Colophon’s favorite handmade paper is made with wild fibers sourced on or near the Hook Pottery Paper property. We are lucky to now have many of those fibers available for your own papermaking endeavors! Find Colophon’s selection below.

All fibers are $12.00 per pound or $10.00 per pound when you order 5 pounds or more.
One pound of fiber will yield between 10 and 15 sheets of paper (using the Colophon Sugeta) depending on how thick you pull your sheets.

Cattail
Shredded and read to cook, this cattail is a wetland species that is commonly found in many marshland and low lying wet areas. The plant's leaves are flat, very narrow, and 3'-6' tall when mature; 12-16 leaves arise from each vegetative shoot. The plant has been collected in late January as to not disturb animals that utilize this habitat as a home.

Flax*
Uncut. This Flax is from a white blooming breed of flax, called Chantal, grown in the Netherlands. This flax has been field retted. It is a very strong and tough fiber. It will need to be cut prior to beating – it can only be beaten on a Hollander.

Hay
Shredded. This is an organically grown combination of grasses - timothy, brome, fescues, orchard grass, etc. Hay can be harvested 2 - 3 times a year depending on rainfall and farming practices. The farmer uses regenerative methods that restore soil life and sequester carbon from the atmosphere storing in the soil for plants to use.

Sisal*
Uncut. This fiber is a by-product from the agricultural area. It has already spent a year in a barn tying hay and straw into bales. As the farmer uses the hay and straw through the winter months the twine is removed and sold here. The sisal is a leaf fiber from South America sold to farmers through farm tool suppliers.

Wheat straw
Shredded. This is a by-product from the wheat harvest. Once the ripe and dry wheat berry is removed with a combine the straw is then baled for animal bedding, compost piles, mulch, etc. This straw is from an organically grown field that is using regenerative methods to restore soil life and sequester carbon from the atmosphere and storing it in the soil for plants to use.

*Cutting the fiber to 1 inch length prior to cooking allows for an even pre-soaking and efficient cook.