click on the photo to enlarge and see a diagram explaining each handmade paper

My newest love is papermaking.

The dewy decimal system classifies the papermaking books right next to the handspinning books so for me, the transition from yarn to paper was natural. Since I don't have regular access to a paper studio, I've become a studio polygamist--the paper above was made in five different studios in five different states. I see papermaking as the first step of a larger process. All the sheets shown above will either become part of a book or other some other printed material.