Creating Handmade Paper with Natural Fibers
Cooking, blending and washing the fiber
A course by Camila Moncada (Jáku Papel) , Artisan and Paper Specialist
Joined November 2019
Joined November 2019
About the video: Cooking, blending and washing the fiber
Overview
“In this lesson you will learn the three steps to process the raw material and turn it into a suitable pulp for making paper. Through this process you will obtain separated cellulose fibers with an almost neutral pH. ”
In this video lesson Camila Moncada (Jáku Papel) addresses the topic: Cooking, blending and washing the fiber, 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
“In this lesson. we will finally process our sunflower stalks to obtain pulp for making paper. If you remember from our earlier discussions. the initial step involves cooking the stalks in an alkaline solution which helps break down and separate the cellulose fibers. Following that. we will move on to another essential To separate them mechanically. use the blender. Begin by weighing the raw material. In this case. we have 800 grams of sunflower stalks prepared and ready for the next step. To weigh it. the first thing is tare the container and then place the cut stems inside. For instance. w...”
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Course summary for: Creating Handmade Paper with Natural Fibers
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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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