Arnold Grummer's Complete Guide to Easy Papermaking - Softcover

Grummer, Arnold

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0873417100 ISBN 13: 9780873417105

Publisher: Krause Publications, 1999

Synopsis

The Fun and Easy Way to Make Beautiful Paper

• Step-by-step illustrated instructions for basic papermaking
• Methods to make handmade paper safe for scrapbooking
• 27 art and decorative techniques for endless variations
• Adding botanicals and other nonpaper ingredients

If you set out to find the best papermaking teacher in the world, your search would lean toArnold Grummer. Not only is his knowledge of the subject all-encompassing, but his methods are so simple and easy that he truly makes the process fun. And the results will amaze you - so many varieties of beautiful sheets of paper, so many ingenious ways to change the effect. Whether you use your paper for fun party invitations, elegant wedding invitations, personal greeting cards, or as framed art, you'll have the satisfaction of knowing you created it yourself.

A champion of our planet, Arnold believes that "waste paper is not waste fiber" and shows how to recycle any and all types of paper. Unlimited resources are available in your office waste basket, without spending a penny on materials. Water and fiber blended to pulp, colored with inks and dyes already in the paper, produce stunning new sheets that are truly "art" in every sense of the word.

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Reviews

Master papermaker Grummer (Tin Can Papermaking) presents a detailed and well-illustrated guide to recycling all sorts of wastepaper into one-of-a-kind handmade paper. Home papermaking can be done with easily obtained equipment such as a blender. The techniques are all well laid out with good illustrations and explanations of the properties of paper. Practice projects are included. This complete guide is highly recommended for crafts collections.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Krause Publications
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0873417100
• ISBN 13: 9780873417105
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160