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These are some samples of designer handmade papers that I have made. Not all papers are available for sale but custom paper batches may be created if possible. Types of plant material vary depending on seasonality and geographical location. All papers are treated with retention aid (to hold dyes and pigments) and with sizing (to make paper suitable for pen and ink use). Click on Images to Enlarge |
    
Willow Bark Paper This paper is made from a mixture of hemp half-stuff and the inner and outer bark from weeping willow branches. The colors were obtained by dying several different vats of pre-beaten hemp half-stuff with synthetic pigments. The first picture is of my paper on display at Warren Wilson College. The other pictures are close-ups of the willow paper in the natural color, red, and purple. The last picture is of a one-of-a-kind piece of willow/hemp mixture. The blue and white parts of the sheet are synthetically dyed hemp and the brown parts are straight willow. I love the way this sheet looks like a view of earth from outer space. |
 
Hemp-Based Papers These papers are made with a variety of different methods and colors using some natural dyes and pigments as well as synthetic. The first picture is of synthetically- dyed hemp half-stuff, displayed in bright orange and light green. Each sheet is calendared in a flatbed press to make a very smooth surface for writing and printing. The second picture is also hemp half-stuff, but this batch was undyed (naturally off-white) with solid mica inclusions (the place that looks like a hole is actually a big piece of mica.) The mica was collected in Swannanoa, NC and crushed using a mortar and pestle. The third picture is also of hemp half-stuff, but this paper is pigmented with grey clay from Swannanoa, NC. I filtered the pigment out of the mud and added it to the pre-beaten pulp, along with retention aid to lock in the tones. The fourth picture is of another batch of hemp half-stuff dyed with red clay mud pigments and also has inclusions of crushed mica. |
  
Daylily Paper This batch of paper contains hemp half-stuff and daylily leaves and stems. I created the colors using yellow and green synthetic dyes mixed in with the hemp, then I added systematically added different percentages of the pre-cooked daylilies to the hemp to create several different shades of yellow and green papers. The second and third pictures are of one of the envelopes with hand-decorated note paper that I made out of the daylily paper. |
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