All these past months since I bought my first 3d-printed I’ve been experimenting with making different tools and jigs for bookbinding and other crafts. But one of the things I wanted to try since the very beginning of that creative process was to make moulds for papermaking.
It is very enlightening to watch narrator to follow the same steps a professional hanji paper maker has done just a few seconds before. That gives you a chance to appreciate how hard is the work even if it looks simple when done by a master.
Jay Tanner is experimenting with drying paper like it was done in the 18th century.
Check this video. Narration is in Chinese, however, the footage is almost self-explanatory.
