What is the basic process of papermaking?
Well in general, really simply put, you take cellulose fiber, it has to be macerated, beaten in water, and then dispersed in water, then strained out again on a flat, even layer and then basically you just have to dry it and the cellulose bonds naturally to cellulose but it has to be beaten well. Then you can peel it off of that surface. Now, there’s different ways of finessing that, where you take the sheet off before it’s dry and stack them up and dry them and other different ways. But that’s more or less all there is to it. What are the most significant differences that you have noticed in the paper making techniques practiced worldwide? Well, papermaking is a lot like a lot of other crafts. People over the centuries have figured out ways to more of it faster, quicker and cheaper. At the same time, often the quality has gone down. The ability of the paper to last over the centuries has gone down. The aesthetic properties of the paper have gone. So, cheaper, quicker, faster has been
