When you decide to make washi at home, one of the challenges you will face is what to do with Neri. Tororoaoi, a typical raw material for … [Read more...]
I cooked Japanese paper material alongside the curry.
It may be difficult to imagine making Japanese washi paper at home, but it is not so wired. Especially if it is the old way, like the way … [Read more...]
Japanese paper making and Technique: Strain
The deckle and pool Reed screen Bamboo screen The black side is the gauze Copper screen Stainless screen Strain two times with … [Read more...]
Washi production and Nature: Sunshine
Board dry Drying the fiber bark just after peeled off from the tree. Kozo beeing dried after scraped off the outer black bark. Sun … [Read more...]
Washi production and Technique: Knives
The left one is a special sickle for paper plant harvesting. ”Press cutter” Bark and peeled off branches Fire place for steaming … [Read more...]
Washi production and Nature : Water
Kozo paper bark fiber sun bleaching in streaming water Steaming the fiber plant branches Dried fiber material Harvested Kozo … [Read more...]