Showing posts with label plant paper. Show all posts
Showing posts with label plant paper. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Harvesting milkweeds

Harvested some milkweeds on the way back from the mailbox yesterday evening. Off to collect some more for paper making!

Monday, June 20, 2016

Papermaking with Plants at Langstaff S.S.

As part of my Artist In Education 2015-2016 program with the Ontario Arts Council, students made paper from plants to use in their lanterns. Students made paper from milkweeds, cedar, and daffodil fibers.

Student stripping cedar fiber for papermaking


Papermaking station set-up


Sheet forming


Milkweed paper is brushed on to a flat surface to dry


Daffodil paper