Stencilled Screen Prints and Handmade Paper

In my last post I mentioned that the "Freaks Rise Up" print was my second try at screen printing...well, here are my firsts. I had to cut out 5 stencils and arrange them in 4 different designs. Considering the constraints of the assignment, I'm pretty happy with these results, but I am a little peeved at how much white space there is:

I've also been making some handmade paper recently, my favorite of which has been this Japanese-style paper made of bark, which had to be boiled, cleaned, and beaten until it was ready to be used for pulp. The sheets then get stuck on a window to dry:







And here's a batch I made of green fabric and my roommate's old blue t-shirt: