Papermaking: Handmade Paper and Paper Products

Papermaking: Handmade Paper and Paper Products — page 1
PAPERMAKING How often do you use paper Probably every day You draw pictures and write school reports on paper You also use paper when you read books buy movie tickets and more That's a lot of paper Before paper people wrote on materials such as bark silk leather and bamboo Then nearly 2 000 years ago Chinese court official Cai Lun created a lighter cheaper material It was made of rags and plant fibers that had been soaked pressed into sheets and dried It was the first paper Soon papermaking spread from China all across the world Over time papermakers discovered new and better methods for making paper