hand made paper
nellebelle
Does anybody make paper?
We have done it a couple of times. It is fun, but very difficult.
Mary Ellen
We have done it a couple of times. It is fun, but very difficult.
Mary Ellen
[email protected]
In a message dated 5/4/03 11:07:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
nellebelle@... writes:
it may be hard but we make paper and it is easy. Used it for our Christmas
cards this past year.
Pam G.
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nellebelle@... writes:
> Does anybody make paper?Depends on why you are making paper. If you want really nice quality paper
>
> We have done it a couple of times. It is fun, but very difficult.
>
>
it may be hard but we make paper and it is easy. Used it for our Christmas
cards this past year.
Pam G.
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Michele Evard
At 08:02 PM 5/4/2003 -0700, Mary Ellen wrote:
we've made paper a few times, and it wasn't hard at all with the method we
used. my mom gave me a kit that includes a pour mold as well as all the
screens and couch sheets, etc (Arnold Grummer's Papermill Kit #301 if
you're curious). i'd write out the steps we did, but i found a good
description of both pour & dip methods online:
http://www.arnoldgrummer.com/information/make_paper/index.cfm
my son andre was just about 4 when we made our first sheets, so he didn't
run the blender, but he was able to participate in all the other steps. he
loves picking out colored paper from the recycling bin to rip into bits, as
well as choosing glitter and other bits to add in.
i just looked at the "helpful hints" page to see if they had the
instructions for the tin can papermaking method, and found a faq for "what
kind of kit is right for me?" that included homeschoolers as one of the
'user groups'. :-)
what method have you used? i'd love to hear what you tried & what was
difficult about it. oh, i must say, using the pour method is very very
wet. i didn't plan quite far enough ahead to have things lined up next to
each other & avoid dripping, so we had the kitchen table and two counters
all covered with paper in various stages. it's helpful to have some cookie
sheets with edges to put the wet screens on!
michele
mom to andre (dec 98), rose (apr 01), and joelle (apr 01)
>Does anybody make paper?hi mary ellen,
>
>We have done it a couple of times. It is fun, but very difficult.
we've made paper a few times, and it wasn't hard at all with the method we
used. my mom gave me a kit that includes a pour mold as well as all the
screens and couch sheets, etc (Arnold Grummer's Papermill Kit #301 if
you're curious). i'd write out the steps we did, but i found a good
description of both pour & dip methods online:
http://www.arnoldgrummer.com/information/make_paper/index.cfm
my son andre was just about 4 when we made our first sheets, so he didn't
run the blender, but he was able to participate in all the other steps. he
loves picking out colored paper from the recycling bin to rip into bits, as
well as choosing glitter and other bits to add in.
i just looked at the "helpful hints" page to see if they had the
instructions for the tin can papermaking method, and found a faq for "what
kind of kit is right for me?" that included homeschoolers as one of the
'user groups'. :-)
what method have you used? i'd love to hear what you tried & what was
difficult about it. oh, i must say, using the pour method is very very
wet. i didn't plan quite far enough ahead to have things lined up next to
each other & avoid dripping, so we had the kitchen table and two counters
all covered with paper in various stages. it's helpful to have some cookie
sheets with edges to put the wet screens on!
michele
mom to andre (dec 98), rose (apr 01), and joelle (apr 01)
nellebelle
What do you use for your pulp? How do you pulverize it? Do you add starch?
I added orange dryer lint to one batch and blue to another. That was nice.
Mary Ellen
----- snip----- If you want really nice quality paper
I added orange dryer lint to one batch and blue to another. That was nice.
Mary Ellen
----- snip----- If you want really nice quality paper
> it may be hard but we make paper and it is easy. Used it for ourChristmas
> cards this past year.
