Paper made from the foliage of daylilies, which I made last year, comes out bronzy and crackling. The addition of abaca is to avoid the crackling which I didn't want on this occasion. I liked it for the book I made of the foliage, though. The paper from the flowers will probably be a different color, but you can't tell ahead.
Here's the makings
and a sheet newly made, resting on the side of the vat to drain
and here's the post, that's the whole output, drying in the sun.
I saw a blue jay eyeing it a bit ago, and hope they don't get involved pecking. But in fact if they walk on it, that could be very nice, bird footprints. The vertiginous (see Milton Avery, sorry, in-joke) angle is to get the whole post in one shot.
This will dry pretty quickly in today's high heat, and if I'm up to it tomorrow, I'll make more, using other fibers. All out of daylily flowers now.
