Recycled Paper

A Friday dinner engagement delayed this week's art project until Saturday. I recycled used kaishi into 4" squares of handmade paper. My friend Judy, visiting from Mendocino, strung beaded necklaces while I made paper. Together we had a very pleasant artsy afternoon.

Kaishi is used when enjoying sweets during the Japanese tea ceremony.
We'll save used papers in the little pot until I have enough to make some more paper.

Little sheets of paper on a sushi mat 'drying rack'

Experiments with flowers and petals