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means The craft or industry of manufacturing paper, traditionally by pressing and drying a thin mat of plant fibers from a watery pulp.
from A plain English compound of 'paper' plus 'making.' 'Paper' descends from Latin 'papyrus,' borrowed from Greek 'papyros,' the reed-like Egyptian plant whose pith the ancient world wrote on. The irony is that true paper — matted, beaten plant fiber — is a separate invention, traditionally credited to China around the 2nd century, and it traveled west for over a thousand years, picking up the old papyrus name along the way.
- china origin
- Cai Lun standardized it around 105 CE
- old secret
- Europe waited a thousand years to learn how
- rag trade
- Early paper came from old cloth, not wood
- acid trap
- Modern paper slowly self-destructs as it ages
- wasp credit
- Wasps made paper from pulp before humans did
washi paper — traditional japanese paper made from kozo, mitsumata, or gampi fibers, documented since 7th century
fabriano mill — italian papermaker founded in 1283, still operating and producing handmade paper
arches watercolor paper — french mill established 1492, produces 100% cotton rag paper used by artists worldwide