Book Review

Papermaking with Garden Plants & Common Weeds

Helen Hiebert, 2006. Story Publishing

Beautiful paper, grown right in your backyard.
Almost any common plant – from hosta to milkweed, cornhusks, and pineapple leaves – can be transformed into an elegant sheet of decorative paper. The possibilities for creating your own unique, eco-friendly papers with plant fibres are endless once you master the basic techniques. In Papermaking with Garden Plants & Common Weeds, expert papermaker Helen Hiebert shows you how to:

·        Collect and harvest plant fibres from stalks, bark, leaves, and grasses.

·         Process the fibre and press, dry, and finish your paper

·         Embellish your sheets with natural dyes and decorative materials such as flower petals and pine needles

·         Craft unique projects including vegetable papyrus, multi-paper collages, envelopes, lampshades, and specialty books

Discover the excitement and joy of making one-of-a-kind papers directly from nature!
All information taken from Papermaking with Garden Plants & Common Weeds

This book is available for loan from the Fleurieu Environment Centre