Creating Handmade Paper with Natural Fibers
About Me
A course by Camila Moncada (Jáku Papel) , Artisan and Paper Specialist
Joined November 2019
Joined November 2019
About the video: About Me
Overview
“To begin with, I will tell you about my beginnings in the world of papermaking and how I developed the project that I called Jáku, today converted into my company dedicated to the manufacture of handmade paper and products made with it. ”
In this video lesson Camila Moncada (Jáku Papel) addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creating Handmade Paper with Natural Fibers. Learn step by step how to process plants to make handmade paper that you can dye and use to create notebooks.
Partial transcription of the video
“Introduction Nice to meet you. My name is Camila Moncada. I'm from Bogotá, Colombia. I studied fine arts and graduated in 2016. While in college, I started creating handmade paper. In an engraving course I took in 2013, the professor mentioned he was making paper using rose stems. I thought this was very interesting and began doing research on papermaking. I found that you can make paper out of any plant. If it's green and it has cellulose, then you can make paper out of it, but most people mix it with recycled paper. It found it more interesting to work with 100% natural fiber and started ...”
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Course summary for: Creating Handmade Paper with Natural Fibers
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, Bookbinding, DIY, Fine Arts
Camila Moncada (Jáku Papel)
A course by Camila Moncada (Jáku Papel)
Camila Moncada is the creator of Jáku Papel. She originally studied fine art, although she is currently focused on her studies in physics. What most concerns her is to think through matter about what time is and how it shapes the universe, both from the point of view of art and science.
In 2013, she delved into the world of handmade papermaking from organic waste. She discovered a wealth of possibilities when she realized that paper can be obtained from any vegetable fiber, each one lending their unique qualities to create different kinds of paper. After several years of experimenting, she created Jáku in 2016, a company dedicated to making handmade paper and paper products.
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