Recycle! Make your own paper at home! Internationally recognized* paper educator Arnold Grummer demonstrates how fun and easy hand papermaking can be. Other videos show how to use creative techniques to make your paper into works of art.
Some handmade papers are used as art for cards, collage and mixed media. You're correct, though. If your paper is meant for writing or stamping, inclusions might not be the way to go.
Dear Mr. Grummer, I'm amazed by your videos and find it very helpful and instructive. Now I would like to ask you, where can I purchase that screenmaterial. (I want to make deckle and frame by myself, instead of buying such a perfect crafted tool/papermaking kit) I thought I heard you say it's a meterial that is used on industrial papermachines. Can you give me a hint, where one can purchase it?
Talking about bending wire, good craft stores have different thicknesses and possibly hardnesses - and wire jigs to twist them around instead of needing nails in a board. Here's a RU-vid example (from a jewelry-making catalog company): m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-72HTC20aGjM.html
Hi, it a easy process. Once you have blended your pulp, you then add your sunflower seeds and allow the pulp to air dry to complete the papermaking process. Don't iron, as this will cause your seeds to be sterile! I did this as a library program with teenagers and it was a hit. Depending on where you are in the US, btw March-May is the ideal time to plant the sunflower paper. Good Luck!
