Paper-making:
Paper-making is the process of making paper, a substance that is used universally today for writing and packaging. In paper-making a dilute suspension of fivers in water is drained through a screen, so that a mat of randomly interwoven fibbers is laid down. Water is removed from this mat of fivers by pressing and drying to make paper. Since the invention of the Fourdrinier machine, 19C, most paper has been made from wood pulp because of cost. But other fibre sources such as cotton and textiles used for high quality papers. Previously, paper was made up of rags and hemp as well as other materials.
Examples of hand-made paper:
Looking at hand-made paper online showed various possibilities when it comes to making paper. The use of flowers / plants within the paper is particularly interesting - could I craft my own paper using plants or seeds that are relevant to the types of plants I'm asking the audience to grow?
Could I make the paper in origami flower shapes??
The origami plants could even be made out of the hand-made seed paper, so you could put your plant in the soil and watch it grow!
What shape could plant pots be??
I really love the idea of creating a way of controlling how the seeds could grow - could I make them grow into a word or a letterform???
