I went to Are You Mad workshop on July 22nd 2025 at Coal Drops Yard, King’s Cross for a Paper Making from fabric waste workshop, and it was so amazing yet I found it very relaxing.

Are You Mad is collaborating with a fabric waste recycling organization called Fibrelab based in East London, who actively collecting fabric materials from all over the place and turned them into various renewed products, including paper pulp materials.

Generally, the selected waste fabrics are using organic fabrics such as cotton and denim because they are easier to be recycled rather than any other inorganic materials like polyester. Regardless most of the clothes are mainly using organic fabrics, there is still a mystery on how to recycle or giving a second chance to any inorganic materials. So if I want to implement this pulp-making from waste fabric in Cipadu, I will still another ways to take action on the inorganic fabric materials that might also clog up in the sewers of Cipadu.

The process of pulp-making is typically easy, in my opinion, for everyone. You just need a waste of patchworks or fabric scrap, proper blender to blend all of the scrap, papermaking mould from wooden frame and mesh, huge containers for the pulp, cloth canvas, towel and sun!

If you are low in motoric, you may find dipping your hand with the mesh a little bit disgusting. But, it was just a beginning because I am not used with clogged sink in the kitchen as well. Moving forward, the decorating the paper was the most interesting part! I’ve got to experimenting different color of the pulp and combine them into a new type of color. I was also capable to decorate each of the papers using the remaining scraps and other materials.

This might not be my best result, but I enjoy the process very much. I might want to do this again later. And I thought, this might also can be a great activity to do to recycle the unwanted scraps from Cipadu’s textile industry.

However, I still need a lot to learn on how to turn waste into artistic piece, or maybe another product. Thus, I think I might going to explore further on what are the ways I can recycle for fun!