Blessing in disguise.
Kozo is really the reason I make paper in the first place - to see the fibers and all the natural beauty created with variations of fiber length and thickness. Being forced to revert back to a mostly kozo vat brought me back to that. I initially added all the cotton to get a heavier, more opaque paper for sturdier projects (like garlands and backdrops for layered pieces), but the natural quality of a variegated kozo pulp, balanced with minimal cotton, is just lovely.
Below is a grid made of a heavy cotton/light kozo pulp. This is nice, flecked with the kozo.
But here are the squares and papers made with heavy kozo/light cotton. The natural element is so nice. Different look. And a mix of different papers together highlights the beauty of them all.
And, as you can see above as well, I am playing around with layering my papers with my watercolor and ink. I'm really liking the possibilities so far.
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