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Simple Plant Papers
Japanese Style
- Use fairly soft
stalks of plant materials
- celery, rhubarb, leeks, onion skins, autumn leaves.
these fibers break down fairly quickly when boiled.
- Cut stalks to apx. 2 inch pieces.
- Boil.
- Wash and rinse until water runs clear.
- Beat.
- Using thin sides of bat, the cooked fiber is pounded to crush and
abrade fibers and forces water deep into the fibers causing water
molecules to attach to areas of the cellulose.
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