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