Paper Pleasures-From Basic Skills to Creative Ideas celebrates the beauty of paper and shows how people of any age, without any artistic training, can learn to create a vast range of decorative or useful artifacts. With more than 100 pages of stunning color photographs illustrating handmade papers and objects and 200 easy-to-follow diagrams, Paper Pleasures begins with an historical survey of paper and an account of how to make paper at home using readily available equipment and materials.