DEAR TUCKER, I'VE BEEN MEANING TO WRITE YOU THIS LETTER FOR SOME TIME. NOW IN MY TRAVELS, I THINK I SHOULD SAY HOW I FEEL.

ALONG WITH THE BERRY
JUICE, 2 KEY INGREDIENTs
are SALT AND VINEGAR.
1/2 TEASPOON OF VINEGAR
WILL HELP TO HOLD THE
COLOR. 1/2 TEASPOON
OF SALT ACTS AS A NICE
PRESERVATIVE.

ONCE YOU HAVE SMOOTH PULP, YOU WILL NEED A MOLD. NOTHING WORKS BETTER THAN A PIECE OF SCREEN FROM A WINDOW AND AN OLD PICTURE FRAME. STAPLE TOGETHER AND VoiLa!

I WOULD HAVE SENT THIS TO YOU VIA EMAIL, BUT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND A CONNECTION this DEEP IN THE HIMALAYAS.

WHAT'S INK WITHOUT PAPER? I NEVER KNEW THAT MONKS ARE SO SELF-SUFFICIeNT.

fill A SMALL TUB WITH
THE BLENDED PULP.
STIR IN 2 TEASPOONS
OF LIQUID STARCH
IT'LL HELP PREVENT
THE BERRY INK
FROM BLEEDING.

LUCKILY THE LOCAL MONKS SHARED SOME OF THEIR ANCIENT MEANS OF COMMUNICATION with me.

THEY RECYCLE ALL OF THeiR PAPER. WHEN THEY SHOWED ME HOW TO MAKE it, I WAS ENCOURAGED TO EXPERIMENT WITH MIXing different types of paper.

SUBMERGE THE MOLD INTO THE PULP. GENTLY WIGGLE IT, UNTIL THE PULP'S THICK ENOUGH AND EVENLY LaiD ON THE SCREEN.

TUB

FABRIC

FIRST, THEY SHOWED ME HOW TO MAKE INK!

DID YOU KNOW? BY SQUASHING BERRIES, EVEN FROZEN ONES, YOU CAN MAKE INK. A 1/2 CUP OF FRESH BERRIES IS PLENTY. PUSH THEM THRough A STRAINER, GETTING THE BERRY JUICE PULP-FREE.

FIRST, YOU'LL NEED A BLENDER. FILL IT UP HALfWAY WITH PAPER AND THEN FILL THE REST WITH WARM WATER. BLEND UNTIL NO PAPER FLAKES REMAIN.

LIFT THE MOLD OUT OF THE WATER TO DRAIN. THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO JUDGE THE THICKNESS OF YOUR PAPER. MORE PULP WILL THICKEN THE PAPER, LESS WILL MAKE IT THINNER.