I have really had fun learning how to make paper! Learning how much to use for what I wanted the outcome to look like, learning how to remove the mold from the vat, how to dab it without making those big chunks of paper come up (having to do it all over again!). I love everything about it. The best part has been doing it with my kids. They have even taken a station...my daughter helps me get the paper into the blender and scoops it into the vat, I make the paper and my son dabs out the water with the sponge and puts it on the rack to dry. Now in the coming days I will show some of the really nice papers that we have made and are making, but I wanted to take the time to show you the ones we messed up on. Here goes...
I used green tea for this one, it looked good coming out, but then it just went all wrong!
This one started out really nice, but then the petals started going all over the place and...well...you can see it for yourself! I did get a really cute star out of it though.
This one, you can give credit to my daughter. She saw me doing it and said "I can do it mommy, I'm a big girl like you" and let's just say it went well until she had to take it off the screen!
So here they are, just a few of the oops and hmmm's of our papermaking.
I just have to show you this one though, the color is just beautiful. I used several colors and even added some cardboard. I think it will make really cute tags!
More to come. Have a Great Day!
3 comments:
Christine, looks you've been featured on GNO.
Your paper looks good. What do you use it for? I took a class on papermaking and still have my equipment. I think I made a couple of greeting cards and then stopped doing it.
I've been using the paper for cards and I've tried it out for invitations. I like making paper, but it is somewhat limited. I can only get it so flat...but I'm only a beginner right now. I'll keep trying out more things.
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