Pulp + Deckle

08/03/2026

Last week we joined Portland Pickles Baseball for OMSI Science Night to offer a free paper pulp shape making activity. About 100 people used recycled paper in molds and added their choice of wildflower, calendula, or cucumber seeds to the pulp to take home and plant.

This is a fun introduction to hand papermaking and the potential of art, science (hydrogen bonding), and sustainable craft.

Happy summer! We're taking a break until September when we will be teaching at Hoffman Center for the Arts on the Oregon Coast.

07/20/2026

8 kinds of paper made with locally harvested plants = a one of a kind handmade paper art piece.

What's your favorite fiber here?

07/19/2026

We had a wonderful group of students for a Papermaking with Local Plants workshop this weekend. Many thanks to all who brought their enthusiasm, creativity, and camaraderie together for a full day at our home studio.

We harvested:
green yellow flag iris leaves
green horsetail
elderberry bast (inner bark)
daylily leaves (died back)

We

07/16/2026

Join Jenn at the Oregon City Public Library Thursday July 23rd for a free Recycled Papermaking with Teens. This workshop is for ages 14-18.

Learn more and register via our website on the workshops page - pulpanddeckle.com/workshops.

06/29/2026

And that's a wrap on FOBA! Day 3 focused on cooking and hand beating Phillipene Gampi and Thai Kozo bark fibers to make into lovely paper.

Thank you for a great whirlwind papermaking time all who attended. You were a wonderful group that traveled from near and far. We appreciate you!

06/28/2026

Day 2 and a bit of 3 at FOBA with a great group!

We processed local yellow flag iris and horsetail plants to pulp into paper pulp. Other fibers explored included bamboo sheaths, blackberry, daffodil leaves, hosta leaves, kenaf, and corn husk from tamales.

06/27/2026

Day one of three teaching at FOBA, what a lovely start! We started out with a day of Paper Pulp Painting.

06/14/2026

This Sculptural Papermaking class at WildCraft Studio School was full of pulpy experiments and camaraderie. Thank you to all who shared their day with Jenn. It was a pleasure to see your creativity in action.

06/01/2026

Thank you Helen Hiebert Studio for sharing this excellent story!

Dr. Alan Harvey, professor emeritus of biology at Georgia Southern University, has embarked on an unexpected and innovative retirement project: transforming invasive plant species into handmade paper. Blending his scientific background with a lifelong love of art, Harvey is developing new techniques...