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April 2007 Papermaking Class

These pictures are from a papermaking workshop held in Topeka, KS at Karlyle Woods.

Cutting Plants

Cutting the plant material into pieces to prepare for cooking

Cooking Plants

Discussing papermaking while the plant fibers are cooking

Straining Pulp

After cooking the plant fiber is rinsed

Cooking Plants

The paper pulp is mixed with water in a vat in preparation of forming a sheet of paper

Forming sheet

Jeff demonstrating the forming of a sheet of paper

Pressing paper

Pressing the sheets of paper

Cooking Plants

A pressed piece of paper made from plant fiber

Drying paper

Various papers set out to dry

Proud students

Proud students showing off their work