Paper Swatch Swap

I have just received the very exciting Paper Swatch Swap book. 47 participants of the Yahoo Paper Making group produced swatches (2 by 3 inches) of their handmade paper. There were participants from several countries (New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, UK, The Netherlands and the USA). All the swatches were posted to the organiser in Canada, who compiled books with 90 different swatches for each of the participants. I enjoyed looking through the book, with immense variety of papers. There were papers made with grasses, the seat of a 100-year-old chair, beetroot slices, artichoke leaves, blue jeans, and tree bark. I submitted fifty swatches of each of two different papers: a paper made with recycled computer printout and banana skin, and another with intrusions of handspun wool dyed with woad.

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