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Here they finally are: The new business cards for my shop . They double as bookmarks. To me, the most interesting part about these cards are the way they were made. They were - in fact - made from scratch [or milk cartons, if you wish].

• First I took a whole bunch of juice and milk cartons and extracted the inner paper core. I made a bucket of pulp [that goo] with this, added a bit of blue and some aquarel paper to get a whiter color.

• I used a technique for making the paper that I like to call 'pouring paper'. Rather than 'scooping' it out of a big vat with a deckle (frame), I poured it [including a lot of excess water] into a deep reversible frame. This technique was developed by Akira Matsumoto for post-card sized paper. I adapted it for making a5 and a4 papers.

• I pressed a whole lot of paper B's [that I cut with my Craft Robo] into the pulp. After creating 18 of these pages I dried the paper using my drying box. [This involves fans, corrugated cardboard, blotting paper and a heavy weight.] The paper was so thick it took almost 24 hours to dry!

• After drying, I put a layer of clear-coat on the B side and glued information [biotop] papers onto the other side. After letting this dry [again] I cut the paper to size, punched holes and added ribbons.

The active time it took to create these (232) cards was 24 hours. However - including all the waiting, it took about a week.

I'll be uploading a tutorial some time in the future. However - I still feel like a novice at paper making, and I wanna find the best techniques first. I love the recycling part of it. Next - I'm looking into dyeing pulp with natural products like herbs and plants.

www.boekbindboetiek.nl

Description
Here they finally are: The new business cards for my shop . They double as bookmarks. To me, the most interesting part about these cards are the way they were made. They were - in fact - made from scratch [or milk cartons, if you wish].

• First I took a whole bunch of juice and milk cartons and extracted the inner paper core. I made a bucket of pulp [that goo] with this, added a bit of blue and some aquarel paper to get a whiter color.

• I used a technique for making the paper that I like to call 'pouring paper'. Rather than 'scooping' it out of a big vat with a deckle (frame), I poured it [including a lot of excess water] into a deep reversible frame. This technique was developed by Akira Matsumoto for post-card sized paper. I adapted it for making a5 and a4 papers.

• I pressed a whole lot of paper B's [that I cut with my Craft Robo] into the pulp. After creating 18 of these pages I dried the paper using my drying box. [This involves fans, corrugated cardboard, blotting paper and a heavy weight.] The paper was so thick it took almost 24 hours to dry!

• After drying, I put a layer of clear-coat on the B side and glued information [biotop] papers onto the other side. After letting this dry [again] I cut the paper to size, punched holes and added ribbons.

The active time it took to create these (232) cards was 24 hours. However - including all the waiting, it took about a week.

I'll be uploading a tutorial some time in the future. However - I still feel like a novice at paper making, and I wanna find the best techniques first. I love the recycling part of it. Next - I'm looking into dyeing pulp with natural products like herbs and plants.

www.boekbindboetiek.nl