Creating Handmade Paper with Natural Fibers
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Learn step by step how to process plants to make handmade paper that you can dye and use to create notebooks
Want to make your own paper from organic waste? In this online course, learn the process with Camila Moncada, creator of Jáku, a company dedicated to making handmade paper and paper products.
Find out how to make paper from scratch: collect sunflower stalks, process them chemically and mechanically until you get the pulp, then use the pulp to make the paper. Learn how to obtain colors from nature to create pages with personality and turn your favorites into a sewn booklet for the final project.
Meet your teacher, Camila Moncada. She explains how she got into making paper from organic waste and shows you her creative influences before outlining the course.
Start by discovering what cellulose is, a compound found in plants that makes up paper fibers.
Once you understand the basic components of paper, get straight into making your own. First, process the sunflower stalks to extract the cellulose, then hydrate the fibers and create a thin layer, which you need to let dry. Camila then teaches you how to do the pressing and peeling.
Time to give your paper some color and personality! Process both green and dried leaves to obtain colored fiber and extract a reddish dye from an avocado pit.
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