Pulp + Deckle

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...

05/26/2026

Here's a look at See You Soon Raccoon, a handmade paper and mixed media drawing study that Jenn just put together. This is about 42 x 46 inches in scale.

In the future she would like to connect with spaces who would be interested in a temporary wheat pasted handmade paper mural that looks similar to this.

The little raccoon friend at the bottom would ideally be a couple of feet or more in size, so the overall mural would be at least 10 feet wide, but bigger would be good!

If you have a wall that gets a good amount of foot traffic and would like to host a mural, send us a message. Planning will be working with you in 2027.

05/17/2026

This weekend Jenn taught a Paper Pulp Painting workshop at in their awesome new space in Portland. Thank you to all of the participants for getting pulpy and exploring.

You can learn more about this process via our YouTube demo video.

05/13/2026

Here's a look at Jenn's most recent piece, Deer-la Goes for a Walk. It uses handmade paper techniques like pulp painting, lace paper, and seed paper with mixed media drawing.

Over the next year or so Jenn hopes to use pieces like this as studies for larger outdoor projects involving wheat pasting handmade paper onto public buildings. Her hope is that the project would include drop in times for the public to make paper that would be included in the work, and that each piece would be temporary in nature. Right now she's applying for grants to support this next evolution of her art making.

If you would be interested in buying a print of this piece let us know in the comments. We may do a small run of prints and cards.

05/08/2026

It's National Iris Day! These lovely irises are from Jenn's other workplace, . She's been collecting plant waste from the garden this month to use for papermaking. If you're visiting there on a Thursday or Friday you might see her walking around the garden, taking a break from her fundraising work as the Development Director.

Did you know that you can use iris leaves to make paper? It's best to wait until the fall season to cut them back. The last image is a wet piece of paper made from yellow flag iris, which is considered invasive in Oregon. It can be harvested and removed throughout the year.

04/20/2026

Thank you to for partnering with us to offer a sweet Blackberry Stewardship and Papermaking event this past weekend.

It was a lovely day at Chinook Landing Marine Park. We are grateful to Jess, Tera, and Vanessa from Metro for the opportunity to continue working together. And we're grateful to everyone who attended and made such beautiful paper and plantable seed shapes.

This was an excellent way to start off our 2026 papermaking season! If you want to learn more about our plans for the year we're sending out our spring newsletter this week. Sign up at pulpanddeckle.com.

04/14/2026

Guess the fiber

03/16/2026

We're about one month out from our first event of the year. Join us on April 18 with for land stewardship and papermaking with blackberry plants.

Register for this free event and take home a few pieces of blackberry paper of varied sizes. A beautiful way to start the season of papermaking.

02/24/2026

We are excited to be teaching 3 workshops with WildCraft this year!

May 16 - Painting with Paper Pulp
June 13 - Sculptural Papermaking
July 18 - Papermaking with Regional Plants

And they are offering so many excellent classes that make a great gift for yourself or a loved one.

If you are feeling inspired to try something new check out their website and sign up.

02/15/2026

The tons of banana trunks left over after harvesting are being turned into raw material for clothing and paper, while mechanical extraction and controlled drying are accelerating industrialization. Seems like a promising step towards using agricultural waste for good purposes.

Banana waste is becoming fabric and paper as factories industrialize fiber extraction.