Papermaking for the first time®

by Rhonda Rainey

Wondering what materials you need to get started and how you can add color and sizing, increase the paper’s strength with natural fibers, work with molds or create textures using a dizzying array of techniques? If you’ve got the questions, we’ve got the answers. As you learn to create interesting effects and styles of paper, you’ll also complete magnificent projects, including greeting cards, a watermarked lampshade, a lovely and delicate Chinese-style hanging scroll, and more.

Genres: Crafts

112 pages, Hardcover

First published March 28, 2002

Reviews

[Kevin]

Covers the usual ground of paper-making basics, but then moves on to several more interesting ways of using that paper in projects. Finishes off with a gallery of works from various paper artists showing the true potential of the craft.
Definitely a good "grounder" to allow the novice to make paper reliably and then a taste of a wide range of more advanced possibilities such as sizing (internal and external), inclusions, embossing, natural fibres (banana skins), etc.
Nothing particularly new or different to other books in the genre, but I'd recommend this to a new hobbyist for giving a good flavour of the possibilities and a launch pad to learn more in their preferred direction.

[Jeremy]

Excellent book.
Contains clear and useful pictures and description of all fundamental techniques and then explains and explores many advanced techniques through the context of a range of projects.
I have 5-6 papermaking books and this is easily in the top 2.