drying the Kozo paper on the window

From my papermaking expedition a few weeks ago.

Bark to eventually be transformed into paper

Book artist and papermaker Mandy Brannan helped participants to discover the creative possibilities of combining two papermaking techniques; traditional style Japanese papermaking and recycled papermaking. The masterclass began with hand-beating kozo fibres, which add both strength and delicacy to the work. The following stage was working with recycled pulps with found papers, finally creating experimental paper sheets by combining both kozo fibres and recycled pulp.

Algae Papermaking Class

Algae Papermaking Class

fibres were cooked with soda ash for about 4 hours first, then rinsed well

Algae Papermaking Class

Algae Papermaking Class

Algae Papermaking Class

Algae Papermaking Class

Algae Papermaking Class

Algae Papermaking Class

Algae Papermaking Class

photo by Caron

Algae Papermaking Class

Algae Papermaking Class

Homemade Papermaking old man

Algae Papermaking Class

Algae Papermaking Class