Because of the enormous amount of the potato peels, I decided to dry them first, to keep them from going bad

These three paintings are based on archival material from the City Archives. They were painted on paper that I made from potato peel paper

After drying, the paper sometimes turned into a sculpture

The potato peel paper is fragile and not very dimensionally stable

I practiced my painting on the peel paper a lot

painting tests

The first paper came from China

Visiting the last paper mill in the world that is powered by wind energy

Deckle frame for making paper

At the paper mill: the paper is pressed while drying

The cotton is mashed before going into the water

To smoothen the paper, it's pulled through this roller

Antoine-Augustin Parmentier made every effort to get the potato onto prison and hospital menus. Thanks to him, the potato became one of France's most important food sources