Samsara
Bewertet in Großbritannien am 7. Januar 2024
Making hand laid paper can be a fun and rewarding craft activity, and it's one I first tried in primary school. If you look in gift shops you may notice that hand-laid decorative paper items are not cheap, so with a bit of care you can create attractive and worthwhile gifts for your friends and family, at little to no outlay, beyond the cost of these frames.The first thing to realise is the size quoted is the outer frame size, NOT the paper size. My 20 x 20cm frames make 16 x 16cm paper. Subtracting 4cm from each of the frame sizes gives you the paper dimensions. The frame is untreated wood, and well made. Into this is pinned a fine nylon mesh. You receive 4 in a pack.Youtube is a good place for lessons if you don't know the technique, but basically you just need to mash up a bowl of scrap paper. Tear it into strips, sprinkle with water, allow to soak and soften for a couple of hours, then mash it to a pulp with a whisk or kitchen stick blender. When it's the consistency of pancake batter you can pour it over these screens and leave to drain and dry. After it's fully dried you peel it off the screen and voila! Handmade paper!For artistic effect I find it fun experimenting with adding different coloured tissue papers, dried flowers, small leaves, tiny feathers, colourful silk threads and such like. Or you can just create plain white paper to make into cards and notes. Decorative papers look nice on a window with the sun shining through them, can be displayed as pictures, or cut into panels for hand made greetings cards (which saves lots of money!)These are good fun for adults and children alike, and especially for parents to do WITH their children! A bit of quality time together, being creative, is a really lovely thing. Highly recommended.
Steffi Pepunkt
Bewertet in Deutschland am 6. Januar 2024
... ohne jetzt unnötig Spannung aufzubauen muss ich den Papierschöpfrahmen ein eher negatives Urteil anlasten. Das Netz ist relativ empfindlich- wie ein Fliegengitter für die Fenster und die Rahmen sind aus unbehandeltem und sehr leichtem Holz. Dementsprechend können sich diese beim Papierschöpfen allzu leicht vollsaugen und dann aufquellen. Zum Präsentieren von kleinen Projekten oder sogar als Stickgrundlage eignen sich die Rahmen jedoch ausreichend.
Reviewer
Bewertet in Großbritannien am 6. Januar 2024
Having made paper quite a bit over the years, I knew this wasn't a proper deckle & frame set (the frame portion would have no netting and is there to create an edge to the paper), but I did think this would be a deckle, which is a frame, over which a net is stretched. This means that the paper pulp settles at the same level as the frame edge, and you place the deckle/pulp on a cloth, press the other side of the netting and peel the deckle off, leaving the paper on the cloth. You can then layer multiple cloths/papers - then you press the stack to remove excess water and separate the cloths with their paper and lay out to dry. There's no limit to the amount of sheets you can make this way, and you can transfer the paper to a smooth surface if you want your final sheet to be smooth.This set doesn't work like this. The net has the frame sitting proud of it on both sides (one more than the other) - it's sandwiched between 2 frames glued together, so to make paper, you have to leave it in the frame until it's dry (though you could possibly get around this by placing a rigid board covered in cloth inside the frame, and press the other side to release the pulp to the cloth, but that's a lot of messing around and could damage the delicate layer of pulp). By drying it in the frame, the paper won't be pressed, and will be more fragile. It will also take a lot longer for the paper to dry, as you can't press the excess water out of it.The frames are pine and quite roughly finished and the net isn't very taut, especially considering it's not designed to release the pulp, so you don't need any slack to transfer, and this slack may slightly deform the final sheet, especially if it contains heavier objects, such as dried flowers.I didn't expect miracles for just over £4 per frame, but I didn't expect it to deviate so much from the tried & tested process of hand-making paper.I may adapt these myself by removing the netting from them all, and applying more on the SURFACE of 2 of the frames and create 2 deckle & frame sets, though I'm not sure the wood will survive very well, being untreated pine.However, it's probably fine for a child to have a first go at it without having to worry about boards, cloths, pressing the stack or finding large areas to dry a lot of them. They will work. If they really take to the process, buy them a proper deckle & frame (or make a set from 2 flat wooden frames & some netting or fine mesh).
Family007
Bewertet in Deutschland am 26. Januar 2024
Anfangs hat alles bestens funktioniert. Ich habe zum erstem mal selbst Papier geschöpft und war erstaunt wie einfach das ist.Man kann von der Qualität aber keine Wunder erwarten.Er tut was er soll und das recht gut. War nun schon öfters im Gebrauch. Soweit hält der Rahmen auch noch relativ gut. Jedoch empfehle ich jeden der mehr als nur ab und an mal etwas Schöpfen will einen qualitativ besseren Rahmen zu kaufen.Denn hier würde man mehr als 1x bezahlen.
Fotofreund 501
Bewertet in Deutschland am 18. Dezember 2023
Die Rahmen leiern nicht aus, nach dem schöpfen. Es wurde ein gutes Netz verwendet. Die Kanten splittern aber leicht. Ich habe das Holz deshalb nochmal nach geschliffen.