Papermaking with Garden Plants & Common Weeds

Author: Helen Hiebert
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1635865913
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 349

Book Description
Make exquisite papers right in your own kitchen. With a few pieces of basic equipment and a small harvest of backyard weeds, you can easily create stunningly original handcrafted papers. Helen Heibert’s illustrated step-by-step instructions show you how easy it is to blend and shape a variety of organic fibers into professional stationery, specialty books, and personalized gifts. You’ll soon be creatively integrating plant stalks, bark, flower petals, pine needles, and more to add unique colors and textures to your paper creations. This publication conforms to the EPUB Accessibility specification at WCAG 2.0 Level AA.

Papermaking with Plants

Author: Helen Hiebert
Publisher: Storey Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 120

Book Description
Different creative craft ideas using paper and natural plant material.

The Complete Book of Papermaking

Author: Josep Asunción
Publisher: Lark Books
ISBN: 9781579904562
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 168

Book Description
An introduction to papermaking that describes the many techniques used today, how paper was invented, how it has evolved throughout history, and how people can make their own paper.

Trash-to-treasure Papermaking

Author: Arnold E. Grummer
Publisher: Storey Publishing
ISBN: 1603425470
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 209

Book Description
Provides instructions on making paper, offers tips on everything from proper technique to troubleshooting problems with finished paper, and includes directions for dozens of projects.

Plant Fibers for Papermaking

Author: Lilian A. Bell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiber plants
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description

Papermaking

Author: Dard Hunter
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486236196
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 690

Book Description
The classic work on papermaking, this book traces the craft's history from its invention in China to its introductions in Europe and America. The foremost authority on the subject covers tools and materials; hand moulds; pressing, drying, and sizing; hand- and machine-made paper; watermarking; and more. Over 320 illustrations.Reprint of the second, revised, and enlarged 1947 edition.

Japanese Papermaking

Author: Timothy Barrett
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781891640261
Category : Handmade paper
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This book sheds light on every facet of this time-honored craft and offers complete instruction s on how to duplicate its exquisite results in the West.

Great Garden Fix-Its

Author: Christine Bucks
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 228

Book Description
Presents organic, practical, and inexpensive solutions for such gardening problems as weeds, insect pests, and plant propagation, and includes a pest identification guide listing organic control methods.

Papermaking Techniques Book

Author: John Plowman
Publisher: North Light Books
ISBN: 9781581802092
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Papermaking Techniques Book provides the clear, step-by-step instruction necessary to help crafters of any experience level create unique and elegant handmade paper. Talented papercrafter Kath Russon guides beginners in discovering the pleasures of handmade papers--from textural papers in all shades to scented papers containing flowers, leaves seeds and grasses; watermarked papers; embossed papers, and shaped papers. She details over 50 step-by-step techniques from start to finish, including selecting the right equipment, choosing and preparing fibers, sheet forming, sheet sizing, and how to employ a wide range of embellishments to create lovely papers of every description. Finished handmade papers from professional papermakers are pictured to provide inspiration and show the practical application of each technique, while full projects appropriate to each chapter allow readers to put the skills they have learned into context.Kath Russon is an enthusiastic, talented papermaker who has perfected a beautiful, original technique using silk fibers. She has a successful business and Web site, the Paper Shed based in her home in Yorkshire, England, from where she sells her papers, kits and products. She frequently travels to exhibitions to display and sell her wonderful selection of papers. She is also the author of Handmade Silk Paper.

The Papermaker's Companion

Author: Helen Hiebert
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1612122701
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 225

Book Description
Craft your own colorful paper goods and personalized 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.