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WOW! That's really neat, I've never considered something like that. Sounds really cool.
Some tutorials on YouTube are a LOT better than others and I've found some to just be terrible.
Different methods for paper making give very different results and despite the good method being easy... It's not the one that people seem to think of when they first start?
If any tutorial tells you to put the pulp on the mould and deckle itself... Do not listen... Put it into the vat with the water and let it settle... If you put it on the mould and deckle manually it won't be level and it'll be bumpy and way thicker than you want it to be.
Another fun bit though is that you can experiment with the actual paper itself. Ever wanted paper that glitters? Just throw glitter in with the pulp. Want blue paper? Due the pulp blue. Want paper thats better for certain art vs others? There are loads of organic additives you can put in that change the properties without removing the recycled nature of the project.
If you have a 3D printer you can even make 3D molds to put excess pulp into and make cups and such.
I love this so much