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Fri, 08/07/2009 - 00:56

msthimble

 

Dear Doreen,

Thank you for sharing photos of your paper weaving.  That is on my list of something I would like to try- the Japanese version, which is called, Shifu, it's done with narrow strips that you dampen and "spin" by rolling on a rough surface, like a brick.  The work shown at the Fiber Festival was very impressive.  XO 

Gail & Fog

Sat, 08/08/2009 - 16:00

bolivian warmi

Thanks for posting this-so interesting. Would you have a link you could share with more info on how to spin paper on a drop spindle? so much in my home is made from papaer as I learned to make rolls from newspaper here in Bolivia and weave baskets with them. I have gone on from there to weave boxes and make shutters and blinds form paper and would love to add this to my repetoire. More stuff for my cat to get her claws into!! 

Sun, 08/09/2009 - 19:56

doreenmacl (not verified)

Hi- if you are interested in paper weaving, check this out: Fibre,Naturally. Paper Like You Have Never Seen It Before (www.cabc.net) Paper works from BC and Korea. I am going to see it in person on Wed.

Thu, 08/13/2009 - 02:12

thelmaweaves

I am intrigued, how do you spin paper on a drop spindle?

Fri, 08/14/2009 - 01:12

doreenmacl (not verified)

Check out the link below in a previous post or google spinning newspaper on a drop spindle. It is not as hard as it sounds. I attended a fabulous show in Vancouver yesterday with artists from Korea and BC. It is called Fibre Naturally: Paper Like You Have Never Seen It Before- and it was amazing. The Koreans have used mulberry paper for centuries and have wonderful commercially produced very fine yarn as well as thicker yarns and various papers. Have a look at www.cabc.net . I think there is a photo or two there.

 

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Three pieces woven for the Paper Challenge at the Gibsons Landing Fibre Arts Festival (www.gibsonslandingfibrearts.com), using newsprint paper and pulp paper supplied by Howe Sound Pulp and Paper mill. The HSPP mill is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year and the Fibre Arts Festival is celebrating its 10th. The mill is our major sponsor- paper is fibre too- and we are collaborating to celebrate paper this year especially in their honour.

The weft yarn is 1) 1/2" newsprint handspun on a drop spindel and dyed; 2) 1/2" strips of pulp paper hand dyed with Easter egg dyes.

I wove the first piece as a sample on the narrower, closer sett and it became a hot mat. I was pleased to find that I could sew the seams on my sewing machine. The second piece is a clutch purse (Paper Bag for a Princess) lined with turqoise silk and finished with a decorative metallic sanddollar button. For the third piece, a wall hanging (Easter Sunset), I opened the sett to 8 epi and 14" wide and used pulp paper strips for the weft. Finished with a wide heading using the tencel for weft and bamboo from our garden for a hanging rod.

These pieces will be in the exhibit at our festival later this month. After a year of thinking about the projects (the paper was given out at our 2008 festival for the challenge) and then rather frantic efforts to complete them, I am looking forward to seeing the other submissions too.

Aug 24- a post GLFAF update- I won the Paper Challenge with my Paper Bag fo a Princess- this was a thrill for me as there were many fabulous pieces submitted, each one unique. There will likely be some photos on the FAF website (see above) Check it out!

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