Taleamor Plant Research

2019 | Taleamor Park | La Porte, IN

Experiments during a artist residency fellowship at Taleamor Park making paper using of local praire plants. Processing plants involved soaking, peeling, cutting down, cooking in an alkaline woodash solution, sheet formation, pressing, and drying.

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Soaking corn stock leaves

Soaking corn stalk leaves

Peeling the outer bark to gather the inner green bark

Peeling the outer bark to gather the inner green bark

Pulling sheets of commongrass

Pulling sheets of commongrass

Pressing stack of pulled sheets

Pressing stack of pulled sheets