Monday, August 12, 2013

:: experimental papermaking ::

 One of the things I really like about how we home educate is the amount of creative time that is available to Phoebe.

 It also leads to one of the things I sometimes don't like...

...unusual surprises that jump out and get me when opening her curtains in the morning - or should I say fall off the windowsill where they have been carefully perched and onto the floor...
 
...this time it was a lovely batch of ripped up paper and other assorted ingredients, quietly experimentally percolating on the windowsill and - a nice surprise - it was something dry AND solid - Phoebe's first PAPER! (HaHa - is what she then wrote :) )
Heartened by this paper success, Phoebe and I are researching further how to make more paper from our waste paper around the home - looks like she's ready to make her own mesh screen and deckle and commandeer our old blender!

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