After I got the consistency right of the pulp, I then went on to experimenting with different techniques.

When I was creating the paper I liked how I made the paper thin but consistent. I also like how towards the edges of some of the papers it went really delicate and fine. This gave me some ideas on what I would do when I began to experiment. I wanted to focus on delicate things that don’t last forever or change over time.

The first one experimented I chose to do was with flowers and petals. I wanted to do this because it fits with my concept of fragile objects and it not lasting forever. I experimented with a variety of flowers to see which ones worked best with the paper. However, my first experiment wasn’t as successful as I had hoped due to the fact that I didn’t dry the flowers out. This meant that they were not integral to the paper. Below is an example of my experiments when the paper was wet.