handmade papers w/colors on Khadi paper

cotton fiber handmade paper w/turmeric & recycled dyes, turmeric pwd & carrot pulp on Khadi paper
12" x 17"

Color of squares change by mixing recycled dyes with the turmeric in the vat with one and an undyed cotton fiber slurry with turmeric dyed with the second.

handmade papers w/colors on Khadi paper 2011

works drying Saturday afternoon                   

below is the first of the completed work that I'll be posting here over the next couple weeks...
visit gregpatchart.com to view all the work in this series.

cotton fiber handmade paper w/turmeric, turmeric pwd & carrot pulp on Khadi paper
12" x 17"

With these handmade papers I used two rectangular screens to pick up the slurry (fiber pulp) from the water vats. I turned the screens perpendicularly crossed, with one on top of the other forming a square. The framing of the screens created a "winged" effect. This suggests adjacent squares or a grid pattern. The varying colors of the handmade paper squares were created by using turmeric and recycled dyes. I used turmeric & carrot pulp brushed, dripped, splattered and by drawing with my fingers while wet onto the Khadi paper. I placed the handmades into the wet vegetable strokes with wheat paste painted with supporting marks on their backsides. Subtle dimensions are created by varying the strokes, layering of paper and the papers' and the pulp textures.

quote day

"You cannot buy the Revolution. 

You cannot make the Revolution.

You can only be the Revolution.

It is in your spirit or it is nowhere."

                                                    Ursula K. LeGuin

Cheesecloth Grid #2     
16" x 12"     
og cotton cheesecloth, beeswax/natural pigment & white glue on Khadi paper

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Cheese Cloth Grid #1    
16" x 12"    
og cotton cheese cloth, beeswax/natural pigment & white glue on Khadi paper

Violet Rectangle in a Space        7" x 6 1/2"      cassein & beeswax/natural pigment on Khadi paper

Orange Rectangles in a Space          9" x 7"        cassein & beeswax/natural pigment on Khadi paper