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.

Student artwork of Natasha Lovelace Haber's Book Arts and Papermaking class

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!

Making and then using handmade paper to create some lovely cards and decorations

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

After a thorough wetting, the netting is lifted so that embellishments can be added. Here I am adding bits of silk noil.

The water from the tub has been added to the paper pieces in the blinder.

Papermaking Prints

Photos from Melissa Jay Craig's Portable Papermaking workshop at the Center for Book Arts on October 22-23, 2011.

Tare up the Netfilx tare sheet and a quarter of a sheet of white printer paper.

photos by Kara Smith

photos by Kara Smith

The “porridge” drops down on to the Fourdrinier paper machine.

photos by Kara Smith

from the Oberlin Living Machine

photos by Kara Smith

Photos from Melissa Jay Craig's Portable Papermaking workshop at the Center for Book Arts on October 22-23, 2011.

photos by Kara Smith

photos by Kara Smith

Some kind of root used in paper-making at the "stone bridge" village

Photos from Melissa Jay Craig's Portable Papermaking workshop at the Center for Book Arts on October 22-23, 2011.

So much variety from one plant!

Communication received a MAC Arts Education grant for our Teens Open Art Studio program. Four teaching artists in different disciplines were employed for four weeks of free art classes. All of the sessions were held virtually except for two days for paper-making, which is how we captured these images.

The ginkgo leaf embedded in the washi is barely visible, but the (admittedly rustic) watermark shows up.

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

Class taught by Bryant Holsenbeck

The most tedious part of the whole process, there are over 60 of these sheets to iron... I hate ironing!

photos by Kara Smith