Artisanal Paper Elaboration
Presentation
A course by Juan Barbé , Paper Engineer
About the video: Presentation
Overview
“My name is Juan Barbé and I am a paper engineer. In this unit we will see what paper is, where it comes from and how we can do it in our house using elements available to everyone. I will also show you some of my works, papers and artist books that I have been doing throughout my professional life.”
In this video lesson Juan Barbé addresses the topic: Presentation, which is part of the Domestika online course: Artisanal Paper Elaboration. Learn to create handmade paper using plant fibers.
Partial transcription of the video
“Hi. My name is Juan Barbet and first of all, thank you for having acquired this Domestika course on papermaking from plants, and now you I'm going to tell who I am. I studied at the School of Paper Engineers, so I have a training basically technical and chemical on paper. I spent a few years working in the paper industry, and in the year 83 I set up my workshop Eskulan, dedicated to making papers by hand, basically oriented towards the beautiful Arts. Since then I have worked with numerous artists from around the world and editors, among whom I can quote Manolo Valdés, Eduardo Chillida, Raf...”
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Course summary for: Artisanal Paper Elaboration
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Category
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, Bookbinding, DIY, Fine Arts
Juan Barbé
A course by Juan Barbé
Juan Barbé is a paper craftsman who has dedicated his career to preserving the artisanship of traditional papermaking methods. There's undoubtedly an air of mystery surrounding this ancient and obscure art form. With so few professionals in the industry today, Juan had to teach himself all the tricks of the trade.
He founded Eskulan studio in 1983, and since then, he has led a number of workshops all over the world in collaboration with Instituto Cervantes, teaching at La Facultad de Bellas Artes in Damascus, the Jordan National Museum in Amman, and in Tangier. He collaborated with La Fundación ArtSur in Nicaragua for several years, helping to optimize a workshop specialized in banana-fiber papermaking in Malacatoya and opening another workshop in Granada. He also took his talents to Mexico, collaborating at La Ceiba Gráfica and in Oaxaca.
In 2017, he published his own book, Las plantas y su papel: 102 recetas papeleras, detailing a variety of papermaking methods.
He continues to teach courses and lead workshops all over Spain, working with artists both locally and abroad, and he travels all over America and Asia every chance he gets, visiting different papermaking organizations and getting to know the local artisans and their workshops.
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