The Papermaker's Companion: The Ultimate Guide to Making and Using Handmade Paper

The Ultimate Guide to Making and Using Handmade Paper

Author: Helen Hiebert

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This valuable reference covers everything, from the basics to more advanced techniques like shaped sheets, embossing, laminating,

and watermarking. Included are extensive step-by-step instructions

on processing pulp, building papermaking equipment, and making paper-based projects like cards, lamp shades, and sculpture.

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This valuable reference covers everything, from the basics to more advanced techniques like shaped sheets, embossing, laminating,

and watermarking. Included are extensive step-by-step instructions

on processing pulp, building papermaking equipment, and making paper-based projects like cards, lamp shades, and sculpture.

Description

Craft your own colourful paper goods and personalised stationary. With clear, step-by-step instructions, Helen Heibert covers all aspects of the papermaking process ? from growing and harvesting plants for a malleable paper pulp to embellishment techniques like dyeing, embossing, and laminating. With tips on building your own papermaking equipment, ideas for transforming junk mail into dazzlingly unique notecards, and much more, you'll be inspired to let your creativity shine as you explore the endless possibilities of handcrafted papers.

About the Author

-->Helen Hiebert--> is a Portland, Oregon artist who constructs installations, sculptures, films and artist books using handmade paper, thread and light to create transcendent experiences that alter viewers? perceptions of time, space and form. She teaches and lectures about papermaking and lamp-making internationally, and serves as an adjunct faculty member at Oregon College of Art & Craft. Helen exhibits her work internationally, she is author of the books Papermaking with Plants, The Papermaker's Companion, and Paper Illuminated, and she is a regular contributor to Hand Papermaking Newslet

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Learn the Popular Craft of Papermaking from an Expert Make stunning, colorful papers from recycled junk mail Set up or even build your own inexpensive equipment Emboss, laminate, and watermark your papers Harvest your own plants for papermaking as the ancients did Learn to paint and even sculpt with pulp Craft unforgettable flower petal cards and stationery Share the fun of papermaking with children Make paper photo frames, books, lampshades, and more With clear, easy-to-follow instructions and step-by-step illustrations, expert Helen Hiebert covers every imaginable aspect of creating one-of-a-kind papers and using those papers in fun, creative, and beautiful ways. With techniques ranging from beginning to advanced, this essential handbook is sure to be one that paper crafters return to again and again.