日本之行 ~ 18。08 [土曜日] ～ 制紙工坊 Day 2

Day 2
- Cleaning the Kozo fibers to remove specks
- Hand beating the Kozo fibers            
- Papermaking Demonstration

How to beat the Kozo fibers into pulp

After beating the Kozo fibers thoroughly, tear a small handful of beaten pulp, put it into a bowl of water, stir it to check if the fibers would separate and open into super delicate fibers, like a fluffy cloud caught in the water. If yes, the fibers are ready for the next step. If no, the fibers need to beaten a while more. 

徹底擊打後，撕下一小部分，將其放入水中，攪拌以檢查纖維是否會暈開成非常非常微小的.....如果不是，需要再打多一會兒。

大家打到手都累癱了。



Next is papermaking demonstration.
接下來是Mr.Fujimori的造紙示範。



Mainly there are 3 different steps in forming a sheet of Japanese paper :

• insert the screen (suketa) and scoop the pulp mixture in a fast motion to form a thin first layer of paper surface.
• insert the screen, scoop, shake the screen gently, moving forward and backward, left and right, and try to hold the screen as horizontal as possible throughout. Can do many rounds to make thicker layers of paper.
• insert the screen, scoop and then tossed off the far end of the mould to form the final layer.

The action of scooping - flipping over the screen correctly requires a lot of skill.

https://awagami.com/pages/washi-paper-basics has a better description.

主要有3個不同的步驟來制成一張和紙 ：

• 插入紙簾，并快速持簾迎浪而上舀取紙漿，先形成薄薄的第一層紙表層。 
• 插入紙簾，舀取，輕輕上下前後左右搖動在紙簾上的紙漿懸浮液，並嘗試盡可能保持紙簾的水平。這可以做很多輪來製作更厚的紙層。 
• 插入紙簾，舀出紙漿並立即將其倒出以形成最後一層。

 關鍵在於舀取的動作 - 正確地翻轉紙簾是需要高超技巧的。

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在陽光的照射下，這些纸张的纹理顯得更有質感。