Artisanal Paper Elaboration
Preparation of the plant
A course by Juan Barbé , Paper Engineer
About the video: Preparation of the plant
Overview
“Once the plant is dry, we clean it of bark (in the case of trees and shrubs), earth remains, etc. In almost all cases we must prepare the vegetable so that its cooking is as easy as possible. For this we will cut the plant into pieces of about 3 cm (except the Liberian fibers of trees and shrubs) and we will soak them for 12 hours. We are going to see a very practical case with the plant that we will use in the rest of the course: the Enea plant.”
In this video lesson Juan Barbé addresses the topic: Preparation of the plant, which is part of the Domestika online course: Artisanal Paper Elaboration. Learn to create handmade paper using plant fibers.
Partial transcription of the video
“For the project of this course, the plant that I have chosen It is the line. It is a palpacious plant of the genus typha, specifically the typha angustifolia, that occurs in all temperate regions of the world. There are two reasons why he has chosen the typha. One precisely that, which is a plant virtually universal, and the second condition which I have chosen is because it is a plant within the possible that you can do at home, One of the most complicated. If you do the typha, you can do countless plants, which are much simpler than them. To process this plant, the first thing we are goin...”
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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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