The Papermaker's Companion: The Ultimate Guide to Making and Using Handmade Paper

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Craft your own colorful paper goods and personalized stationary. With clear, step-by-step instructions, Helen Heibert covers all aspects of the papermaking process from growing and harvesting plants for a malleable paper pulp to embellishment techniques like dyeing, embossing, and laminating. With tips on building your own papermaking equipment, ideas for transforming junk mail into dazzlingly unique notecards, and much more, you ll be inspired to let your creativity shine as you explore the endless possibilities of handcrafted papers.

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Helen Hiebert is a papermaker, artist, and author of books on papermaking and paper crafts, including The Papermaker s Companion and Papermaking with Garden Plants and Common Weeds. She teaches papermaking classes and workshops, writes a weekly blog, and is the Paper Talk podcast host. She lives near Vail, Colorado.