Art of Papermaking with Plants

Marie-Jeanne Lorenté

Overview - Table of Contents

Contents

For a non-scientific approach to paper:

The essence of plant paper 11
The pleasures of paper 12
Plant paper 13
Presentation 15
The magical essence 16
The practical essence 16
The poetic essence 17
The invention of paper 18
Transmitting the ephemeral 22

Production 27
Materials 28
Steps 32
Creating the paper 36

Recipes 41

Grasses 43

bamboo 44
wheat 46
cannabis 48
Provençal reeds 50
sedge plant 52
autumn crocus 54
wild oat leaf 56
fern 58
wild myrtle 60
daylilies 62
pampas grass 64
iris 66
lavender 68
cattail 70
spiderwort 72
stinging nettle 74
papyrus 76
field horsetail 78
yucca 80

Trees 83

hornbeam 84
chestnut 86
white oak 88
holm oak 90
Monpellier maple 92
ginkgo 94
oleander 96
elm 98
blackberry bush 100
olive 102
palm 104
poplar 106
pine 108
pistachio 110
lime 112

Edible Plants garlic skins 116

artichoke 118
asparagus 120
eggplant 122
mushrooms 124
cranberry bean 126
zucchini 128
shallot skin 130
wild fennel 132
green bean 134
bay leaf 136
onion 138
leek 140
pumpkin 142
rice 144
tomato 146

Non-plant Papers

wasp nest paper 148
recycled paper 150

Nine artists of plant paper 153
Mary-Lise Beausire 156
Yvonne Cabanis 158
Marie-Thérèse Herbin 160
Ruth Moro 164
Aurelia Muñoz 166
Pascale Pasello 168
Jean-Paul Ruiz 170
Hiltrud Schäfer 172

Bibliography 174
Credits 174
Acknowledgments 175

ISBN: 0-393-73135-9
Winter 2004
176 pages paper, 200 color illus.