Papermaking with local plants

Come learn how to process local plant materials into paper. For this workshop, you need to be willing to gather and prepare some of the plant materials we’ll use. I’ll provide the rest. I’ll also prep some base fibers (abaca and hemp) that can be combined with the local plant materials we bring in. There will be no dyes or pigments used, simply the beauty of combining natural materials into as many combinations as we want in order to create an array of handmade paper.

DATES: 

•WORKSHOP DATE for papermaking: Saturday, November 9, 10:30-2:30

Cost $100.

Papermaking with Local Plants

When you sign up for this workshop, you will need to call Patti to get some information about gathering some plant materials in late summer and early fall as the growing season ends. No one person needs to gather a lot. We’ll figure out which materials we’re interested in, and…