Process
How paper becomes paper.
Five stages, from loose fibre to a finished sheet. Swipe through the making.
01 — Material
It starts with the material.
Cotton and textile material is opened, cleaned and prepared until it is ready to become pulp.
02 — Pulp
The material becomes pulp.
It is worked with water and agitated in the vat. How long it is worked decides the softness and the surface of the finished sheet.
03 — Forming
A sheet takes shape.
Pulp is drawn out of the vat onto the forming surface and spread evenly. This is the moment the sheet gets its thickness.
04 — The sheet
Water leaves. The sheet stays.
The wet sheet is lifted, transferred and pressed to take the water out. Every one comes out slightly different, and we leave it that way.
05 — Drying
Left to become itself.
Sheets are laid out and left to dry in the open. Only once they are dry are they trimmed, sorted and finished by hand.
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