Paper Making With Waste Materials

A Two Part Online Course With Sarah Grace Dye

Two live online demonstrations: Tuesday 11th November 4-6pm GMT & Tuesday 25th November 4-6pm GMT

Join live or watch the recording.

“Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.” — William Wordsworth 

Reducing waste is an important part of life and part of our responsibility to care for  our planet. Paper making, for me, comes from this essence of reusing and elevating  discarded rubbish. Then finding a place for it and giving it a new purpose. That in  turn ennobles the materials to become beautiful, elegant and desirable. Most of us  want to be better at stewarding what we use. Making paper at home is one small  way to re-use more and throw away less. At the same time gaining a unique,  unusual and versatile product.  

During this course you will learn how to make simple sheets of paper with the  waste products from your own home. You will be guided through the materials and  tools needed and shown simple and affordable ways to create. My aim is always to  use what you have I hope your eyes will be opened to the possibilities all around  you. 

You will learn:  

• To make your own paper moulds and deckles 

• What materials to use 

• How to create the best pulp for papermaking 

• How to make a sheet of paper in different thicknesses 

• How to make different shape sheets of paper 

• What colours can be achieved  

You too will become equipped with the techniques and knowledge to use this  process and successfully play and create a very personal range of papers that will bring you joy in the making and a smile to the face of others as you use what you  have made.  

Week one - An introduction to paper making and its possibilities along with instructions for collecting and making the tools you will need. 

Week two - A demonstration that will guide you through the paper making process  from creating pulp to the dry and usable end result. 

Including a printable PDF Handout

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Sarah Grace Dye

Sarah Grace Dye is a visual artist who loves to find a use for and beauty in the  ephemera of the everyday. Working with these objects has become like an  alchemic practice enabling a transformation to take place. She believes learning to  use the materials that surround us is important and her ethos dictates that it is  important to waste nothing, that everything has a purpose and unique attributes to  be examined, explored, elevated and a new purpose discovered. In essence, to  search out beauty and hope in everything. The resulting alchemic objects are to be  celebrated, shared and treasured. 

Sarah is a collector and uses papermaking, natural dye and ink making, drawing,  cyanotype, stitch and origami to create work, often within book structures, that  amalgamates these together to produce small and perfectly formed keepsakes  that echo the essence of the materials and story they communicate. 

Sarah is a firm believer that everyone has the capacity to be creative and she is  keen, wherever possible, to provide the catalyst for that to be realised. Her belief in  the freedom to play and discover ones own marks is central and she is constantly  developing this area within her own practice.