High Shrinkage Papermaking

Highly beaten abaca (banana leaf) fibers have the propensity for shrinkage and translucency which can be used to create interesting papers. By embedding materials such as string, wire, grasses and other natural materials between sheets of abaca and allowing the sheets to air dry, some interesting and often surprising results occur. Additionally, wet sheets of abaca can be rolled, pinched, pleated, or woven to produce unexpected papers. Beginning as two-dimensional sheets of paper, a third dimension can evolve as the sheets dry and shrink.

Instructor: Sandy Bernat
Fee: $100
Work Hours/Time: 9:30-12:30
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Embedded grasses

Woven abaca strips

Embedded lunaria

Stone with rolled abaca

Wasp nest