These articles for novice papermakers were first published in the popular “For Beginners” column of Hand Papermaking Newsletter.
TOPIC | AUTHOR | ISSUE | DATE |
Sources of Fiber and Pulp | Michael Durgin | 17 | Jan-92 |
Common Additives | Michael Durgin | 18 | Apr-92 |
Papermaking Moulds | Michael Durgin | 20 | Oct-92 |
Paper From Iris and Daylily | Bobbie Lippman | 24 | Oct-93 |
Grain | Bobbie Lippman | 27 | Jul-94 |
History of Papermaking | Michael Durgin | 28 | Oct-94 |
Methods of Beating Fiber | Tom Bannister | 33 | Jan-96 |
Methods of Drying Paper | Tom Bannister | 34 | Apr-96 |
Embossing | Tom Bannister | 35 | Jul-96 |
Safety | Tom Bannister | 36 | Oct-96 |
Archival Paper | Tom Bannister | 37 | Jan-97 |
Sizing | Tom Bannister | 38 | Apr-97 |
Watermarks | Tom Bannister | 39 | Jul-97 |
Washi | Tom Bannister | 40 | Oct-97 |
Dyes & Pigments | Tom Bannister | 41 | Jan-98 |
What Paper Is, and Is Not | Tom Bannister | 42 | Apr-98 |
Why People Make Paper by Hand | Tom Bannister | 43 | Jul-98 |
Hollander Beaters | Tom Bannister | 44 | Oct-98 |
Felts | Tom Bannister | 45 | Jan-99 |
Common Plants for Paper | Tom Bannister | 46 | Apr-99 |
Bibliography | Tom Bannister | 47 | Jul-99 |
Introduction/Cranberry Mills | Ted Snider | 49 | Jan-00 |
Papermaking History | Ted Snider | 50 | Apr-00 |
Preparing Pulp | Ted Snider | 51 | Jul-00 |
Western Moulds / Watermarks | Ted Snider | 52 | Oct-00 |
Sheet Formation and Uniformity | Ted Snider | 53 | Jan-01 |
Couching | Ted Snider | 54 | Apr-01 |
Wet Pressing and Consolidation | Ted Snider | 55 | Jul-01 |
Wet Sheet Handling / Drying | Ted Snider | 56 | Oct-01 |
Surface Texture | Ted Snider | 57 | Jan-02 |
Paper Weight | Ted Snider | 58 | Apr-02 |
Physical and Optical Properties, Part 1 | Ted Snider | 59 | Jul-02 |
Physical and Optical Properties, Part 2 | Ted Snider | 60 | Oct-02 |
Making Paper from Milkweed | Marilyn Sward | 61 | Jan-03 |
Drying on Fiberglass Screening | Marilyn Sward | 62 | Apr-03 |
Color and Pigments | Marilyn Sward | 63 | Jul-03 |
Color and Dye | Marilyn Sward | 64 | Oct-03 |
Pulp Painting | Marilyn Sward | 65 | Jan-04 |
Making a Deckle Box | Marilyn Sward | 66 | Apr-04 |
Dimensional Paper Art | Marilyn Sward | 67 | Jul-04 |
Flower Inclusions | Marilyn Sward | 68 | Oct-04 |
Making Shaped Deckles | Helen Hiebert | 69 | Jan-05 |
Setting Up a Studio | Helen Hiebert | 70 | Apr-05 |
Finding Plant Fibers | Helen Hiebert | 71 | Jul-05 |
Harvesting Fibers | Helen Hiebert | 72 | Oct-05 |
Vegetable and Tamale Papyrus | Helen Hiebert | 73 | Jan-06 |
Couching and Felts | Helen Hiebert | 74 | Apr-06 |
Drying Paper | Helen Hiebert | 75 | Jul-06 |
Vacuums for Papermaking | Helen Hiebert | 76 | Oct-06 |
Paper Casting with Sand | Helen Hiebert | 77 | Jan-07 |
Paper Storage | Mary Tasillo | 78 | Apr-07 |
Wet Binding | Mary Tasillo | 79 | Jul-07 |
Wet Collage and Inclusions | Mary Tasillo | 80 | Oct-07 |
Working Large Without Limitation | Mary Tasillo | 81 | Jan-08 |
Printing Tech / Handmade Paper 101 | Mary Tasillo | 82 | Apr-08 |
Adapting to Unfamiliar Studios | Mary Tasillo | 83 | Jul-08 |
Constructing a Basic Mould and Deckle | Mary Tasillo | 84 | Oct-08 |
Sustainable Papermaking Practices | Mary Tasillo | 85 | Jan-09 |
3D Work from High-Shrinkage Pulp | Mary Tasillo | 86 | Apr-09 |
An Updated Bibliography | Mary Tasillo | 87 | Jul-09 |
Assessing Your Pulp and Paper | Mary Tasillo | 88 | Oct-09 |
Affordable Studio Equipment | Mary Tasillo | 89 | Jan-10 |
Why Handmade Paper? | Mary Tasillo | 90 | Apr-10 |
Papermaking for Editioning | Mary Tasillo | 91 | Jul-10 |
Pulp Additives | Mary Tasillo | 92 | Oct-10 |
Working Large by Tiling Wet Sheets | Mary Tasillo | 93 | Jan-11 |
More Basic Editioning | Mary Tasillo | 94 | Apr-11 |
Couching and Drying Surfaces | Mary Tasillo | 95 | Jul-11 |
More Couching and Drying | Mary Tasillo | 96 | Oct-11 |
Selecting Source Fibers | Mary Tasillo | 97 | Jan-12 |
Sustainability, Part 2 | Mary Tasillo | 98 | Apr-12 |
Cooking with Caustic | Mary Tasillo | 99 | Jul-12 |