Previously, I tried my hand at making some historical types of early paper however my results were a bit mixed.
This time, I thought I'd seek the help of some experts.
Paper is made from the pressed fibers of plants such as Hemp, Cotton, Bamboo and most commonly wood pulp
The first form of paper making can be traced to China around 100 BC.
Most paper was often made from the scraps of hemp or cotton rags and cloth.
The widespread use of the spinning wheel in the 13th century led to an abundance of cloth whose scraps could be turned into paper.
cotton remains a popular paper even today for its durable nature and is often used for making currency notes. U.S. currency is made out of
75% Cotton
In 1844 a method was [developed] for processing wood pulp into paper this new method created an even cheaper paper that allowed [it] to
Become the most common form of writing material even today making wood pulp paper is an extensive
Process that requires many chemical treatments to break down the tough fibers of the wood to common materials [used] for making paper
Just happen to be materials. I have left over from when I previously made my suit hem, and cotton with my leftover fibers
I turned to expert paper makers at cave paper to help me with this process
Let's make some paper
Hi, alright
About some of the [hemp] and cotton that I have
So you'll be able to tell me how to turn into a paper sure let's try cook in the hemp
We'll just put the cotton out here, and if you want to put it in the big cooking pot. We can do that, okay?
Stop it all in
And we'll just push it down till about here and get a cooking for you, all right?
While my hemp oils I'll begin preparing the cotton the fibers must first be broken up into small pieces
For that we use a special beater machine
We ran the cotton through the machine for several hours until [it's] finally broken down enough for paper making
Once chopped into small short fibers headed to a cup of water and thoroughly mixed
Next the mold is pulp group with a screen match with water drains out leaving just the fiber
then this newly formed piece of paper is laid out on a piece of felt and
The process is repeated over and over again until the stack is ready
Stack is in placed under a press where [5,000] pounds of pressure is applied to it the
[pressure] helps drive the water out and forces the fibers together to form a more solid paper
How many sheets shake it out of this um two pounds only like 15 20, okay?
Four litres of cotton paper are then stacked together and press again
By combining them together this helps them dry [with] less wrinkles. Then [one's] dry. You just peel the layers apart
Now let's look to do is to hang them up to dry
[ten] papers prepared using a similar process to cut first however. I need to once again separate the bass fibers
After hours of [healing] hem stocks is added to the beater machine screen through a mold
[Transfer] [it] onto the felts and once again put into the press
Unlike the cotton the hemp needs to be dried under weights as it shrinks a lot and would otherwise turn out really wrinkly
Really and all my papers dry over the weekend at cave paper
And I was like completed completed paper the first one is cotton it turned out pretty nice. It's got a nice texture and
it was fairly easy to do whereas the hemp here was very reminiscent of when I made my suit where
The the hemp was a lot more involved and took probably
Five three to five times as long both in the suit and making the paper
So I think that both of these will work pretty well with my book next up. I'll need to make some writing utensils