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Show 7 Ompei the papermaker were using the root of the holly-hock (Alfhaca rosea for the size, the use of any special plant being influencedby its abundanc at the particular season. The Korean size is prepared by the same process a thic Japaiacee preiotaly descuibed ok e bectmiaue s oo clicien In fabricating the paper two men workat every vat, eac holding a long edge of the mould, as may be seen in photographs 58 and 5 (For a description of the Korean mould see Part I1.) The mould-frame, wit ts "laid"" bamboo cover, and the two "deckle" sticks in place, is dippe into the vat of pulp and a sufficient quantity of the fibrous liquid take upon its surface. This s given a spreading motion while the water is runnin through the meshes of the bamboo sicve-like mould, and the dipping i repeated until the sheet is of the desired thickness for its particular use It is the vegetable size that makes this repeated dipping possible a differentiates the ancient Oriental method of handmade papermaking from that of the Occident.Afterhe shet has assumed its proper umkms sticks are removed and thehe "laid bamboo cover is lfted fice from the mould-frame. The bamboo, wnh it layer of matted pulp, is laid face downward upon a pile of sheets alread formed, the worker having first placed a length of straw along one end o each sheet to facilitate the subscquent separation of thesheets. The worker then roll the "laid" bamboo matting with wooden mum,wmch causes th moist sheet to adhere to the pile so that the empty bamboo mat may b raised, and placed again on the mould-frame ready for forming the following sheet of paper. This process is repeated over and over until a substantia stack of waterleaf paper is built up, cach separated from the next at on narrow edge by a straw or length of grass. These straws, protruding fro the edges of the paper, may be scen in pho(ogmph 59, having been put i place by the young Korcan sitting at the end of the pile of paper; the lon wooden rollers also are visible, leaning against the v he heaps of paper arc pressed over night by means of a lever pres Al rights reserved |
