Handmade Paper > Shaped Paper

A plaster mold was used to prepare a kozo paper cast of a red oak leaf. The kozo casting is embedded in paper made from over-wintered Siberian iris from my garden surrounded by a kozo amate (bark paper) frame.

The assemblage is mounted in a walnut frame, made by Will Lehmann.

Margaret Merritt, Amate, Bark Paper, Cast Paper
OAK ON IRIS 1
Cast Kozo & Siberian Iris Paper with Kozo Amate (Bark Paper)
11.5" x 13"
2004