Handmade cotton paper
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I tried to start a business in hand made cotton paper. The factory was in Poona, Pune, and everyone in and around the Ashram was using it. It was cheap, so I started importing it with an Indian friend, Massood. Of course things went wrong. The first time we paid cash, but the second time it went through an Indian bank. The bank kept the money for 8 months, before paying it to the factory. The third order was suddenly twice as expensive. And my partner chose to order only blocks, instead of spreading the risk and take paper sheets also, as we agreed before... Any way. it is still a beautiful experience, and a nice story to tell...
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Cotton paper is made from cotton... Here you see women taking the
colored pieces of left over clothing cotton out of the white...
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This baba is putting the cotton through a shredder. Small pieces are
coming out...
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The cotton is put in a basin, with the glue, and mixed thoroughly.
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Finally the fine pulp gets into this basin, where it is scooped out
into a frame with a metal maze. Light shaking spreads the cotton in
the frame, after which it is lifted -
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Out of the water.
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Onto a pile of cotton paper sheets with jute in between.
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The pile is pushed into a press |
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Which
presses the water out.
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Then the paper is hung on lines to dry. You can see it in the paper
sheets, in the structure, where the line was...
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Here the paper is cut and packed.
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Here
the paper is being marbled...
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This is a sheet of cotton paper.
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 Underneath samples of silk cotton paper and aquarelic papers. |
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The
factory in Pune...
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 Goedman schilders benodigd heden, Den Haag. Molenstraat 43.
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'Goedman' in The Hague,
Den Haag, bought this paper from me. It's a great shop, and Jeroen runs
it now... Underneath the things they sell... Jeroen heeft de zaak nu over genomen van Ton Goedman... Hieronder wat foto's uit de winkel.
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