{"id":368,"date":"2009-12-08T11:47:39","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T15:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/?p=368"},"modified":"2009-12-15T22:22:35","modified_gmt":"2009-12-16T02:22:35","slug":"bookbinding-class-paste-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/bookbinding-class-paste-paper\/","title":{"rendered":"Bookbinding Class – Paste Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the beginning bookbinding class that I taught in October and November at the Falmouth Community school, we made paste papers – they are a really easy and fun way to make decorative papers. It’s kind of like finger-painting for grown-ups.<\/p>\n

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Supplies, Including tempera Paints, Paste, Inks and a brush<\/p><\/div>
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Whit making some paste paper<\/p><\/div>
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This is the paste paper I started in the first photo<\/p><\/div>.<\/p>\n

You can make your own paste papers at home – first you’ll need some paste, which you can make easily with flour, water and a microwave.<\/p>\n

The ratio of flour to water is approximately 1 tablespoon per 1\/3 cup of water – one cup of paste made with three tablespoons of flour and 1 cup of water is a good amount if you’re making paste papers with other people and don’t want to run out – for my class I made 8 cups of the stuff! mmmm.<\/p>\n

Stir up your flour and water in a microwave safe bowl – I often make mine in a pyrex liquid measuring cup. Whisk the flour into the water with a wisk or a fork – you can minimize lumps by slowly adding water to the flour, rather than adding flour to the water.<\/p>\n

Put it in the microwave for 30 seconds on High – take it out and stir it, 30 more seconds, stir – you may see it start to change in texture – it’ll get kind of opaque and thick. Keep microwaving until it just starts to rise up in the center and is thick and gel-like – give it a good stir.<\/p>\n

When the paste is a little cooler, separate it into smaller cups and add in whatever color you like of acrylic, tempera or liquid watercolor paints. <\/p>\n

Brush it (or smear with your hands) onto a sheet of paper – I hope you put newspapers down to protect your table! When your paper is evenly coated with a layer of paste, take whatever object you like and carve a design into it – fork tines are great for stripes, crumpled paper is good for a textured look, bottles make nice circles.<\/p>\n

Leave it to dry overnight – if it’s very wrinkly or curled, iron it on the back side. if you are using it to cover a book, the glue will smooth out any wrinkles.<\/p>\n

Here are some photos from My Beginning Bookbinding class at the Falmouth Community School this past October\/November, where we made paste paper in the first class to use in our books for the following two classes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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