Papermaking

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Laminations

also called ...

Multiple Couching

Materials and Supplies

  • string  

Basic Process

  • Simply couch one newly formed sheet on top of another
  • when the paper dries or is pressed the fibers of the two sheets will interlock and fuse together

Revealing an Image

  • Base sheet
  • Xerox on Acid Free Paper
  • Top Sheet

Embed an Image

  • Base sheet
  • Image sheet
  • Thin sheet on top 

Colored Strips

  • Base sheet
  • Stripes of Pulp
  • String
  • Top sheet

  • Tear string out by first placing two steel rulers on both sides of string.

Potential for Japanese Papers

  • Japanese style papers are created thorough multiple dips, effectively laminating layers to build up the desired thickness of a sheet
  • double sided sheet
  • washes of color like watercolor
  • alter positions
  • strong base- multitude of laminating shapes.

Registration Techniques

  • String placed along bottom edge where mold can be aligned for each sheet 

Potential Problems

Different pulps shrink at different rates and can cause distortio

 


 

   

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