Make Handmade Paper at Home
About the Session
You read it right, you can make your own paper at home from newspapers, old books, bills, prints and scrap paper. In this interactive and do-it-along session, our Knowledge Contributors — the Hands and Heart team will help you recycle unwanted paper you have at home into fresh, beautifully crafted handmade paper. At the end of the session, you will have learned to make paper which you can use to write on, to wrap gifts, to sketch on, for origami and the like. You can even gift your own Handmade paper with a personalized note to your Valentine!
Let’s get to know the Team
Hands and Heart is a team of architects who envision to build a conscious society where one can explore, support, learn and grow together. It started as an initiative in 2019 by students of CEPT University and the idea was to interact with kids and learn together through interactive workshops which further developed into an organization that conducts workshops for all ages.
What you’ll need for the session
- Newspapers, scrap paper, waste papers from old notebooks, old printouts, phonebooks
- Scissor
- Blender (Not hand blender)
- Sponge/Absorbent cloth
- Fine Sieve/Flat Sieve/Channi
- Big tub and water (Make sure the sieve can be dipped into the tub)
- Towel/Cotton cloth/Napkins
- Food color / Watercolors (Optional)
- Flower petals (Optional)
- 1 hour of your time
- A working internet connection
What you won’t need for the session
- No credit card details
- No prior experience of recycling paper