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Mold & Deckle

Materials and SuppliesDAY SIX - MOLD & DECKLE

Dawson pp 2022

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• wove

• laid samples

.Ideal:  Mahogany, teak. Work well in repeated use in water without sealants and varnish 

Free of knots and warpages 

Inside dimension= size of paper 

Adequate: pine, ash, fir, or walnut 
 

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Japanese 
Western 
Nepalese

1x2 
if mitered flat L shaped brackets (Brass) 
Fabric screen = brass nails or brass stapled

Spray

Wove 
Laid

Brass staples (steel rusts)

Watermarks - make of thin brass and sew on mold with

Mold- rectanglular wood frame covered with porous screen or cloth stretched 

Deckle-uncovered frame- raised edge around screen helps pulp from rinsing off mold.

Deckle is the removable wooden frame which fits the mold exactly and creates a raised edge. 
Picture frame molding can be used. 

Any glue used in the construction of the mould and deckle should be insoluble in water.

Wove mold - mid 18th c devel

Japanese style 

Japanese molds are called sugeta.  The su is the removable screen-Parallel strips of bamboo held together with silk thread.  Mold & deckle hinged. 

First molds- pour pulp onto woven colth - streched across wood frame- and let dry on the cloth.  Needed lots of molds. 

Early Spanish and Italian paper likely used a version of this mold with removable bamboo or reed cover.  Japanese use this to develop their technique: nagashi-zuki. 
 

No matter what type the main function is to allow water to drain away from the then layer of pulp.