Needless to say, we had lots of fun and quite a few “Wow” moments!
Photos by Pamela Paulsrud
First time papermakers at the Chicago Botanic Gardens!
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We finally had our papermaking day last Wed.� There were 4 of us and it was great fun.� As soon as I get all the pictures, I will post them on Smugmug so you can see them.� But we didn’t pose in any of them. � Diane Flack was the only one who had made paper before (you met her because she managed the instructor’s exhibit at CNW).� She had a large wooden frame (11 x17) and she poured the pulp in from the top in a sink and then lifted the screen out.� She likes the paper for bookcovers, so takes a thin piece of wet paper, puts a long ribbon down, and then another thin piece of wet paper to form a ribbon sandwich.� She then squeezed the water out�with a towel, and it dried as one piece of paper that can be folded and tied to hold�contents like a book! � Kay Hilt (who was in our CNW class with me) does a lot of books too, so she tried several of those.� The rest of the time we used your method, we had embroidery hoops of 5, 6, and 7 inches (also 12, but didn’t use that).� We had natural colors (learned that food coloring wouldn’t work) and shared the different fibers.� Kay had some wood from her husband’s workshop and that was neat.� I had some cotton laundry lint, which I just added to my paper. � My goal was to get a couple of white rounds that I could try to write on and send to you.� Does the diameter make any difference?� I think my tweo whites are the 6″ . � Pictures soon.
Marianne Nelson� � 503-231-2825
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