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Squeeze Bottle Paper

paper sample

The example on the left shows the original squeeze bottle paper technique. The sample on the right shows the variation.

NOTE: If you have not made paper before, Christine Cox has an excellent web site that shows how to use the Arnold Grummer kit to make paper. Once at the site, select Paper Making. If you are using the dip method you will need to adjust the amount of white paper used to make your background sheet of paper.

Supplies

Colored Paper

  • 3 Plastic squeeze bottles (I used 2 rubbermaid condiment bottles and a dish soap bottle) 
  • 2 sheets 8.5 x 11 purple tissue paper
  • 2 sheets 8.5 x 11 blue tissue paper
  • 2 sheets 8.5 x 11 green tissue paper
  • 3 cups water for each color tissue paper

Background Paper

  • Normal Paper-making supplies 
  • 1 1/3 sheet of 8.5 x 11 white typing/printer paper
  • 1 sheet 8.5 x 11 white tissue paper
  • 3 cups water

Directions

Mixing the Colored Paper

  • Blend the 2 sheets of purple tissue paper with 3 cups of water for 30 seconds.
  • Look at the blended pulp to ensure that it is smooth. You don't want flecks of tissue in the pulp. They have trouble coming out the holes in the bottles.
  • Blend further if the pulp is not smooth.

    • Fill one of your squeeze bottles with the colored pulp. 
  • Shake up the bottle.
  • Practice squirting the bottle of colored pulp onto a cookie sheet or other flat service. If the pulp is not coming out smoothly, put the pulp back in the blender and add a little more water to the mixture. Repeat the testing process until you are happy with the results.
  • You will get different effects based on the size of the hole in the bottle and the thickness of the pulp.
  • Repeat the above process for your other colors.

Making the Paper

  • Blend the typing/printer paper and tissue paper with the water for 20 seconds.
  • Look at the texture of the pulp to see if you like it. You can make it as smooth or rough as you like.
  • Make a sheet of paper using the white pulp. 
  • Remove the mould and deckle from the water.
  • Remove the mould and set it aside.
  • Before you begin taking the water out of the white paper, shake up the bottles of colored pulp and squirt them onto the white paper.
  • Sponge out the water and couch as normal. 

Variation

Instead of adding the colored paper after you take the mould & deckle out of the water, add the colored pulp as you start to lift the mould & deckle from the water. You must do this fairly quickly so that the colors donÕt get muddy as the water swirls around. This creates more of a watercolor effect. Finish the paper as you normally would.
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