2026 Foraged Fiber Paper Swap - The project is now completed.

This was a special interest, foraged plant fiber swatch swap, for intermediate and expert hand papermakers. Papermakers the world over submit 2″ x 3″ (5.08 cm x 7.62 cm) samples/swatches of up to 3 different foraged fiber papers, along with the recipes they used to make them. The samples are collated into sets, and Whiteleaf Paper designs a book for mounting them which includes the recipes. Participants each receive one set of swatches and a .pdf of the book.

Sheets must be made of 100% plant material you collected yourself, preferably near your studio, but on your travels is also ok. Naturally, if plant collecting is something you are not physically able to do, then use material someone collected on your behalf. More than one person can collaborate on a submission, receiving one return package.


Registration for this project is now closed. Participants will be notified of benchmarks by email.

  • HOW IT WORKED:
  • Sign up and pay the non-refundable fee of $50. Participation is capped at 60, which would be 5 letter size sheets of each type. Registration will close early if 60 people register before the deadline.
  • On June 1, 2026, you will be notified exactly how many swatches of each paper you should send, based on the number of participants.
  • You submit your swatches, to arrive in Massachusetts USA by August 30, and a digital project form, (provided after registration), which asks for information to be included in the book for mounting the swatches. The form will include the mailing address for the swatches. This form must also be submitted by August 30.
Any fiber that comes directly from plants, which you have gathered yourself, or, if you are physically limited, have had gathered on your behalf. You may recycle your own paper for this project, if it was foraged in the first place.
If the maximum registration is reached, for each set of paper, you would have to make 5 sheets of letter sized paper and cut each sheet into 12 swatches. If the registration turns out to be smaller, you would make less. You can submit up to 3 sets.
Any type of sizing, filler, buffers, pigments, etc. that you normally use are fine.
yes, last year's swap book is shown in full on the 2025 foraged tab on this website. This year's swap will have more than one entry per participant, so the book will be more like the swap book shown on all fibers>handmade paper swap> 2025-26 on this website.
Not at all. Go ahead and pull some out of your stash, if it meets the requirements.
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