ART AND CRAFT OF HANDMADE PAPER, Vance Studley.
Papermaking is one of the most automated manufacturing processes. Forests go in at one end and huge rolls of paper of every description emerge at the other. Why would anyone want to reverse this process and go back to making paper by hand? If you have even seen any handmade paper, you'll already know the answer. You can make absolutely beautiful papers by hand, unlike those you have ever seen before. The author opens his book with a history of papermaking and then takes you step-by-step through the papermaking process. 112 pages, 151 illustrations.  Softcover, $10.95  #139007  One copy in stock.

CREATIVE HANDMADE PAPER: How To Make Paper from Recycled and Natural Materials, David Watson.
The author explains instructions for making the mold and deckle, and most of the other things are probably found in your household.  There's information on coloring and scenting, embossing and creating watermarks.  By page 11 I was bowled over by an entire page of stacks of recycled paper.  This is the perfect book for beginning paper makers, for those more experienced and for all of us who are the slightest interested in how paper is made and how to make it art, environmentally friendly and use it.  Filled with colored photos of how-tos, ingredients and gorgeous papers, a few black and white diagrams for identification purposes. 80 pages.  Sc, $17.95  #139087 One copy in stock.

THE HANDMADE PAPER BOOK, Angela Ramsay.
The author begins with concise instructions for papermaking with imaginative suggestions for types of paper to be recycled into new paper.  Semantics aside, she may stretch your idea of what paper can be made from.  Topics covered: botanical inclusions, colorants, sequins, foil, laminating techniques and making colored borders.  For those who love step-by-step instructions, she shows how to use your new papers for greeting cards, wrapping papers and ties.  Paper from fruit and vegetables or laid fiber papers produce surprisingly attractive results.  Also covered are embossing and watermarks.  Thoroughly illustrated with color photos. 80 pages.  Sc, $22.95  #139089 One copy in stock.

HANDMADE SILK PAPER, Kath Russon.
Who would be enticed by this book?  Papermakers who have tired of the usual fibers and silk lovers (stitchers, textile artists, et al).  Full instructions are given for papermaking with various silk fibers, such as hanked filaments, throwsters waste, silk tops, bricks, slivers, blends and wadding, plus other fibers like cotton, sisal, jute, flax, ramie and cotton wool.  The main difference here is the method of holding the fibers together.  "Felting" is accomplished by working methyl cellulose into the prepared fibers then allowing it to dry.  Dying tips are included along with molding techniques.  Each page has one or more color photos.  96 pages, softcover, $19.95  #139090

HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN RECYCLED PAPER. 
Paperback.  $4.95  #139370 One copy in stock.