I got tired of putting the 3 to 6 tare sheets from my Netflix movies into my recycle bin. So I decided to do recycle them myself!

The new pieces of paper will be 5 X 8 inches.

A completed sheet of paper that just needs to be dried.

photos by Kara Smith

Producers, Asia, 2003, Salay Philipines

Then we added the color scraps left over from the papel picado decorations for Cinco de Mayo.

Each student selected his or her own color combinations. I instructed the students not to fully blend the color scraps so that the resulting sheet of paper would contain small pieces of colored paper.

The rough edge on the paper comes from leaking between the Deckle and Mold when the pulp is pored.

I like it. It will dry and make the paper look handmade.

Papermaking workshop at the Enrichment Center (Winston-Salem).

Class taught by Bryant Holsenbeck

Residency Grant for Regional Artists program. She worked in our papermaking & ceramics studios.

This is what the water in the tub looks like after making 17 sheets of paper.

photos by Kara Smith

With Josie Beszant - 11 April 2014

During her residency, Andrea Chung experimented in the papermaking studio, teaching herself a new technique to tell the stories of Jamaican midwives. Read more on our blog: bit.ly/andrea-chung

Take a piece of flanel and lay it onto the paper.

You now have a sandwich of felt, paper, flanel.

Using a roling pin or a wine bottle, gently role over the flanel. You are doing this to press the paper into the flanel to dry it a little.

Residency Grant for Regional Artists program. She worked in our papermaking & ceramics studios.

Peter Thomas irons the handmade paper.

Masahiko Futami Photography

Bet standing in front of the wall of papers that were used in the quilt. (Well actually - this was mostly what was left when we finished.)

Slowly flip the Deckle onto a thick piece of Felt, a Sham-Well is used here for the Felt.

At this point the paper is sandwiched between the Felt and the Deckle.

photos by Kara Smith

photos by Kara Smith

photos by Kara Smith

This workshop focused on the process of making vibrantly colored, translucent paper sheets. Each participant pigmented their own pulp and produced multiple sheets of different colors, experimenting with mixing and overlaying, watermarks and inclusions.

Add water from your tub to the blinder.

The pitcher is used to transfer water from the tub to the blinder.

The water in this tub is new - no paper has been made yet. The water will get cloudier each time the a piece of paper is made.

Studio Workspace Resident Trudy Barnes finds inspiration from everyday objects in her environment.

At the front of this picture you may see a cottage this was called tamaree house or cottage. This was demolished to make way for the home and other buildings , Later a tipper truck named "Tamaree" was in service in the mill

Thank you to Mr John Jack former mill engineer for this picture

please feel free to correct any inaccuracies any comments welcome

photos by Kara Smith