Artisanal Paper Elaboration
Leaf formation
A course by Juan Barbé , Paper Engineer
About the video: Leaf formation
Overview
“Loose the fibers we will take them to a tub or tank with water. Through a trainer we extract the sheet. The former acts as a sieve, retains the fibers and lets the water pass. In this way the sheet will be formed. This sheet we have to leave it on a damp cloth that we will cover with another cloth forming, thus, a pile of leaves and cloths. ”
In this video lesson Juan Barbé addresses the topic: Leaf formation, which is part of the Domestika online course: Artisanal Paper Elaboration. Learn to create handmade paper using plant fibers.
Partial transcription of the video
“And now let's form the sheet of paper. For that need a trainer. Through its mesh the water will pass, and the fibers will be left on top of . can be metal mesh, like this, or it can be plastic mesh. The plastic mesh you have to stretch. The metal meshes are tensioned, so you just have to crush them so that they can be stapled around the wood. The plastic meshes and the metal ones, , ideally, have between thirty-five and forty threads per centimeter. If you can assemble them metallic, better, because they are more durable or more professional, degotan the sheet ... They are more advantages, ...”
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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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