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Before the sunny summer days are over, and the evening darkness starts to creep into the afternoons, I have a suggested project:  Paper Casting.  I've written an article about it for my column in Somerset Studio – the September/October 2013 issue should be arriving to your home, or your local bookstore soon.  It's not required to utilize the sun to dry your casts, but it certainly makes it more fun to have them dry quickly, so you can 'harvest' them and refill for more.

 

MW PaperCasting Somerset Studio SeptOct 2013

 

Since I took alot of photos to support this article I chose to edit and leave out a few – the embossing folder casts were cool, but they were fabricated in a different manner than all the other casts so I didn't include for the article.  I've been making and using paper casts for years, and have talked about them on this blog several times, but if you are new to the concept, perhaps the article will be useful….you know I love to advocate for Making It Your Own 🙂

 

MW PaperCasting 2

 

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13 responses to “sun dried paper”

  1. Ulyth Avatar

    What I love about your ideas and your work is that it is Original. It hasn’t been marketed to death and the message is still “create your own” As always, so inspiring to me Michelle.

  2. Lisa Hoffman Avatar

    Beautiful pages
    Great layout
    Cool idea.
    You’re the Inspiration Fountain.

  3. Sherry Avatar

    gahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I need to work! I just got some cheapy dies and thin chip board to cut into…. so then I would just press the chipboard into sculpey to make a cast…… dang. Now I wish I would have gotten the Scandanavian cluster…. ack!!! especially since I love topography as much as typography (which confuses a lot of people if you say either of them just wrong enough in the right group of people 😉 )

  4. Carrie Avatar

    Way cool! I haven’t tried paper casting yet, but you’re definitely giving me a nudge in that direction. I was considering making my own embellishments in polymer clay, but this would be easier and not require a separate toaster oven…

  5. iHanna Avatar

    You make very cool things, not sure I would have the patience for this craft – but it looks amazing. And her is another post from my feed today, I think it’s up your alley: http://www.kimwerker.com/2013/08/19/oh-hi/
    🙂

  6. Maria D. Avatar

    Just love the relief depth with your spread of sun dried papers here. Those columns are fabulous. Thanks for sharing.

  7. michelleward Avatar

    Wow, thanks Ulyth. Originality is what we strive for, and it can be done easily when we Make It Our Own. I appreciate your thoughtful words.

  8. michelleward Avatar

    Sherry, not sure what the Scandanavian cluster is, but it sounds like you are on a roll!

  9. michelleward Avatar

    Carrie – get out the blender and start now! I can imagine you already have a stash of stuff that can serve as molds. Attaching a dimensional item made of paper is easier than attaching clay. Just sayin’ 🙂

  10. michelleward Avatar

    Hanna, you’d be surprised how little patience this takes….just set aside to dry overnight. I checked out your link, ha! That IS up my alley 🙂

  11. Sarah-Jane Avatar
    Sarah-Jane

    I was going to buy this issue of Somerset Studio so I could find out the process for the paper making with embossing folders, then saw that you didn’t include it in the article!
    Can you give me a couple of tips on how to do this, really wanting to try!

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