Papermaker's Companion: The Ultimate Guide to Making and Using Handmade Paper - Softcover

Hiebert, Helen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1580172008 ISBN 13: 9781580172004

Verlag: Storey, 2000

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Craft your own colorful paper goods and personalized stationery!

With clear, step-by-step instructions, Helen Heibert covers all aspects of the papermaking process―from growing and harvesting plants for a malleable paper pulp to embellishment techniques like dyeing, embossing, and laminating. With tips on building your own papermaking equipment, ideas for transforming junk mail into dazzlingly unique notecards, and much more, you’ll be inspired to let your creativity shine as you explore the endless possibilities of handcrafted papers.

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Helen Hiebert is a papermaker, artist, and author of books on papermaking and paper crafts, including The Art of Papercraft, Papermaker’s Companion, and Papermaking with Garden Plants and Common Weeds. She teaches papermaking classes and workshops, writes a weekly blog, and is the host and producer of the podcast Paper Talk, which features interviews with papermakers and paper artists. Hiebert's blog, The Sunday Paper, is a resource for ideas and inspiration via stories and examples of people doing exciting, innovative, and beautiful things with paper. She lives in Colorado.

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Learn the Popular Craft of Papermaking from an Expert

* Make stunning, colorful papers from recycled junk mail

* Set up or even build your own inexpensive equipment

* Emboss, laminate, and watermark your papers

* Harvest your own plants for papermaking as the ancients did

* Learn to paint and even sculpt with pulp

* Craft unforgettable flower petal cards and stationery

* Share the fun of papermaking with children

* Make paper photo frames, books, lampshades, and more

With clear, easy-to-follow instructions and step-by-step illustrations, expert Helen Hiebert covers every imaginable aspect of creating one-of-a-kind papers and using those papers in fun, creative, and beautiful ways. With techniques ranging from beginning to advanced, this essential handbook is sure to be one that paper crafters return to again and again.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Storey
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1580172008
• ISBN 13: 9781580172004
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: WordUnited GmbH; distribution@wordunited.com; ; Theodorstrasse 105; DUSSELDORF; 40472; Deutschland