Grass Clippings Made Into Paper 2008 PDF
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Grass Paper | pinkfrog.net The website for Jack-of-All-Trades artist Olivia Snyder G Main Menu G Scripto Continuia: Blog G Fine Art G Graphic Design G Automata G Stuff for Sale G Family Only G Patchwork Faces External Links G Internet Nest: LiveJournal G Stuff for Sale: Etsy Store G DeviantArt Doodles G Flickr Cellphone Photos Of Interest G I Hate Copperplate! G Nicole Mills G Drawn.com G MAKE: G CRAFT: G Recent Posts « Addendum… Mixed Bag » Grass Paper • June 23rd, 2005 • • experiments, how-to, papermaking • I mow a lawn on a regular basis, and wondered what I could do with all of the extra grass clippings. Maybe I could…make paper? Yes! This week I embarked on a “make paper out of grass clippings” project. I’ll gladly share the process and the results, but I don’t think I would do it again. The smell of cooked/soaking clippings makes me want to retch now. I mean it, I almost vomited at one point in this project. Fortunately, the smell of fresh-cut grass doesn’t smell remotely like my project, so I can still enjoy that summer pleasure. On to the paper! 1) Collect clippings. I estimate that I used about 8 cups of freshly clipped grass to start. The lawn mowed for them was free of poison, fertilizer and animal droppings. (That might’ve made it smell worse.) 2) Cook clippings. My goal here was to soften the clippings so that they would break up better. OH MY GOD this part stank. The whole apartment reeked of cooking grass. If you try this, make sure there’s plenty of ventilation. Blech. I added about 1/2 cup of baking soda to help the softening. (Most papermaking About Olivia Snyder likes getting her hands dirty and making things. She writes about stuff she does here on this blog. Communicate G AIM Status G
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