Missed putting up a few of my latest experiments........
picked up some wild hops to see if I could use them in some papers........bit of a bugger to process

                                          When I cooked them the little nugget of hop stuff 

                                                      came away from each leaflet....

                                      nearly chucked them away but a friend kindly stopped

                                         me and she picked out all the annoying little bits......

Still not as successful as I would have liked...

the leaflets did not like being made into inclusions...

so had to blend them and use gampi fibres to hold the bits down.

Then I bleached the little buggers and that seem to help .....

The start of a new year and a new iMac.....
I haven't put anything up on this blog for a few months because of the busy-ness of my life - teaching/working in a full time job/'orrible cold x 2/seasonal celebrations -
Now I am getting over (hopefully) the last round of the poorlyness and have just finished my part of a paper swap.

Will get this ready to send across the pond at the week-end

Small Publishers Fair, Conway Hall

Over the last few weeks I have been getting ready for the Fair....updating older items, creating new ones....

 Up Date....just a few more days left to sign up for this course at Morley College!!

There’s an exciting revival happening in hand papermaking, and you can be part of it! There’s nothing more rewarding than turning wispy plant fibres and formless pulp into crisp sheets with your own choice of colour and texture. These can then be transformed into books, collages, surfaces for other artwork, or even clothes and jewellery – there are no limits. Taking papermaking classes in Morley’s well-equipped studio also gets you the expertise of two tutors – Mandy Brannan and Lucy Baxandall, whose practices cover many different areas of this global craft. Try it this term, when we’ll teach you to make books too – we promise, you’ll be hooked!

Some of my students work from the Book Arts part of the course

Papermaking with Jane...

It's all about bougainvillea.......

Bad news....Good news .... & update

The bad news is that the papermaking short course at Central St Martins is not going to run this year...
The good news is that I will be teaching for 5 weeks on the papermaking course at Morley College in South London.

Up-Date......I am starting to List some of my small note books and paper packs on Folksy....check it out!!

https://folksy.com/shops/Mandybooks

a bett'rer experiment.....Honesty

Using some left over fern leaf pulp as an underlying layer I used some honesty seed pods over the top........

 Then made this note book with multiple folded pages, that can be opened to show hidden honest thoughts ....

and a card to go with...