Lol. I KNOW we'd have a lot of fun together!! Our other halves would have to form an art widowers' club because they'd never see us!

It's great fun. 😊

I will. I considered waiting for them to dry, but I wanted to get the video done and uploaded (life and a sick dog had put uploads on hold for so long). There are other things to consider once paper is done. It's unsized in its initial state, so good for card-making, drawing or monoprinting, but if you want to paint on it, it's better sized, which you can do by dipping the sheet in water with gelatin dissolved in it - more coats will make it more sized, so a very well sized sheet will behave like watercolour paper.

I generally overlap by about an inch

Haha! Thank you. I really appreciate the comment

Nope. No adhesives. The paper fibres bind together by interweaving in the process. The only additive you might want is size. As it dries in this state, it's like blotting paper (which is unsized), and will absorbe as much liquid as it can hold if you paint or print on it (monoprinting processes use blotting paper so that the image is absorbed fully into the paper). If you want it to behave like cartridge paper, you might want to lightly size it. If you want to make watercolour paper, where liquids will sit on the surface without absorbing much at all, then a heavy size is needed. Basically, the more heavily sized it is, the more it will resist water. I'm sure there are commercial sizes, but handmade paper can be sized with gelatin. Just dissolve as much as needed (depending on how heavy a size you want) in warm water in a shallow tray a little larger than your paper and quickly dip both sides of the paper in the size & hang up to dry by the corners (or drape a larger sheet over a drying rack & cut at the fold later)

@@imparts119 WOW! thanks for the brief explanation! at first i thought you have to add some adhesive or something to maintain its shape. thank you! :D

The deckle & frame I bought at a jumble sale about 35 years ago 😂, but they exist out there or can be made quite easily with 2 wooden frames, covering one with a fine mesh. The only other thing needed is anything made from compressed paper, like egg boxes & drink holders from fast food places. These are made of unsized paper, so they break down in water easily. If you want to make very fine, white paper, you can use toilet paper. Nothing else is essential. Any absorbant untextured cloth can be used to stack sheets - or you can lay it from the deckle directly onto a piece of glass if you want a very smooth sheet - but this will take longer to dry

It can be used as it is easily in monoprinting. If you want to use water based paints, it's best to size it, as it will absorb all the liquid immediately if unsized. You can size it by dissolving gelatin in a tray of warm water and dipping each side of the sheet of paper in it. If you want to to be heavily sized (as watercolour paper), then let it dry & dip it at least a 2nd time.