From what I've read many plants for cloth are retted before fibre extraction. Maybe it would help if you intentionally left the grass to soak for a few days and gave it a change of water before the next stage?
Rice flour is also great as a binder - as are Potatoe or corn starch. Clean egg shells whole or ground help prevent fouling of the mix, as will natural fruit citric acid. 😊
Rice flour, potatos or corn starch are the binders. I think that egg shells and the citric acid are for delaying the fermentation proces, but would not work as a binders.
I'm all late! But instead after the stick, using another, smaller flat stone in a circular motion would help grind it down more easily. Anyway, I love this!
@@dendog21 I don’t think she was speaking for the paper nerds. Non paper making people might like his videos for other reasons such as his relaxing voice and interesting content.
i wonder if you could use 2 paver stones on top of eachother to use as an improvised mill stone. Love your experiments! It may be worthwhile to have a bucket of water with grass fully submerged under water for a longer period of time(a week or maybe longer), in ye olden days ropemakers and textile makers did that with flax to make it easier to release the fibers for use, i think it's called "retting".
Hey Cory! Very interested in your paper making and as I am watching, I was wondering why you can't just throw it in the blender. I sometimes make nettle powder from boiled nettle leaves as food for my shrimp, and I just throw them into a coffee bean blender and sieve out the remaining big particles.
Damn started as an interest in how to make paper of everything cellulose, but was amazed by the artististic end of it. LOVED it visually and also what makes it art; a true and honnest impression of the person whom made it
I really like your content and the calm manner in which you explain everything you do. Thank you! Here's an idea: Make digital textures of all your papers that people can then use as an overlay or such. :) Thanks again!
I've just watched your videos on making Leaf paper and ink. You could have a really killer youtube shorts video series if you made paper from different types of leaves, made ink from them, and then stamp an image of the leave the paper is made from onto the leave using the ink made from the leave. Like how that guy made a map using wood from each state and got millions of views for each vid. Something to try at least.
The "cotton" parachute for dandelion seeds at the end of the season would probably make a decent paper, it's already white, so bleaching chemicals wouldn't be needed. There are also cottonwood trees that produce a similar substance and milkweed.
I really appreciate your respect for nature, even the dead grass, I wish more people would hold even a modicum of the value for our earth in their hearts that you seem to have!
I get a creative block when I think about how much work (and money) goes into art supplies. This papermaking is a cool hobby though. Any art you make with it must feel even more special.
I have been making paper for many many years. This is over complicated. Sheets must be stacked with a piece fo cloth between them. You just need to press the frame and lift it. No need for pressing with a paint roller or a sponge. First layers are of lower quality as the stack is too flat, but as you build it up it is getting better and better. Place the stack in a print press or between planks pressed with lots of G clamps to extract water and wait until the stack is completely dry, tightening the press our the G clamps every day. The sheets of paper will be perfectly flat.
Start to finish was moving! When I taught middle school history we talked about different ways paper type products have been made through history. I purchased Egyptian papyrus and they each got to make their very own bookmark by painting a relief representing them on the papyrus. Doing something like this, though very different from Egyptian papyrus, would have provided another hands on understanding of how things are made and how long craftsmanship takes. These processes are not only important for the creation of items but are really a form of art. Beyond that, I really must say, your final art piece had me wiping tears from my eyes. Your symbolism is honestly thoughtful and deeply empathetic. Your commentary on your final piece invokes a mindfulness of humanity’s actions, division of spaces, people from nature, people from people, the “this is mine” mentality yet we are all one collective, the stripe down the middle going from thin to thick also depicting how some get less divided to them (be that nature losing more as humanity takes more plot for itself as time goes on or even the economic concept of the middle man taking more or some people being unable to afford themselves the same amount as others OR unable to afford themselves the same amount as the people before with the same baseline), I could go on and on with the metaphorical symbolism you’ve presented as it tingles a special part of my brain. Thank you for sharing your work, your heart, and your art. Blessings to you!
How beautiful. Each piece of paper is a work of art in itself. The variation of colour and texture according to pulp used is very interesting and lends itself to still further investigation. And all wonderfully sourced ❤ Thank you for sharing.
