Showing posts with label paper making. Show all posts
Showing posts with label paper making. Show all posts

Friday, April 27, 2012

A Trip to Ogawamachi: Traditional Paper Making

Amano san showed us how to make washi, Japanese paper.




she does this three times to make a piece of paper.





a piece of paper is now made.  you can do this yourself, she says.
Chiho san and me
At Saitama Dento Kougei Museum at Ogawamachi


the home for Japanese papers

the room to make washi 

he is pressing wet papers one by one.

we can make something like these.  washi is very light.


Amano Miho san showed just two of us how to make a paper.
What a coincidence!  Yes, we share the same last name.  Maybe, we are related.

I asked her if her hands have gotten rough doing this daily.  She said no, on the contrary.
Her hands looked smooth and shining.

http://www.precious-piece.com/aboutwashi/washi_making.pdf