How to Hand Make Recycled Paper

An easy to follow video demonstrating how to handmake unique and beautiful paper by recycling your own waste paper at home. Its clean, its fun and its simple. An ideal hobby or craft for the creative individual, groups of friends, or as a classroom exercise. There are sections covering equipment, the basic paper making process, creative techniques and uses for your personalised paper. Entertaining and educational. Presented by Louise Arnott and Hector Malacaria, two energetic, young people, helping to create a cleaner and healthier environment.

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Credits

producer/director

Hector Malacaria

Duration

00:30:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1989

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

324462

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Paper

Crafts & Visual Arts → Paper

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1989

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