Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Making new paper for an old lamp


Left: vat of handmade paper pulp: artemisia leaves and abaca
Right: freshly pulled sheet of paper on mould with deckle removed



Left: sheet of freshly made handmade paper with Thread-leaf Japanese Maple embedded in the sheet attached to a board while drying.

Above right: Pressing the paper sheets in my home-made press.





Left: Old lamp with torn paper

Right: Old lamp cleaned up with fresh paper - looks like new!

2 comments:

  1. Delighted to see this work! I'm in Corning!

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    1. Thank-you! I have a web-site too, if you 'd like to check it out - www.junetyler.com.

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