300 Papermaking Recipes

by Mary Reimer and Heidi Reimer-Epp

Book Overview

Even if you are a beginner, you can make gorgeous handmade papers using the expertise of two papermaking artists and the simplicity of a recipe-style format. This comprehensive collection of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 156477533X
• ISBN13: 9781564775337
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Martingale and Company
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.4" x 9.7"

Customer Reviews

Great reference source

This book is a great reference source and the numerous sample pictures make it very good for choosing the types of paper you wish to make without failed batches.

Great idea book for beginning paper makers

Though this book wasn't exactly what I had expected, I found it to be a fine resource for straightforward and easy to follow recipes. It's loaded with crisp photos and great ideas. While it doesn't offer much in the way of information on casting, I heartily recommend this book to those looking for paper recipe how-to and inspiration.

great recipes

Before getting this book I felt like there was just one way to make paper - buy the cotton pulp from the craft store, add some flowers or dye. This book really opened me up the possibilities. I think what first got my attention was when the authors wrote that you can use almost anything for pulp including brown paper gags, garden plants etc. I also love how there are ideas on adding texture - I would never have thought to use lace and string to emboss the paper or woven placemats to add texture. The pictures and instructions are all very clear. I was pretty new to paper making prior to buying this book - basically just relying on the instructions from my deckle but this really is a cool recipe book. Recipes are about 8 to each two-page spread and are very straightforward - e.g. 1 cup of lime pulp, 2 tsp metallic confetti followed by a paragraph on how best to mix the ingredients and what to expect. Large pictures of the resulting paper is shown too. The recipes are broken out into subjects such as textures with households items, fabric embossing, pouring and embedding, recycled pulps (using junk mail, construction paper), pigments (using tissue and food coloring) etc. Really a wealth of ideas are packed into this book. I love it.

Great source for the first-time papermaker!

This is a wonderful reference book for the first time papermaker! The techniques are simple and the resource directory is helpful in finding those hard-to-get supplies. Though at first the whole process might seem alittle overwhelming, if you follow the recipes, you will always come out with a georgous paper. I highly recommend this book to the beginner and those who have been at it for awhile.

Highly recommended for do-it-yourself papermaking!

Learn to make handmade papers with this survey of papermaking recipes for producing a variety of textures and colors. Two papermaking artists provide all the ingredients for success and tell how to garnish paper with threads, string, leaves and other accents.