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📹 How to make recycled paper (+ mould & deckle diy) | Tutorial
Hi, don’t mind me, just explaining my paper making method! Including a DIY mold & deckle tutorial! Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:34 …
Looking for help on my 4 failed attempts! I made batch 1, burnt it (my bad). Batch 2 was so sticky I couldn’t do anything with it and it wouldn’t set either (I think it was undercooked). Batch 3 set so quickly I couldn’t get it off the board and batch 4 was a mix of batch 3 and 2 issues. What do I need to do in order to stop these issues happening? Why doesn’t it set hard? Thanks 🙂
Boil it until its “gooey”? Is that soft/hard ball/crack stage? If you boil it to hard crack stage (300-310°F) and start pulling it when it barely spreads from a ball, you can wear gloves and it shouldn’t stick. Also wait to add the flavor until just before you pour it from the pot as the hot mixture can burn flavors
Hi pls help me I tried to make it but it got dark red colour pretty fast( in around 13 minutes) And then I put it on a plate. It sticked to it. Somehow got it off. Then it was soo hard that no one in my house can do that working. It was rock hard and was breaking not stretching. Plz clearly mention the high low flame from the starting(when we put the sugar and water ) I really want to make it I’m in lockdown
Just did this today and I have some things to say that might help others who want to do this: I couldn’t use a blender so I used an electric mixer instead! It also makes smooth pulp, just mix it for a while. I couldn’t use the blender because we needed it for food, so using the electric mixer really helped since it’s just easy to wash. For some reason my paper wouldn’t stick to the cloth after I use the sponge on my deckle 😭 instead I just put the cloth directly on top of the paper then used the sponge on the cloth, it did stuck on the cloth so things worked out in the end. Hopefully this was helpful to anyone having the same problems! Thank you so much for this tutorial 🥺💓
My girlfriend absolutely loves hand written love letters, this year is our first valentines day and so I went and did my research and found this article, and decided to not only write her a love letter, but to do it on paper I made myself, I followed your excellent instructions, and I had everything I needed already on hand so the whole thing cost me $0.00, I used some scraps of a screen door screen as the strainer for my mould, built the frame for my mould and deckle out of scrap wood I already had, and it came out sooo perfectly. She was in AWE! We sat down at the restaurant and she cried when she read my card, but then after she read the letter, I told her that I actually made the paper, and her mind was blown. Thank you for this amazing instructional article, I absolutely loved it, and it was sooooooo fun to make. I soaked the shredded paper the night before, and then made the paper the same day as I gave her the card, drying the paper out in the sun really helped accelerate the process. I also simultaneously dried a couple test sheets in the oven on convection at about 150 degrees F, but the outdoors with the sun actually worked faster believe it or not. I finished the paper by ironing it gently to make it extra flat, and then used some fine sandpaper and lightly sanded the paper to make it extra smooth, but while still retaining the texture. The cloth I used was a duck canvas, and it imparted a gorgeous texture, and the paper absorbed my pen ink wonderfully. It all worked out so well, and you explained everything so its completely idiot proof, which I appreciate!
The fact that youre giving this helpful info so freely is actually very heartwarming. ive been wanting to try this for months and after perusal this article i finally feel like i can start. ive gone through a lot of other articles that just tell me to get this or this will not turn out well. i love how gentle and accessible you made this.
THANK YOU so much for this. You made it easy to follow, easy to do, and– most importantly– accessible. I’ve seen so many crafters these days almost always only showing how to do these things using very specific tools, which they had bought for a very specific purpose. I much prefer when I can use the same ‘tools’ for multiple crafts because it saves money and space, and is less wasteful in the end. You showed us multiple options to make it as accessible as possible, you didn’t push for the ‘perfect’ method. I especially love how you used old and thrift items while you were at it! It makes so much more sense to do that when making repurposed or recycled items, because that’s basically the point! I also like that you were actually recycling something. Other articles I looked at, people were laying out newspaper or the like as a workspace and using FRESH paper to make their recycled paper. It was just silly to watch them do this then toss out the newspaper. Only came out of the woodwork of almost never commenting on YouTube just to tell you how great this article is, it’s incredibly helpful! Awesome job!
I haven’t made paper since summer camp as a kid. This looks SO much better than the stuff we made. Your step-by-step instructions and suggestions for substitutions are all very helpful and very much appreciated! I was going to the thrift store anyway, but now I know where I can get these materials for very little. Oh Lordy, we have so much paper waste that just goes through the shredder and the recycling bin, you have no idea, so thank you so, SO much for this tutorial! You just got a new subscriber 😁
this is amazing. i will be sending my first ever letter to a dear friend that is far, far away from me. i want to make it as special for her as possible, so i figured i’ll make paper for the letter myself, from torn pages i cut words out of or my old poems/thoughts written down. incredibly lovely and helpful article. truly, thank you so much!!
