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BECOME A BRILLIANT PAPERMAKING ARTIST

Want to make better quality paper? Want to transform natural pulp into pulp paintings, sculptures, and more Looking to transform your creative work with more advanced papermaking techniques?

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Make handmade paper! Papermaking at home can be a pretty simple process. It’s also a fantastic way to use up your old receipts, scrap papers, junk mail, and copy paper that you were about to throw in the recycling bin, and instead create a thing of glorious handmade beauty.

May Babcock, papermaking artist and founder of Paperslurry.com will teach you how to:

create paper pulp from scrap paper
make a simple mould and deckle for forming sheets
pull, press and dry your handmade paper
optional surface sizing*

Material List

Scrap Papers**
Plastic storage tub or vat
Kitchen blender
sponge
rolling pin
cloth, towels, blankets or other absorbent material
clothesline & clothespins
Mould & Deckle
- 2 picture frames the same size
- window screening
- duct tape
- staple gun and staples
- optional: weatherstrip for the deckle (I'm dumb and forgot to mention this in the materials video section!)
Optional Surface Sizing
- Egg whites
- Soft bristle brush
- Small measuring cup

Download this class PDF.

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* Sizing makes your handmade paper more water-resistant, so you can use watercolor, ink, and water-based media without the ink 'bleeding'. This class shows you how to inexpensively surface size your paper with egg whites. Advanced surface sizing options include wheat or rice starch and rabbit-skin glue, which this class does not cover.

** Drawing, printmaking, and watercolor papers are best because they are generally made from stronger fibers. Your fiber/scrap choice and its characteristics dictate the quality of the final sheet. Avoid newspaper and magazine paper, they will make weak and brittle paper.

May Babcock

Papermaker, Artist, Teacher

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