Artisanal Paper Elaboration
Materials and tools for the project
A course by Juan Barbé , Paper Engineer
About the video: Materials and tools for the project
Overview
“To develop our project we will need: Water Dried stalks of the Enea (Tipha angustifolia) Blade to cut the stems Trainer Bayetas Supports (flixelinas) Alkali Cooker Gas or other fuel Casserole Water tank Trainer Blender or blender Press Tendal”
In this video lesson Juan Barbé addresses the topic: Materials and tools for the project, which is part of the Domestika online course: Artisanal Paper Elaboration. Learn to create handmade paper using plant fibers.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson we are going to see what are the necessary materials to make our sheets of paper. The first thing we need, logically, is the raw material, which is the enea. To be able to process the enea well, the first thing we have to do is cut it, and for that, need some contraption to cut the enea. For example, I use a guillotine. Afterwards, the enea we have to cook it, but previously we are going to put it to soak, directly in the pot where we are going to cook it. The pot, in my case, the case we're going to see, is stainless steel, but it can be made of iron, can be made of vitrifie...”
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Course summary for: Artisanal Paper Elaboration
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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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