Paper pulp, woven threads, and fiber painting: The Iowa City public dipped their hands into traditional Japanese fiber arts and “washi” last weekend. The series of events, titled “The Future of a ...

Nick Cladis, a professor at the University of Iowa, was granted to host a Japanese papermaking festival on Friday April 14, 2023. Special artists Masami Igarashi and Hideaki Taki came from Echizen, a ...

Papermaking, a cornerstone of human civilization and one of China's Four Great Inventions, exemplifies the enduring legacy of ancient ingenuity in shaping modern materials science. Originating from ...

Faculty in Fulbright College's School of Art are set to host a series of papermaking workshops, lectures and a culminating exhibition this fall as part of their project "Papermaking for Collective ...

Cai Lun Memorial Park was set up in 2001 in the city center of Leiyang, Hunan province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Leiyang in Hunan province is the birthplace of the creator of advanced ...

In the remote Vietnamese village of Suoi Co, a young woman with a vision is keeping an ancient tradition alive. On the veranda of a home in Suoi Co, a rural Vietnamese village about 45km southwest of ...

Sandby, Whatman, and watercolor: an introduction / Scott Wilcox -- A prospect for the nation / Stephen Daniels -- Papermaking and the Whatmans / Theresa Fairbanks Harris, Michael Fuller, and Maureen ...

Papermaking is one of ancient China’s greatest inventions. There has been more than 2000 years of history since Cai Lun invented paper in the Eastern Han Dynasty (25 BC – AD 220). Although now a ...

Baidi village is widely considered to be the origin of the Dongba culture. [Photo by Xu Jing/chinadaily.com.cn] To explore the traditional techniques of Dongba hand-made paper, representatives of ...

NANJING, CHINA, March 18, 2025 /EINPresswire / -- This mini-review examines how the principles of ancient papermaking, involving disassembly, refinement, and reassembly of natural fibers, inspire ...