Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Papermaking Workshop at the Library

Our library has the coolest programs for kids! Earlier this month, they got to make a piece of paper and collage onto it with tissue paper and methyl-cellulose glue. Their creations were amazing! Mikro made an oval sheet of paper, which we thought looked a bit like an egg. So his collage is a baby dragon emerging from the egg. His friend E is lobbying her parents for a pet bunny rabbit, so her collage features a bunny. And I thought the piece of oval paper I made looked like a fish bowl, so that's what I made.

Making the paper:


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Our collage creations:

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2 comments:

Unknown said...

Those are amazing projects, Chele! We took a Paper Making workshop at Wave Hill one year & made paper from scratch. We didn't do those cool art creations, though!
~~Leah

Chele said...

Thanks, Leah. These were super easy and fun to do. The hardest part may be finding the right glue, which I was told can be found at bigger art stores... It comes as powder that you add water to.

~Chele