Making and Decorating Your Own Paper: Innovative Techniques & Original Projects

by Kathy Blake

Book Overview

"...How to construct new and recycle old paper; create books, cards, and frames; and embellish boxes....An eight-page gallery at the end, in addition to samples pictured throughout the text, helps make their vision real."--Booklist. "...filled with low-cost techniques aimed at the individual artist who needs basic recipes and methods of papermaking...describe[s] how to decorate finished paper surfaces through the use of dyes, printing, stencils, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806905441
• ISBN13: 9780806905440
• Release Date: June 1994
• Publisher: Sterling
• Length: 143 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.8" x 10.3"

Customer Reviews

A good source for quick ideas

I like this book because it has ideas for quick projects and a lot of them you can do with kids at home or in a classroom. I didn't know that stencils are so easy to make with heavy plastic sheets and I've made stencils to decorate my bathrooms as well as gift wrapping paper. My kids can just tell me what kinds of rubber stamps they want and I cut them myself - a huge savings and one of a kind designs! I even made a portfolio carrier that I use to carry sheet music to classes and everybody loves it. I highly recommend this book for really easy and usable ideas.

Good book for the beginner

Being new to papermaking, I found this book to be a great starting point. It has a lot of really great photographs but is slightly lacking in photos and illustrations to accompany the instructions. On the positive side, it also includes some basic projects to make with your handmade paper.