Making paper for the first time.

Today we used the paper making kit I found at goodwill. We scavenged the yard for green things to add to our paper, pulled some green glitter, a big tub, all the scaps of paper I could find (junk mail, egg cartin, oops printer paper, and old work sheets), and we set off on our adventure.

I filled the tub less than half full with water.

Tore up some of my scraps of paper. And filled my blinder 1/2 water 1/2 scraps.

Then blended to my liking. After I poured my mix into the water tub.

Then we dipped our deckle/mould into our tub vertically, easeing it into a flat position beneath water/pulp's surface.

Then we lifted our deckle/mould straight up and out of the water, and held it for a min. After out first two times we learned to rock it gently as the water drains. We also learned that with each successive dip, our sheets of paper will get thinner and thinner, and that a smaller tub would have been better in sme ways.

Then we transferred the paper to felt sheets and sponged some of the water out of the sheet through the screen. We did this before pulling the screen up off the paper and felt. Here is where Bizy shined :)

Then we just peeled up our screen and let our paper dry. We are already planning our next batch. :)

Rya

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