconfigures them to remind us of their remaining potential.
The seed for Paper Jam Reuse was planted when I volunteered at a Creative Reuse Center in Portland, Oregon, called SCRAP PDX. Each week, I spent a few hours stocking the shop’s shelves and bins with freshly processed donations.
Something about physically tending to all of those discarded things– treating them with care and respect–made me feel hopeful.
When I relocated to the Napa Valley in 2024, I missed SCRAP immensely. Overwhelmed at the idea of building a full creative reuse center in my new town, I started Paper Jam, a reuse project focused on paper–the fibers that run through so many of my favorite things.
I like paper.
In fact, I love paper.
Most of my career has been centered around paper. As a writer and book coach, I love the intimacy of paper products.
I also love trees.
Therein lies the conflict that led me to use as much discarded paper–notebooks, notepads, stationery, business cards, bags, gift wrap, stamps, outdated books–as possible in my everyday life and in my creative practice.
That’s how Paper Jam Reuse became a thing, or more specifically, how it became MY THING.
If you’re curious about my writing or book coaching, check out SashaDavies.com.
