[Aquanet] making paper

[Barry D. Lindley]

I think you need a big blender, food processor, or similar device

See, for example:

http://gort.ucsd.edu/preseduc/papermak.htm
http://www.pioneerthinking.com/makingpaper.html
http://www.tutorials.com/06/0697/06974.asp


Good luck!  I'd like to hear how it works for you.  Daniel Smith
http://danielsmith.com/learn/default~art~Papermaking.asp
 may have supplies such as sizing, since the finished product will likely
need re-sizing unless you want very fuzzy paintings.


Barry


Barry D. Lindley
Paintings and Drawings
www.aristotle.net/~blindley 

-----Original Message-----
From: aquanet-bounces at thedigitalbraintrust.net
[mailto:aquanet-bounces at thedigitalbraintrust.net] On Behalf Of pat davis
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 2:12 PM
To: aquanet at thedigitalbraintrust.net
Subject: [Aquanet] making paper

Hi, gang.

For several years now I've been tearing up failed works on w/c with an 
eye to using them to make my own w/c paper, and two days ago I had a go, 
tearing the paper more, soaking it in hot water, stirring it to make a 
slurry, etc. Well, everything worked right up to the slurry part as the 
paper just sat there in its chunks and refused to disintegrate at all, 
no matter how energetically I stirred and whipped the wretched stuff. I 
have a whole new respect for the toughness of w/c paper, but that 
doesn't help at all with making new paper.

Any hints or is this a lost cause?

sigh
pat

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