The paper may blow around a little if there is a breeze, but the felt will make it hard for them to blow too far.

The paper and felt pieces will typically warp during the drying process.

Collect the pieces of paper and felt.

When the Deckle stops rising in the water, slowly raise the Deckle from the tub and let it drain on a jelly role pan.

Handmade Pigmented Cotton/Abaca Paper, Letterpress, Waxed Linen Thread

24″h x 72″w x 4″d

winning art piece by Rachelle Woo Chuang

1st place at Water Works, an open regional juried exhibition art show, on display July 8 to August 5, at the Maryland Federation for Art Circle Gallery in downtown Annapolis, Maryland. To meet the artist in person, drop in at the reception on Thursday July 20th 6-8pm. www.djchuang.com/2006/07/d1329

Tom watches with kozo stick

Remove the sticker from the tare sheet before shredding it.

Aimee Lee: Hanji Unfurled: One Journey into Korean Papermaking, Mills College Book Art Program.

Place the paper sandwitched between flanel onto a cookie sheet.

You can now stack all the paper sandwiches you make onto this on top of this one.

Timothy Barrett demonstrates how to make paper

This Spring, Professor Linda Lyke's Papermaking and Artists' Books Class present their work that includes handmade paper, signature artists’ books, altered books, and broadsides.

Photos from the Feb 4-5, 2012 workshop with Aimee Lee. Paper felting, cording and weaving over two days!

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

Blue silk roving base with dyed silk throwsters waste embellishments.

Lay the pieces of paper and flanel out in the sun to dry.

On a warm sunny day the paper will dry in as little as one hour.

Put another piece of flanel over the paper.

This will be used to help dry the paper.

and some random fibers

This Spring, Professor Linda Lyke's Papermaking and Artists' Books Class present their work that includes handmade paper, signature artists’ books, altered books, and broadsides.

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

You now have a piece of paper on a piece of flanel

Remove the Deckle revieling the paper. The paper is now couched to the Felt.

The wet pieces are allowed to dry thoroughly. I layed them out on a towel and turned them occasionally. A drying rack or screen would have been better.

My students used the sheets of paper they made for Mother's Day cards.