Papermaking with Garden Plants & Common Weeds by Helen Hiebert

B4532. Papermaking with Garden Plants & Common Weeds by Helen Hiebert. Paperback; 108 pages; 9.25" x 10"

Create beautiful, handcrafted papers right in your kitchen with this informative book. With just a few basic tools and some backyard weeds, you can make stunning, original papers. Helen Hiebert’s illustrated step-by-step instructions make it easy to blend and shape various organic fibers into professional stationery, specialty books, and personalized gifts. Discover how to use plant stalks, bark, flower petals, pine needles, and more to add unique colors and textures to your paper creations.

"With a few basic pieces of equipment and some garden clippings or prunings, you, too, can make paper. As you go through the different stages of processing your plants, I hope you will gain a new respect for this ancient tradition, as well as a wonderful sense of discovery and creation that sparks a tingle of joy." ––Helen Hiebert, Introduction.