Gail Stiffe

Book and paper artist with over 30 years experience, convenor of Australian Women's Art Register

[Gail Stiffe @Papergail]

Precious' handmade book box #papergail #papermakersofvictoria #banglapaper #books #gelatineprint… https://t.co/JUH6CFEM9R

[Gail Stiffe @Papergail]

Preparing denim for papermaking.
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#handmade #handmadepaper #papermakingworkshop #recycle #natural #texture #papermaking #paperlove #denim #denimpaper #papermakers_of_victoria
#recycling #paperwork… https://t.co/rOBVXZKcIJ

[Gail Stiffe @Papergail]

Self isolating and making A2 pineapple fibre paper in my back shed. Plus handy presses one and two.
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#handmade #handmadepaper #papermakingworkshop #recycle #natural #texture #papermaking… https://t.co/uuK1IEihRM

[Gail Stiffe @Papergail]

My watermarked lamp made from mulberry bast fibre. Spells my old school motto ' respice lucem' look to the light.

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#handmade #handmadepaper #papermakingworkshop #plantfiber #natural #plantfibre… https://t.co/qGPkHDBXXq

[Gail Stiffe @Papergail]

Some play with my home grown Kozo just one branch and I got maybe 4 A3 sheets.

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#handmade #handmadepaper #papermakingworkshop #plantfiber #natural #plantfibre #papermaking #fibrepaper #weeds #plantpaper… https://t.co/JLKhRHHWFz

[Gail Stiffe @Papergail]

Some fun at Yabbers today with hot and cold wax with paper dyes on cartridge and a range of handmade papers
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#handmade #handmadepaper #papermakingworkshop #plantfiber #natural #plantfibre #papermaking… https://t.co/QAgB9TWek1

[Gail Stiffe @Papergail]

This week's paper, new Zealand flax dyed with cartesol dyes, soon to be torn up and sent to Latvia for inclusion in the iapma bulletin.
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#handmade #handmadepaper #papermakingworkshop #plantfiber #natural… https://t.co/wabkJou8Ha

[Gail Stiffe @Papergail]

I decided that some of my eco prints from the weekend were looking a bit grey so I rusted them with caustic soda and ferrous sulphate, I'm pretty happy with the results. The originals had been cooked up with either… https://t.co/l20RnHfrHl

[Gail Stiffe @Papergail]

Great day at Yabbers doing a practice single sheet binding. I revisited a 'postcard' I made and sent through the post a few years ago. The paper was some that I bought from Mary Hark and knitted using a couple of… https://t.co/sxnztu48Bh

[Gail Stiffe @Papergail]

Great weekend away with papermakers of Victoria, making paper from pineapple, recycled and eucy pulp and eco printing, about to have our dinner.papermakers_of_victoria @ Jamieson, Victoria https://t.co/UIwNxMaFoZ

[Gail Stiffe @Papergail]

Look what I got for mother's Day from my lovely daughters so_its_me_again jendamai2 is in a shed until I get time to have a play and get it working for making bigger prints than I can with… https://t.co/aAeejkArYz

[Gail Stiffe @Papergail]

Great weekend workshop with Glen skien silentparrotpress experiments with image transfer, sandpaper and drypoints. papermakers_of_victoria
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#workshop… https://t.co/WxPAIIgULQ

[Gail Stiffe @Papergail]

Finally finished the piano hinge I started to demonstrate at the papermakers meeting at the start of April. Rusted drypoints on… https://t.co/eub98oC6c4

[Gail Stiffe @Papergail]

On duty at the alcove art shop today, between customers I finished making this 10 needle Celtic binding. The cover is a piece of handmade paper that I dyed with indigo and… https://t.co/WNVDa6pbt5

[Gail Stiffe @Papergail]

Changed over the wall at the alcove today, took my works down and put up Susan's vibrant works.susangustafsonart alcoveartshop @ The Alcove Art Shop https://t.co/KNFZvaJ8BX

[Gail Stiffe @Papergail]

Two new journals and a bunch of brooches ready to deliver to the alcove art shop alcoveartshop tomorrow
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#journal #handbound #celticbinding #brooch… https://t.co/QBGxKrNHUx

[Gail Stiffe @Papergail]

Went along to Thornbury to see the tenfoldtextilecollective exhibition at neon parlour. Loved the natural dyes and particularly the work of former student rosekulak @ Neon Parlour Gallery… https://t.co/MdFHwnpyek

[Gail Stiffe @Papergail]

Testing some pineapple paper for eco print, it held together beautifully and for some lovely effects, I did ram too many leaves in but it was just a test. I also added a piece of recycled… https://t.co/wbxOSbx6nz

[Gail Stiffe @Papergail]

More domestic drypoint prints, these are mini, the plates were 6x4 cm some printed on lace pulp painted paper and turned into brooches for the contemporary art society brooch show, the… https://t.co/1FpXy1jlsl

[Gail Stiffe @Papergail]

Sample book of day one papers in Jamieson last week. Clasp is acorn and pineapple fibre string. Fibre was cooked in preparation for beating and papermaking. String was formed wet and when… https://t.co/jjNubsEiKw

[Gail Stiffe @Papergail]

How to get a lot of paper dry.
Yesterday's Pineapple, spruce, flax, cotton, recycled mountboard. Fun with friends.
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#papermaking #paperartist #paperlove @… https://t.co/cgfW9hYRmz