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DESCRIPTION:Bring your boots\, gloves\, pruners and a bucket to collect i
 nvasive plant materials form around Duke Farms property that you will us
 ing to create your own art.\nAfter a 1 mile hike to collect materials\, 
 participants will have lunch and then learn hands-on how to extract fibe
 rs for papermaking and cordage\; how to make handmade paper from the inn
 er bark of white mulberry\, techniques for isolating plant pigments\, ti
 ps on processing weed trees into lumber and how to make a bamboo pen. Pa
 rticipants will leave with their creations.\nThis event is lead by Patte
 rson Clark who has been harvesting D.C.'s exotic invasive vegetation for
  nine years\, exploring its potential for use as art. At &nbsp\;The Wash
 ington Post\, he is a visual journalist\, writing and illustrating the w
 eekly natural history column&nbsp\;"Urban Jungle."&nbsp\;Patterson maint
 ains a small community garden plot\, where he grows garlic\, stevia and 
 cow peas.
URL:http://hillsborough.patch.com/events/papermaking-from-invasive-weeds-
 a-hands-on-workshop
SUMMARY:Papermaking from Invasive Weeds: A Hands-On Workshop
LOCATION:1112 Dukes Pkwy W\, Hillsborough\, NJ 08844: 1112 Dukes Pkwy W\,
  Hillsborough\, NJ
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