making paper from the materials in my waste bin.
playing with the idea that nothing would leave my room and how i can recycle it or repurpose it myself, bypassing the waste and official recycling system.
to begin my investigations i soaked some ripped up used tissue .i then added some dark blue watercolour to see how this would take when the product was dry. befor laying out to dry i spit up the batch and drained and re wet a portion and kept it in a separate container. this was to evaluate the amount of glue like stuff that could have been in the original paper and how the rinsing of this would effect the end piece.
something i noticed on my west highland way trip was how much tissue paper you came across that looked like it was dumped there only the day befor. TISSUE PAPER TAKES FOR EVER TO BREAKDOWN. after soaking it in water myself for several days i still found it retaining its shape- when quite frankly i expected it to turn into a fine mush.
to dry the new paper like product i lay my mush on to a plastic covered surface and pressed it out until it was as thin as i thought it could be and still retain some structural integrity.
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