#nettlesuperplant

[ourlocalnettle]

In order to make a big sheet of paper, a bigger than A0 silk screen for printing was used. The bare fresh plant was juiced in a home centrifuge juicer and afterwards blended finely until a pulp consistency. The pulp was placed on the screen by hand and flattened and dried out carefully with the help of a net and an absorbing sponge.

The day after the paper was ironed until fairly dry and stored flat. In a dry state the paper is quite stable, but when it’s still wet it can fall apart easily as it happened to my in the first big format paper.

#nettlepaper

#homemadepaper

#papermaking

#paperlfromfibres

#paperfromjuicedplants

#juicednettles

#nettlesuperplant

#green

#circulareconomy

#greenpaper

#ourlocalnettle

#taupibernat

[ourlocalnettle]

In Nepal the plants get much bigger and their fibers are coarser, have a look at our brown fabric at the exhibition.