Michele Evard
At 08:02 PM 5/4/2003 -0700, nellebelle wrote:
we've made paper a few times, and it wasn't hard at all with the method we
used. my mom gave me a kit that includes a pour mold as well as all the
screens and couch sheets, etc (Arnold Grummer's Papermill Kit #301, for the
curious). i'd write out the steps we did, but i found a good description
of both pour & dip methods online:
http://www.arnoldgrummer.com/information/make_paper/index.cfm
my son andre was just about 4 when we made our first sheets. he didn't run
the blender (he doesn't like that it's loud), but he was able to
participate in all the other steps. he loves picking out colored paper
from the recycling bin to rip into bits, as well as choosing glitter and
other bits to add in.
i just looked at the "helpful hints" page to see if they had the
instructions for the tin can papermaking method, and found a faq for "what
kind of kit is right for me?" that included 'home schoolers' as one of
their 'user groups'. :-) i didn't see the details on the tin can method,
but i believe they are somewhere on the site.
what method have you used? i'd love to hear what you tried & what was
difficult about it. oh, i must say that using the pour method is very,
very wet. i didn't plan quite far enough ahead to have things lined up
next to each other & avoid dripping, so we had the kitchen table and two
counters all covered with paper in various stages. it's helpful to have
some cookie sheets with edges to put the wet screens on!
michele
mom to andre (dec 98), rose (apr 01), and joelle (apr 01)
>Does anybody make paper?hi mary ellen,
>
>We have done it a couple of times. It is fun, but very difficult.
we've made paper a few times, and it wasn't hard at all with the method we
used. my mom gave me a kit that includes a pour mold as well as all the
screens and couch sheets, etc (Arnold Grummer's Papermill Kit #301, for the
curious). i'd write out the steps we did, but i found a good description
of both pour & dip methods online:
http://www.arnoldgrummer.com/information/make_paper/index.cfm
my son andre was just about 4 when we made our first sheets. he didn't run
the blender (he doesn't like that it's loud), but he was able to
participate in all the other steps. he loves picking out colored paper
from the recycling bin to rip into bits, as well as choosing glitter and
other bits to add in.
i just looked at the "helpful hints" page to see if they had the
instructions for the tin can papermaking method, and found a faq for "what
kind of kit is right for me?" that included 'home schoolers' as one of
their 'user groups'. :-) i didn't see the details on the tin can method,
but i believe they are somewhere on the site.
what method have you used? i'd love to hear what you tried & what was
difficult about it. oh, i must say that using the pour method is very,
very wet. i didn't plan quite far enough ahead to have things lined up
next to each other & avoid dripping, so we had the kitchen table and two
counters all covered with paper in various stages. it's helpful to have
some cookie sheets with edges to put the wet screens on!
michele
mom to andre (dec 98), rose (apr 01), and joelle (apr 01)
Michele Evard
At 08:02 PM 5/4/2003 -0700, Mary Ellen wrote:
we've made paper a few times, and it wasn't hard at all with the method we
used. my mom gave me a kit that includes a pour mold as well as all the
screens and couch sheets, etc (Arnold Grummer's Papermill Kit #301, for the
curious). i'd write out the steps we did, but i found a good description
of both pour & dip methods online:
http://www.arnoldgrummer.com/information/make_paper/index.cfm
my son andre was just about 4 when we made our first sheets. he didn't run
the blender (he doesn't like that it's loud), but he was able to
participate in all the other steps. he loves picking out colored paper
from the recycling bin to rip into bits, as well as choosing glitter and
other bits to add in.
i just looked at the "helpful hints" page to see if they had the
instructions for the tin can papermaking method, and found a faq for "what
kind of kit is right for me?" that included 'home schoolers' as one of
their 'user groups'. :-) i didn't see the details on the tin can method,
but i believe they are somewhere on the site.
what method have you used? i'd love to hear what you tried & what was
difficult about it. oh, i must say that using the pour method is very,
very wet. i didn't plan quite far enough ahead to have things lined up
next to each other & avoid dripping, so we had the kitchen table and two
counters all covered with paper in various stages. it's helpful to have
some cookie sheets with edges to put the wet screens on!
michele
mom to andre (dec 98), rose (apr 01), and joelle (apr 01)
>Does anybody make paper?hi mary ellen,
>
>We have done it a couple of times. It is fun, but very difficult.
