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Teachervision has a great page on papermaking . There are also some creative paper making/pulp related lesson plans on the Dick Blick website. The Knox Gallery has another cool lesson plan.
In my classroom I used Arnold Grummer molds that I bought from Dick Blick that are inexpensive. I have had them for over 5 years and they hold up really well in the water. I recommend his instructional videos!

Definition – Papermaking is the process of making paper, a substance which is used ubiquitously today for writing and packaging.
In papermaking a dilute suspension of fibers in water is drained through a screen, so that a mat of randomly interwoven fibers is laid down. Water is removed from this mat of fibers by pressing and drying to make paper. Most paper is made from wood pulp, but other fiber sources such as cotton and textiles may be used.

Making Handmade Paper Video series on Ehow.com

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We have been hard at work in the art room at HAMMS.  My 7th and 8th grade majors have done a few fused glass pieces thanks to a generous donation by Ellenburg & Shaffer Glass Art Studio. My 7th grade elective students have been hard at work making contour line drawings. My 6th graders are working on touring the Elements of Design and are creating some very colorful shape collages.

Some of this work will be displayed at the Dixie Classic Fair in October. I have posted some of their work online at Artsonia.

In an effort to fund raise and having more time with my majors this year, I am looking at Fimo beads. I have found several websites that I like:

• Polymer Clay Beads
• How to make Fimo Beads
• Lentil Swirled Beads

I can’t wait to do this with my students!

I have been been trying to follow some of the diagrams in the origami books I checked out in my school’s library, but have been having some trouble. So, since I am a visual learner, I decided to have a look on youtube to see what their origami videos were like. Man, oh man, I hit the jackpot! Roses, rings, snapping crocodiles, cranes, beating heats, you name it! But of course, we can’t see You Tube videos at our school, so I stopped by Teacher Tube. Here is an origami video I found of a crane.

My goal is too add an origami section to the craft page… or just make it’s own page from the craft page. If there was only more time in the day….

Wait stop the presses!!! There is an origamitube! http://www.origamitube.com

Another good website is Alex Bateman’s origami models. I will have to re-visit the site to check out the tesselation paper models.