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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
handmade paper bowl formed over a basketball.recycled paper with leaves and flowers blended in with the paper.
When you are done making pieces of paper, place anothere cookie sheet on top of your paper sandwich stack and weight.
Let stand for 15 or 20 minutes. This will help dry the paper.
Photos from Melissa Jay Craig's Portable Papermaking workshop at the Center for Book Arts on October 22-23, 2011.
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.)
Papermaking Prints. Making paper is very therapeutic, first you soak the mulberry fiber in Potash or Lye, then beat with sticks to break it down. The fibers are very long so they make a very thin yet strong paper, as opposed to our wood fiber papers here in the states. Strong is good it holds up to the chemical photo process.
Susan Kieffer, our papermaking teacher, gives some one-on-one assistance to one of the teachers during her papermaking workshop. That purple rectangle in front of her is a plantable piece of paper that was just made!
After a thorough wetting, the netting is lifted so that embellishments can be added. Here I am adding bits of silk noil.
Photos from Melissa Jay Craig's Portable Papermaking workshop at the Center for Book Arts on October 22-23, 2011.
Photos from Melissa Jay Craig's Portable Papermaking workshop at the Center for Book Arts on October 22-23, 2011.