October 2008 Papermaking Class
These pictures are from a papermaking workshop held in Mitchell, SD at the Prairie Breeze Gallery.
Cutting the plant material into pieces to prepare for cooking
Pot of grass with soda ash ready for cooking
Setting up for papermaking from prepared pulp
Checking the cooked fiber to see if its ready to be turned into paper
Testing the milkweed seed fiber to see if its ready
The paper pulp is mixed with water. The student prepares to pull a sheet of paper.
Student makes her first sheet of milkweed paper
The water is pressed out of a stack of paper
The instuctor holding prairie cordgrass tells about cutting the plants into pieces.