This is a very good article and I particularly like the fact that apart from the container and deckle and mould, you don’t ‘prescribe’ equipment that needs to be specially bought new. Papermaking needs to be as sustainable as possible and not a reason to acquire new forms of plastic. I also like the fact that you don’t use an iron, though I am very envious of the book press. Still, as you say a pile of books will work and they serve me well.
I think YT is spying on my conversations with my colleagues because we were talking about recycling and paper making with my preschoolers for the new school year and your article popped up on my recommended list!! Some sort of magic or spying (which I don’t mind at the moment). Your article made it seem doable and I’ll be looking forward to trying it out with them.
This is by far the best and most detailed article I’ve seen on paper making. Thank you so much for sharing. I’m currently at the early stages of a large photographic project, I look forward to sharing with you what I’ve made once complete…. Although I think paper making will remain a part of my practice well beyond this project.
In theory, couldn’t you use a very smooth bed sheet for the mould? It’d still let the water drain out while holding the pulp. Or would it just be an issue of transferring? Just thought of something as I typed this: Binder clips + the smooth fabric + frame for the mold could be a sort of all-in-one. Strain with it, sponge out the water, remove clips and take the sheet off and put a new one on. Thoughts?
This is amazing! I’m being crafty these past few days, finding any hobby i could do. And as a student, I kinda feel bad to all the waste we create in a year where I have to throw my used papera and some are even blank. This is nice because unlike binding another nb out of blank pages, you can make use of use papers too! The only problem is, the materials.
You make it so simple, I love it. Question, I have wood frame, and super fine screening, is this good to use, or should I use material called tooling? I need to go to thrift store and find an old blender for making my pulp. I already have the tub. How would you put flowers into the pulp to give it a floral look, or is it something added afterwards?
I really appreciate this article. A few questions: Why do I need a deckle if the frame already has an indentation? Doesn’t that also make a rectangle? Or it needs to be closer to the point where you flip it? Also, why strain the pulp that will be going into the tub of water anyway? Thanks for your time, whoever responds
Must say its awesome craft indeed… Have a query which I hope you’ll answer though, so my question is like approximately how much recycled paper do you get of how much? For instant recycling like 20 used pages how many recycled new sheets one can get approximately? Waiting your response… Thanks from Mauritius 🇲🇺
Hi! I heard from a few other papermakers that they use cornstarch to help the paper absorb writing utensils better, and also so the paper isn’t too fragile. I know recycled paper isn’t the same as regular paper, but how much cornstarch should I use if I wanna make my own recycled paper? (And if I can’t use cornstarch, what are some good alternatives?)
Thank you Lisa for this article! very education. In Vietnam where am from, there is a Dzó practice, making brownish sort of calligraphic paper in old Chinese/Japanese paintings you might have seen. Given that Dzó is a special native tree in Vietnam. specifically, the village town which was famous for making Dzó paper is in Bắc Ninh, close to Hanoi – our capital city. I’ve visited one of that paper workshops as my parents are painters in Dzó style, in Bắc Ninh there, there they have a street filled with households making paper for many decades, similar to your frame molding style. The woman uses a slightly bigger A2 frame size and also swinging in a cement water tank of about 2 cubic meters of water. it’s a very delicate art! I haven’t heard if they ever recycle their own paper, but I think with watercolor, or ink it’s easily washed off with water, but what about printing ink, how many times can you recycle your paper before it gets a black texture.
I made my first batch of paper the other night. I peeled it off the cloth today. I agree, this step is very satisfying! It’s now being pressed under my ratchet set, as that was the closest heaviest thing available. My paper thickness is a little all over the place. my next batch I’m going to work on getting consistent thickness. I’m going to make some small journals to give away for Christmas.
I wanted to start helping the physically close community to me by helping them rid of their extra paper or paper wastes, but I of course have to learn first! I saw this as a very informative, welcoming, and straightforward article, so thanks, Lisa! I also have to let my own papers go so I’ll start with that, and now I don’t need to be plagued with worry or confusion on how to do it 🙂
I made a book press from 2-4 big c clamps (depending upon the size of the paper) and two pieces of thick plywood that we had in scrap. The boards are 2 different sizes, 1 being about 12×18 and the other about 12×14 but as long as the paper is between both (and it usually is) it works wonderfully. Like she said, I leave the paper in the press for a minimum of 8 hours, putting a stack of 20 in and tightening it as hard as possible then remove it when I awake or after breakfast etc. Time and effectiveness does very due to the size of the stack.