we've made paper a few times, and it wasn't hard at all with the method we
used. my mom gave me a kit that includes a pour mold as well as all the
screens and couch sheets, etc (Arnold Grummer's Papermill Kit #301, for the
curious). i'd write out the steps we did, but i found a good description
of both pour & dip methods online:
http://www.arnoldgrummer.com/information/make_paper/index.cfm
my son andre was just about 4 when we made our first sheets. he didn't run
the blender (he doesn't like that it's loud), but he was able to
participate in all the other steps. he loves picking out colored paper
from the recycling bin to rip into bits, as well as choosing glitter and
other bits to add in.
i just looked at the "helpful hints" page to see if they had the
instructions for the tin can papermaking method, and found a faq for "what
kind of kit is right for me?" that included 'home schoolers' as one of
their 'user groups'. :-) i didn't see the details on the tin can method,
but i believe they are somewhere on the site.
what method have you used? i'd love to hear what you tried & what was
difficult about it. oh, i must say that using the pour method is very,
very wet. i didn't plan quite far enough ahead to have things lined up
next to each other & avoid dripping, so we had the kitchen table and two
counters all covered with paper in various stages. it's helpful to have
some cookie sheets with edges to put the wet screens on!
michele
mom to andre (dec 98), rose (apr 01), and joelle (apr 01)
Michele Evard
i'm sorry about all the duplicates; mailer trouble here. my software
crashed during mailing, the nursing child on my lap pressing keys, etc. life.
michele
crashed during mailing, the nursing child on my lap pressing keys, etc. life.
michele
Deborah Lewis
We make paper about once every month and a half. We use scrap paper,
gently used paper towels and other ingredients, depending on the kind of
paper we want.
You can add sawdust, bark, herbs, flowers, food coloring, etc., for
special effects.
We make paper for drawing, watercolors, gift wrap, greeting cards and
stationery.
We just use an old blender, a deckle and mould, and dry the paper with
the iron.
It's easy. It's a little messy, but that's most of the fun.<g>
Deb L
gently used paper towels and other ingredients, depending on the kind of
paper we want.
You can add sawdust, bark, herbs, flowers, food coloring, etc., for
special effects.
We make paper for drawing, watercolors, gift wrap, greeting cards and
stationery.
We just use an old blender, a deckle and mould, and dry the paper with
the iron.
It's easy. It's a little messy, but that's most of the fun.<g>
Deb L
[email protected]
In a message dated 5/5/03 3:13:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
nellebelle@... writes:
then put them in the blender. With about 3 times as much water as newspaper.
Nice gray color. The ink did not get messy like I thought it might. Then I
added some old tea leaves. And some seeds, that added a nice country looking
touch. Blended it all up. I put all that with water into a big plastic tub,
one of the shallow ones, but large. Used plastic canvas to get the pulp out
with and pressed a little with some felt, or sponge to get out the excess
water. Turned it out on a towel to dry. Using the plastic canvas left it
with a great texture but if you were going to write on it you might look for
something else. That was how we did it. Didn't get real technical as I
wanted it easy so my boys could do it too. We learned that at last years
unschooling conference. See another reason to come. You never know what
little bit of info you will pick up. LOL
Pam G.
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nellebelle@... writes:
> What do you use for your pulp? How do you pulverize it? Do you add starch?What we used was old newspapers. I cut them up into about 2 inch squares and
>
>
then put them in the blender. With about 3 times as much water as newspaper.
Nice gray color. The ink did not get messy like I thought it might. Then I
added some old tea leaves. And some seeds, that added a nice country looking
touch. Blended it all up. I put all that with water into a big plastic tub,
one of the shallow ones, but large. Used plastic canvas to get the pulp out
with and pressed a little with some felt, or sponge to get out the excess
water. Turned it out on a towel to dry. Using the plastic canvas left it
with a great texture but if you were going to write on it you might look for
something else. That was how we did it. Didn't get real technical as I
wanted it easy so my boys could do it too. We learned that at last years
unschooling conference. See another reason to come. You never know what
little bit of info you will pick up. LOL
Pam G.
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