We spent a day at the Elephant Conservation Center where they taught us how to ride elephants, put on a parade and show, and showed us how they make paper from elephant dung.

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

Algae Papermaking Class

drying the paper on felts

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

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

Algae Papermaking Class

This is some birds of paradise that I blended sometime last year, and froze in the freezer. I finally got to making it about a month ago. I bleached it, so that it would be more versatile in use. I found that beautiful japanese paper you see underneath it from a small store in San Francisco.

Algae Papermaking Class

A steam gauge checks the pressure.

We spent a day at the Elephant Conservation Center where they taught us how to ride elephants, put on a parade and show, and showed us how they make paper from elephant dung.

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Book artist and papermaker Mandy Brannan joined us once again to show us the creative possibilities of combining two papermaking techniques; traditional style Japanese papermaking and recycled papermaking.

Hand Papermaking 25 Year celebration gathering in Chicago, Illinois at the Columbia College Center for Books and Paper

at Oxbow papermaking studio June 2008

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

Algae Papermaking Class

Algae Papermaking Class

This really made for lots of laughter! Sophi mixed a cellulite gel (like wallpaper goop) into her moist paper pulp. She made some nice balls and forms and decorated them with glitter.

Katherine Sylvan making paper in Randa Hilal's paper making workshop. Photo by Becky.

Algae Papermaking Class

Book artist and papermaker Mandy Brannan joined us once again to show us the creative possibilities of combining two papermaking techniques; traditional style Japanese papermaking and recycled papermaking.

Algae Papermaking Class

Algae Papermaking Class

Photo courtesy of Lars Kim

Papermaking Workshop

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