PAPER@HOME

To make paper at home you will need:

• a blender

• a large tub or bin

• a deckle (building deckle blog coming soon)

• Paper you would like to recycle

• an old bedsheet

• a flat surface in an area that can get wet

Step 1

• Collect paper from your home, work, and recycling

• soak it briefly in water

Step 2

• plug in your blender

• tear off pieces of paper and add to blender with some water

• blend until you like it, or until it reminds you of oatmeal

• dump contents into a large tub or bin

• repeat until you feel like you have enough pulp

Step 3

• You may want to add water or pulp to your tub at any time

• Stir the tub

• Swoop your deckle to the bottom of the tub and pull up so the water falls through the screen and the pulp settles evenly on top

• The screenless part of the frame goes on top

• remove the top of the deckle and flip the paper side down onto a sheet

• Remove the deckle, and your paper should stay on the sheet. This part can take some finesse. If you mess up, do not try to remove the paper pulp; just try again on the next one. You'll end up with imperfect or even bad ones. No biggie!

Step 4

• You might slide the sheet over to dry ground, or set up a fan

• The paper will dry pretty quickly

• When it’s dry, you can peel off the sheets starting at the corners

• It might take some gentleness not to rip the paper

• Form a pile

Congrats! Now you have paper you made all on your own.