Japanese Paper Crafting
Japanese Paper Crafting: Create 17 Paper Craft Projects & Make Your Own Beautiful Washi Paper
by Michael G. LaFosse, with Richard L. Alexander and Greg Mudarri
Softcover (8.5x11 inches, 128 pages)
Tuttle Publishing
ISBN-13:
9780804838481
Across the country interest in paper crafts is booming. People from all walks of life are creating scrapbooks, making gift cards and learning origami. Washi, a traditional handmade paper originating in Japan, is a perfect accompaniment to these crafts. Japanese Paper Crafting teaches the essentials of making beautiful and unusual washi paper at home.
Using diagrams and photographs, this book's step-by-step instructions will show both novice and experienced paper artists how to make washi paper and how to create 17 exciting washi projects with their own handmade paper! Projects include a hand-bound blank book; purses and wallets; desktop and tabletop accessories.
The book contains instructions for creating:
traditional design
Japanese Origami Crane
traditional design
Senbazuru: Ehiroi
traditional design
Senbazuru: Imoseyama
traditional design
Senbazuru: Seigaiha
traditional design
Hana Tsutsumi
traditional design
Noshi Awabi
designed by Michael G. LaFosse
Sailboat Envelope
traditional design
Masu Box
traditional design
Wallet or Clutch Purse
designed by Richard L. Alexander
Crane's Egg Modular Box
traditional design
Tato
designed by Michael G. LaFosse
Vase Cover
designed by Michael G. LaFosse
Desktop Organizer (Pen/Pencil/Brush Holder)
designed by Michael G. LaFosse
"Ceramic" Form with Chigiri-e
designed by Richard L. Alexander
Tulip Bowl
designed by Michael G. LaFosse
Hurricane Bowl
traditional design
Sewn-Bound Washi Book
This book also includes instructions and detailed photos for making your own washi. The following are a sampling of photos illustrating the process:
- Boiling the fiber
- Sorting & cleaning the fiber
- Pulp ready for forming
- Nagashizuki sheet-forming
- Pressing the post of wet sheets & felts
- Drying sheets on a flat surface...
- ...or in a stack with blotters
