Fiber Test Procedure


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Materials and Supplies available for check-out usually for a three day time period check for availability with instructor Checkout sheet	Basic Project Requirements Each student completes the entire fiber preparation and sheet forming process. The student will gather (or locate and secure) the plant materials, cook, clean, beat, and form sheets. . Fully Documented Experiment All sheets and samples must be accompanied by documentation of the fiber and necessary process information. . Each student shares their project with the entire class and papermaking program. two samples to the college one sample to the instructor one sample to each student in class Note: sample includes some raw fiber and a pulled sheet of paper(s). It is expected that at least the student's sample set, one of the sample sets to the college, and the sample set to the instructor includes a small sheet of paper of each step in the process of sheet development. This would include the various beating coarseness, the various amounts of supplemental fibers added to form a viable sheet. . Students who do not complete this project will not receive samples from others in the class.
stainless steel cooking pot and cover stirring paddle or wooden spoon soda ash hot plate rubber gloves goggles	Preparation of Raw Fiber Measure fiber Cook fiber Rinse fiber handout: Preparation of Raw Fiber (Cooking)	PRECAUTIONS: Like all alkali chemicals soda ash should be added to water. Never add water to an alkali because splattering will occur. Wear eye protection. GOGGLES or MASK WEAR RUBBER GLOVES..
beating sticks beating board Jar for testing beating	Beat Cooked Fiber handout: Preparation of Raw Fiber (Cooking)	.
Dry formation aid (Neri)	Prepare Formation Aid (Neri) refer to your handout: Formation Aid (Neri)	.
Vat Wool blanket for under vat	Vat Set-up Scissors, shears or clippers. Hand scissoring works well for iris, cornstalks, gladiolas	.
Mold and Deckle Pellon Felts Sponges Small bucket	Japanese Sheet forming Techniques test for necessary pulp additives test various coarseness of beating (None, fine, coarse)	.
Rolling Pin White Board	Restraint Dry Sheets	.
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.	Possible Plant Fibers for experimentation. *Pineapple* *Iris* *Cattail* *Fox Cotton (may require multiple people)*	*A good source book for fiber ideas:* *Bell, Lilian A., Plant Fibers for Papermaking, Liliaceae Press, McMinnville, Oregon, 1990.* .