Fibre: Plant

To produce handmade "deep" (thick or textured) paper from plant fibers, you must first extract cellulose by boiling plant material in an alkaline solution and then beat it into a pulp that can be layered. 1. Harvest & Prepare Fibers

: Use a blender or a manual mallet to break the cooked fibers into a mushy pulp. plant fibre

: A good rule of thumb is to bend a leaf; if it bends without snapping, it likely has enough fiber for paper. 2. The Cooking Process (Breaking Down Lignin) To produce handmade "deep" (thick or textured) paper

: Use plants high in cellulose like flax , hemp , yucca , cattails , or bamboo . if it bends without snapping