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Paper
Basic Description Paper is a part of our everyday lives, but few of us know much about how it is made. It turns out that making paper is not particularly difficult, especially if you use old paper scraps as your base. With a little practise and a few tools, you can learn to make beautiful homemade papers that can be used for notes, cards or gift wrap.


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Now you have a sheet of paper but it is wet and on a frame. The easiest way to proceed is to set the frame in the sun to dry. After a couple of hours, you will be able to pull the paper easily from the mesh. The disadvantage is that your frame/mesh will not be available during that time. The alternative is to remove the wet paper from the mesh so you can make more sheets without waiting. Cut out a piece of cardboard slightly larger than the size of the paper your are making. If you are using binder clips to hold the mesh to the frame, you can remove the clips and mesh from the frame; at this point you can set the mesh/paper out to dry or remove the paper from the mesh alone (its easier to remove the paper from the mesh without obstruction of the frame). If your mesh is permanently attached to the frame (like ours) flip the frame over onto the cardboard. Tap the mesh and wiggle the frame until the paper falls off the frame onto the cardboard. This can be tricky, but after a few tries, it becomes easy. Lay the sheet out to dry, preferably in the sun and when all the water has evaporated: you just made paper! If there are ridges, you can briefly iron the dry sheets with an ordinary household iron set on low heat.
set the paper out to dry


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