Learn DIY Papermaking & Bookbinding

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Coptic Stitch handmage book

How to make paper at home

From recycled paper waiting to be dumped to a renewed, purposeful sheet of paper—here’s how it’s done, step by step.

junk megazine paper
1. Gather scrap paper.
Shreded magazine paper
2. Shred them to pieces.
Shreded magazine paper ready to be soaked
3. Soak them overnight.
Blending paper shreds
4. Blend them to make pulp.
Hand holding a deckle while forming a paper sheet
5. Form paper sheets.
Hangin paper sheets
6. Hang them dry.
Dried paper sheets on hangers ready to be peeled
7. Harvest them.
Put paper in the a book press
8. Flatten them.
Flattened paper closed-up
9. That’s it! Now turn them into something cool! 👇

Turn your paper into something meaningful.

Use your handmade paper (and even paper shopping bags that fill your kitchen) to make journals, cards, stickers, and more.

Hardcover exposed spine book
Coptic Stitch
The look inside – deckle-edge paper
Classic hardcover book
French link stitch – lay flat
Cover made from used jeans
Pink softcover book
With flaps – deckle edge paper
Butt print stickers – handmade stamps
Butt prints in the frame
Texts printed from handmade stamp
Writing with a ballpoint pen

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