Description: Make exquisite papers right in your own kitchen with this complete guidebook, featuring illustrated step-by-step instructions that show you how easy it is to blend and shape a variety of organic fibers into professional stationery, specialty books, and personalized gifts.
Learn about every aspect of the papermaking process from collecting plant fibers to turning them into paper. Plus discover every detail in between, including:- What Tools and Equipment are Needed
- Setting Up Your Workstation
- Processing Plant Fibers
- How to Use Pigments and Dyes
- Choosing a Papermaking Style
Showcasing a variety of recipes from different papermakers as well as a number of projects to try, this book is your all-inclusive guide to the world of papermaking. With a few pieces of basic equipment and a small harvest of backyard weeds, you can easily create stunningly original handcrafted papers. You'll soon be creatively integrating plant stalks, bark, flower petals, pine needles, and more to add unique colors and textures to your paper creations.
Brief description: Helen Hiebert is a papermaker, artist, and author of books on papermaking and paper crafts, including The Papermaker's Companion and Papermaking with Garden Plants and Common Weeds. She teaches papermaking classes and workshops, writes a weekly blog, and is the Paper Talk podcast host. She lives near Vail, Colorado.