Spring Break '08, Part II

Aww, man! Don't you hate it when it's "to be continued" right at the exciting part of the story? Yeah, me too. But a continuation was necessary because I can only post so many pictures at once. *sigh*

OK, so we've got the paper pulp dumped into the water and now the PIC is lowering the frame into the tub. He's going at an angle in order to catch some pulp on the screen.

Then he lifts the frame out of the water; hopefully with enough pulp on the screen to have a pretty even covering (we don't want bare spots or any spots that are REALLY thin). To help with even coverage, the PIC gently shakes the frame left to right as he pulls it out of the water.

Tada! It looks like we've got a piece of paper! The frame Herr Snicklefritz made allows us to make sheets of paper approximately 11"x13".

And now the fun starts! The PIC sponges off as much excess water as he can. The first couple sheets of paper were not so good, but he's got a method now.

1. Sponge off the excess water.

2. Sandwich the sheet between some felt and squeeze/press out more excess water (either using himself or some hefty books, etc).

3. Transfer the sort of solid/kind of sticking together sheet of paper to a sheet of glass and prop it in front of a fan to completely dry.

We'll be experimenting with paper sources so we'll keep you posted. Most of the paper the PIC made was from credit card apps, so he's calling the first batch "Credit Card Gray" (light gray with flecks of color). He also made a couple of sheets of paper from a case of pop. Those sheets were not as pretty, but did have a couple cool logo specks. (They ended up kind of a craft paper brown.)

If you are interested in some handmade paper from the Crafty Snicklefritzes, let us know! Herr Snicklefritz is also known to make books (see his blog at A Sprinkler in the Rain).

Wiedersehen!