"[Left sheet] Abaca and corn fibers cast over recycled hand dyed papers and pulp painted. 

[Right sheet] Abaca paper with Procion dye 

The theme “Blue” resonated with me because of its association with water. A very precious resource, I am conscious that Paper-making does use/waste a lot of water. Some of it I am able to reuse and recycle, but try my utmost to use or waste as little as possible. What are your thoughts on this aspect of paper making? 

Blues are not my favorite color palette, warm colors creep into my work almost all the time. So this has also been an interesting aspect of the exchange for me."

"This two-color, twice dipped paper is composed of recycled cotton rags and denim, externally sized with gelatin. The piece was processed this spring in rain water."

"Please enjoy this handmade blue oval-shaped paper with the word “Blue” watermark. 

It is also infused with spring’s Grape Hyacinth flowers."

"Linen and abaca fibers with acrylic wash, beeswax resist, and Dorland’s wax coating"

"Artwork: Cyanotype print 

Materials: Canson Mix Media paper, watercolor, Lineco pH neutral PVA, premium Mica powder, cyanotype solution 

There is no time 

There are only moments 

Hellishly painful 

Heavenly beautiful"

"I love working with indigo, from growing the Japanese indigo plant, to making the dye pot and then drying paper & textiles. Technically indigo is not blue but sits on the color spectrum between blue & violet. But, I’m calling it blue! And did you know that BLUE was the last color named! These are indigo dyed scraps, some with rust dye. The 3 textile pieces are silk, cotton & wool & the remaining papers, all handmade are kozo & kozo lace & abaca. Some of the pieces are dyed using shibori folding."

"My inner animal is a snail 

I used recycled concert program covers from my place of work. I added some sky blue earth pigment and a retention agent a bit of cotton linter. I have several boxes of the concert program covers and I took a couple of the boxes to a shredding company. They charged $5 a box to shred. The paper was thick, and I had too much to shred for a home shredder, that would have taken forever. I like the look of the shredded cardstock, so I wove a piece or two into each sheet."

“Flax, indigo, foil”

"This is a mixture of left over fiber combined with flax and abaca. I used a lighter shade of blue on the top for the pulp painting. These were done with a test papermaking mould that was the perfect size for this exchange!"