I absolutely love this❤ Thank you for posting this! It’s very detailed and I love that you give alternatives for those items we can’t find! Thank you! That has been my most difficult decision. What can I do next if I don’t have these things? But you answered that question! 🫶🏽 New subscriber here! Going to try and find you in IG 😊
I just made my own Mold and Deckle from a pair of 11×14 black painted craft canvases from Joann fabric, and half a yard of Tule fabric for the mesh, got enough extra from that width to replace the mesh 3 times if needed. The inside dimension of the frames from the canvases is a little over 12×9, so I should get pages about 9×6 per page. Might use the remaining canvas to give me a place to put the sheets, I don’t really have anywhere to hang them up. I want to make a journal with around 200 pages total, so I’d be trying for 7-8 sheets per signature instead of 4-5.
Dumb question possibly… why tear it up when it would turn to mush as a full sheet? Seems like it would eliminate the tearing and the blending but I could be absolutely wrong! I’ve not done paper making yet – guess I wouldn’t be perusal if I had. Man maybe I need some sleep hahahaha. Sorry if that’s a ridiculous question. Ha! Just clueless.
Hi,great article,I have been thinking of trying this for awhile.They have ”kits” in the shops,but the one I saw had the pulp readymade in a container.I wanted to learn the whole process.A question: can you use glossy/shiny art paper for the recycling process? The junk mail we get is printed on shiny paper…….Thanks,most appreciated:goodvibes:
As someone who grew up in a paper mill town, y’all don’t know just how bad paper making SMELLS, I CANT STRESS ENOUGH IT SMELLS AWFUL. Our entire town was centered around making paper, to the point that recently when that mill was shut down, the town all but died. And the one thing the remaining residents notice is 2 things. Firstly, a lot of what we always thought were clouds was smog from the factory. There’s a whole mountain behind that factory we’ve never seen before because of constant smoke. The children in this town used to call it the Cloud Factory because it never stopped and it merged with the sky so seamlessly. Secondly, the air is slowly starting to filter itself back to being healthy to breath again (trust me yall paper making comes with a lot of pain-in-the-ass work) sometimes I wonder how weird things will be when paper is less common as opposed to digital, since I grew up engrained in that old way of life
Hello Lisa, I just found your YouTube website with some articles I was searching for about couching sheet for papermaking Then I saw you have a Instagram account too ^_^ I hope everything is ok for you in your life as you didn’t publish anything here on YT or Instagram or TikTok for a long time 🙁 … You are probably taking a break from all these Internet things and virtual world. But I just wanted to say Hi and tell I hope you are ok 🙏🏻 If by chance you come and say hello here, may I ask you what is the size of the press Frank made you ? Take care & thanks SO MUCH Cheers from Luïk in Belgie Sorry mijn nederlands sound awful as I speak french 😋 PS I don’t know if you will read this soon so I will send a copy of these messages to your mail
Wait wait wait wait wait- Can I use the blender for food again if I clean it really really REALLY well? Please someone say yes because I’ve already used our good blender to make the pulp once, and I can’t use our trashy one because it broke after the first time I used it 💀 (which is okay btw, we didn’t use it anyway)
Thankyou! I have made wonderful paper from your article. I took a bucket of trash mail took out the plastic ripped and soaked for about a day blended and strained a whole 5 gallon bucket… ive got so much to go through but thats great because im making a book! Ive done about 30 pages and havent barely made a dent in my bucket i should be able to get well over 1000 pages from the 5 gallon thankyou for your article.
Hi everybody! I’m curious to know if this recycled paper would be suitable for use in watercolor painting? If not, can’t it be used for acrylic/oil paintings if gessoed properly? Or even for dry pastel painting as it appears to have a rather coarse texture? Warmest regards, & in anticipation of a prompt reply/comment! Thanks!
This is absolutely perfect! As a part of my vision board for this year have that I want to get back to some crafts I used to do and one of them was making notebooks from scrap pieces of leather/fake leather my sister brought me from work (and I have plenty of those). But I always felt that using paper that I would buy would be such a waste as they’re printer quality and there is so much paper wasting in the world already.. And the new paper is also just too perfect and I wanted my notebooks to look a bit “messy”. This is exactly what I was looking for, thank you so much for this tutorial ❤️
Hi..i really love ur tutorial…its so easy to follow… I made it to the last step…my only problem is…the paper mostly stuck on the mold and cant transfer to the cloth….i really dont know what i did wrong….i thought maybe i should dry it more with the sponge…but still… Hope ya can help me…thanks😁
7:09 – 7:28 was like an assurance. It made me go back to my work space after getting frustrated for messing up for the third time lol. Now, ig I just have to look for more cloth and buy paper towels to dry these up. Thank you so much for this!! (◍•ᴗ•◍)✧*。 Everything is figure-out-able and this one’s a very forgiving craft indeed 😅✨