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Papermaking at Carriage House: Papermaking in 3 Dimensions |
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| Examples of two kinds of forms: on the left, wire mesh attached to a tree branch, and on the right, a cloth bag (sewn together in a chosen shape), lined with a nylon stocking, and filled with perlite. |
| We were shown three different ways of covering the forms with flax pulp - in these pictures, the pulp is being applied by pouring it over the wire mesh form. |
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| In the above examples, the form becomes a part of the final creation. In this work, the flax was applied to the wire mesh form in the following manner. The form was brushed with methyl cellulose; then pulled sheets of flax were applied to the form. When dry, the form easily pops out and can be re-used. |
| The third method of applying pulp to a form is pulp spraying... |
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