Papermaking!

Last week I decided to recycle some class notes (for a class that I didn't even end up finishing in Holland) and make pretty paper that I'll hopefully use to bind a few poems together. I did some youtube research and it turned out to be super easy.

I made a deckle from an old ikea frame, nails, screen and some jewellery wire.

I ground up torn sheets of paper with water and decorative kitchen supplies. This is a turmeric batch but I also made some sheets with cinnamon, rooibos tea, cayenne pepper etc. They smell delicious, which is also cool.

And then I just put the pulp into the deckle, drained it and pressed it with a sponge to get all the extra water out. The sheets came out a little thick so I know now that I can be fairly economical with how much pulp goes in to each sheet.

Fun summer project! I think I'll make some more sheets tomorrow so that I have enough to put a few books together.