Artisanal Paper Elaboration
What is paper?
A course by Juan Barbé , Paper Engineer
About the video: What is paper?
Overview
“The paper is defined as "a thin sheet formed by cellulose fibers intimately bound and previously hydrated". That is, to make paper we only need water and cellulose. The water should be sweet and as clean as possible and the cellulose should have a fibrous character and the rest I tell you right now! ”
In this video lesson Juan Barbé addresses the topic: What is paper?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Artisanal Paper Elaboration. Learn to create handmade paper using plant fibers.
Partial transcription of the video
“The paper is defined as a thin sheet formed by cellulose fibers intimately bound and previously hydrated, of which, is deduced that to make paper Cellulose and water are necessary, and indeed, is how easy it is to make paper. only need water and cellulose, two very abundant elements in nature, and in addition, fully renewable. The water must be sweet and be as clean as possible. Therefore, the old paper mills were installed in the headwaters of the rivers above the populations, thus preventing them from reaching the water with organic residues, and cellulose, the only condition that has to ...”
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Course summary for: Artisanal Paper Elaboration
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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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