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Show 3 laid bamboo cover is terminated at the top and bottom edges by bambo bars, one slightly larger than the other. The two bars act as boundaries 50 that the wet pulp will not flow beyond these points, the flowage at th «ce by the worker who dips the mould. (Boththe small rounde "hia stri1psznd the two bars running p'\nlILI with the laid lines are made of bamboo, I'hjllnxwdt}«x eduis (Carr e,the whole mould I)cm coated with lacquer, Rius vernicifera, as a pmtecuan against water.) T boundary is e "dccklc" or fence around the four outside edges, whil two leather straps divide the mould into three distinct parts, upon eacl of which a separate sheet is formed when the mould is dipped into the vat In photograph 14 is shown a mould with three leather straps, suited fo making four sheets of paper at one time; if a long narrow sheet of pape i desired the leather straps are removed, as the bamboo "laid" lines ru the full length of the mould. Tm idmould s lln, most common type i China aswell as in all parts of the Orient. It s fou te varicty of sizes, but in general principles of constructione sdcariea The craft of papermaking was introduced into Korea from China. Th exact time is not known, but the inception dates from a most remote period The Koreans in turn carried the art to Japan sometime during the sevent century A.D. The Japanese, with their innate ingenious skill became exper Papermakers, and soon outclassed both the Chinese and the Koreans in th cul rees and shrubs for papermaking barks, in the varieties o Paper made, and in economic production. Before the advent of the Japancs in Ghosen, the Koreans had their own techniquein mould construction a well as in the formation of paper upon the moulds, although, as in al Papermaking by hand the original Chinese principle mnamd unalwzc n visiting the small handmade paper mills of Korea I did not find counterpart of the "wove' mould such as is used in Kwan‘g ung Province South Ghina, nor do I believe that the "wove" type of mould ever playe Al rights reserved |
