papermaking
Pulp becomes pages
Papermaking is the craft or industrial process of producing paper from fibrous materials.
Traditional methods involve pulping plant fibers—historically rags, now mostly wood—suspending them in water, then pressing and drying the matted sheets.
She studied traditional Japanese papermaking techniques.
The term covers everything from artisanal handmade sheets to massive industrial operations.
Shaping cavity or fungus
- decklePaper's rough natural margin
- couchingAnchoring decorative threads flat
- sizingDetermining or adjusting dimensions
- pressingRequiring immediate attention
drying · felting · scooping · loft · beater · handmade · sheet · screening
Having raised design
- watermarkTranslucent authentication mark
- vellumPrepared calfskin for writing
- parchmentTreated hide for manuscripts
- laidPast tense of place
wove · grain · toothy · fibrous · coarse · smooth · matte · glossy
Plant fiber for textiles
Grain-crushing facility
- calenderingRoller-smoothing process
- coatingApplied surface covering
- bleachingChemical color removal
- productionMaking or generating something
manufacturing · newsprint · cardboard · packaging · tissue · corrugating · printing · offset
Plant wall polysaccharide
- fibersThreadlike structural strands
- woodchipsShredded timber fragments
- ligninStructural plant polymer
- beatingRepeated striking or pulsing
slurry · refining · screening · consistency · kraft · sulfite · mechanical · thermomechanical
Discarded written material
- sortingArranging into sequence
- balingCompressing into tied bundles
- shreddingCutting into thin pieces
- reprocessingHandling material again
sustainability · collection · circular · post-consumer · recovered
mould
Shaping cavity or fungus
- decklePaper's rough natural margin
- couchingAnchoring decorative threads flat
- sizingDetermining or adjusting dimensions
pressing · drying · felting · scooping · loft · beater · handmade · sheet · screening · retting
embossed
Having raised design
- watermarkTranslucent authentication mark
- vellumPrepared calfskin for writing
- parchmentTreated hide for manuscripts
laid · wove · grain · toothy · fibrous · coarse · smooth · matte · glossy · satin
cotton
Plant fiber for textiles
bamboo · bagasse · mulberry · flax · jute · ramie · straw · rag
mill
Grain-crushing facility
- calenderingRoller-smoothing process
- coatingApplied surface covering
- bleachingChemical color removal
production · manufacturing · newsprint · cardboard · packaging · tissue · corrugating · printing · offset · converting
cellulose
Plant wall polysaccharide
beating · slurry · refining · screening · consistency · kraft · sulfite · mechanical · thermomechanical · chemical
wastepaper
Discarded written material
reprocessing · sustainability · collection · circular · post-consumer · recovered
- early printingmovable type, typography, incunabula, folio, quarto
- artsartist, creativity, expression, songs, painting
- creative artsvisual art, drawing, painting, abstract art, illustration
- craftssewing, knitting, painting, glue, scissors
- East Asian Culturechopsticks, yin and yang, tea ceremony, origami, qi
- handicraftssewing, knitting, pottery, weaving, embroidery
papermakingprinting
Reproducing text mechanically
publishing · bookbinding · typesetting · writing · reading
paper, making, make, newspaper, papers, papered, wallpaper, sandpaper, papyrus