Handmade Paper Making Supplies You Need!

Handmade paper making supplies can be found all over the place. Making handmade paper is an inexpensive hobby. I want to show you where you can get your handmade paper making supplies so you can make your own paper. Keep reading to learn about the handmade paper making supplies you need to get started. 



Handmade Paper Making Supplies -Retailers 

Here are the places I like to get my paper making supplies from: 

  • PaperTrail in New Dundee, ON 

  • Carriage House Paper in New York

  • Thrift stores 

  • Amazon

Handmade Paper Making Supplies

You can check out the above retailers for where to buy the following paper making supplies:

  • Water/hose and sprayer

  • A plastic apron- there’s lot’s of water involved

  • A large vat 

  • A plastic folding table 

  • Rubber boots - your feet will get wet

  • Strainer

  • Measuring cups

  • Food scale 

  • A place to dry your paper like an old screen window or hanging on a clothesline

  • Mould and deckles - varying sizes 

  • Pulp - I like using cotton or abaca in sheets 

  • Wool felts

  • A large 5 gallon bucket 

  • Squeegee for easy clean up

  • Jiffy mixer with drill to attach it to

  • You can also use a blender and some scrap paper if you are looking for a more DIY look to paper making or you are just starting out. 



Extra Handmade Paper Making Supplies 

  • Hollander beater 

  • Other forms of pulp

  • Pigments 

  • Rubber gloves 

  • Books about paper making or a beginner paper making course

  • Additives like formation aid


Check out my other paper making blog posts:

How to Make Handmade Paper with Plants 

How to Make Handmade Paper with Denim



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Sediment -Art Installation by Jackie Partridge

Sediment art installation by Jackie Partridge was started in 2017. I started paper making in 2015 where I was working as a teaching assistant in a paper making class during my MFA. See some behind the scenes look at a current project and learn about the process of paper making below!

Sediment is an ongoing art installation since 2017 where I form sheets of handmade paper with blue jeans from my grandfather. Currently there are about 300 pieces of handmade paper.

Sediment art installation with blue denim handmade paper by Jackie Partridge

My grandfather is a retired farmer who sold the family owned century farm in 2012.

The paper acts as a memory and are stacked on the floor like waves in the water.

This piece is inspired by the artwork Remnants that also used old farming clothes belonging to my grandfather.

Learn how to make paper out of denim here! This explains the process for making this artwork.

Sediment art installation by Jackie Partridge made of 300 sheets of handmade denim paper

In order to make the denim paper the blue jeans must be collected rinsed with water and cut into tiny 1”x1” squares. After the squares are cut they are put into a beater that grinds the natural fibres into tiny blue threads.

The paper making process- denim pulp

The paper making process- denim pulp

After the pulp is beaten down to tiny threads (taking around 4 hours or longer) The pulp is added into a vat of water and a mould and deckle are used to create sheets of paper.

This is the mould and deckle used to create the circle sheets of paper

This is the mould and deckle used to create the circle sheets of paper

Marbled Denim Paper
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Pocket Full of Sunshine
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