I cut long grass by grabbing a handful and using a sharp knife under where I grabbed. This makes a sheff, easy to handle. I'm going to make some paper out of the longer grass we mow in the field this year. I think buying a bale of hay would work for people who have limited access to field grass.
after you showed your inspiration it was amazingly easy to figure out what the last piece meant. i wish all pieces at art galleries came with that insight lol
i wonder if you could get a hold of some like corn husks or stalks, and i think rice stalks is another big byproduct that doesn’t have much use and often is just burned. could be cool as a concept for what we could do with waste from the plants that grew food for us
I started looking at your videos because I wanted to see how to make a Mould & Deckle, I then followeed to see where that went. Honestly, I think I am more satisfied with the end result in your meditative piece of art than where I started. thank you. It's a really beautiful piece and I love the thought process behind it.
Your videos are so relaxing. I got to say i loved the artististic pov by the end of the video, internet culture makes it very hard to find this kind of content
Whenever i want to get wrinkles out of my paintings (quache, watercolor) i lightly spray their back with water and iron them on a hard surface. It works perfectly. Just turn it over on your kitchen counter, lightly spray with water, wait for a minute for the water to seep halfway through the paper and iron it using a parchment paper in between for extra safety.
i really appreciate your care for your harvesting methods and attention to detail you put into the creation of your project. this channel is amazing im a happy new subscriber
Very good idea.Its kinda nice to know there are still many crafts where people are producing truly ''one-off'' things,that are totally unique,given that we seem to live in a world where ''getting the latest version'' of consumer goods (phones etc) makes us a bit samey,IMHO. Thanks for the video 🎻
Have you considered getting a blade that attaches to a drill to cut up your plant material to save you some time? Love your videos! Very insightful and inspiring!🙏
RAD video. You did your homework. Sounds like you understand that your environment is different then time written. Availably is literally why different recipes. Outside temperature probably important. In doors the temperature stays the same. There is a saying study history so it doesn't repeat itself. People who don't read don't even realize what is happening. Great video. Ask AI what is written in declaration of Independence. I
So I am trying out making a paper alternative using eggshell membranes and rice water . It can be dyed and the eggshells saved for artwork.I haven't done the binding yet. I love this. Kudos.
Nice work! Thanks for the introduction to grass paper making. I wonder if it is possible to paint or write on this kind of paper and if you have some experience on this already.
Just wanted to stop by to say this video inspired me to give this a go as well. I grabbed a bucket full of invasive grasses from our bush block and managed to turn it into paper. I didn't use the okra as a formation aid - mostly because I'm Australian and have no idea what okra is. Ha ha. Thanks again
Okra is a plant that's ate fried in the southern US and it's delicious, I highly recommend and I'd imagine it would grow well in the heat of Australia. I've grown them myself and they grow 5-7 feet tall
As someone that always loved making recicled papaer and often watches different plants/flower and wonder if I could make paper out of it: this is amazing. Just a question, why can't you immediatly blend the mixture but have to smash it first?
7:00 If you add another concreate slab on top with a rod going trough it and fix the lower one in place you could make a basic gristmill and greatly speed up the pulping process. The top slab will also need some feel holes so you can easily put the pulp back in for another cycle. The only downside is it will dry the pulp with each pass from all the pressure. Also the gristmill could be placed on it's side and used with a bottle jack to maximize the amount of okra juice you can extract.
Have found personally, a blender or a cement mixing drill bit and drill, just as effective, much faster and helps prevent mix going sour. I say this because anyway you put your mix into the mixer to pulp it. 😊
I like to hang my sheets on a clothesline to dry. One clothespin on each top corner of the T-shirt and clipped to the line. They will still get a little wavy, so you’ll have to iron or press. It’s much faster though. I can make in the morning and iron in the evening!
Thank you for this tutorial... and artistic presentation! I have a "technical" question for you: how about conservation? Is this paper able to keep its color and will it not mold in time? Have a nice day.
I was wondering, why do you need to spend so long on pounding and rolling the pulp if it’s just going into the blender anyway? Just curious! Interesting video
