About this event
Papermaking: Roll up your sleeves as you’re going to get wet. Make your own paper in various colors
and thicknesses, adorned with flowers, ribbons, even insects. It’s amazing how
simple it is. Rip up bits of existing paper, from newsprint to watercolor paper, put
into a household blender with water and grind into pulp. Using the nifty frame
you’ve built from wood, duct tape and window screen, the pulp is sloshed on top,
forming a wet layer of paper mulch. We flip this onto a sheet of cloth and allow it to
dry, forming a whole new sheet of paper from your torn bits. Add any sort of
embellishments such as string, sparkles or butterfly wings to make it uniquely your
own.
Your new dry sheet of paper can be used for scrapbooking, bookmaking, drawing or
any other artistic treatment. It may be so beautiful you’ll just want to display it as is.