This is just one of the workshops we offer, if you would like more ideas or to book a workshop, please call Jodi at (617) 635-8284 or email us.

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Paper Making 1.5 hours or more, starts at $190 for up to 25 participants. Good for all ages

Make beautiful recycled paper from the old paper in your recycle bin! Every participant will leave delighted with his own handmade paper. Site needs to have electricy, plenty of water, and be ok to get messy. really messy.

Here are pictures of the process

We try to give the group a sense of what really happens to the paper in the recycle bin after the big truck comes to take it away.

Step One: The shredder

Here we took colorful scrap paper from a previous project and shredded it to get ready for the blender.

Step Two: The Blender

Just a small handful of the shredded paper scraps go into every blenderfull of water. This is how the pulp is made.

Step Three: The Slurry

When you dump all of the pulp from the blender together plus a bucket of water you have the slurry. This picture also shows adding glitter to the mix. You can also add extras like string, leaves, and flowers.

Step Four: Straining

Using a screen and a deckle the pulp is pulled up from the vat of slurry into a mostly even sheet

Step Five: Pressing

After lifting the pulp wiht the screen and removing the deckle, the paper is put onto felt before being pressed.

It is a little tricky to get it nice and even so we try to go quickly.

The screen will lift off easily as it sort of clings to the felt now.

Before pressing put another piece of felt on top to protect it from getting stuck to the press.

It is important to press out as much water as possible, otherwise the paper takes a long time to dry. The press also helps to make the paper surface a bit more even.

Holding up the paper to show everyone to see

This is just one of the workshops we offer, if you would like more ideas or to book a workshop, please call Jodi at (617) 635-8284 or email us.

Extras for Creative Learning

Extras for Creative Learning is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization