I’ve been making sheets of paper from the paper boluses. There are around thirty sheets to be made and the process is repetitive. Today I took note of the process.
To make a sheet of paper
select jar
walk to sink
pour out water (but not paper bolus)
2/3 fill wide mouth jar with water from vat
add paper bolus
place empty jar on floor
select couching cloth from bucket
prepare and flatten couching cloth
take yellow cloth and wide mouthed jar and walk to power source
blend three times (covering with yellow cloth)
return to work table
empty contents of the wide mouthed jar into vat
squeeze excess water into bucket
take mould and deckle
form sheet of paper, dip three times
place mould onto couching cloth
press out excess water with yellow cloth, repeat three times
remove mould
move couching cloth and wet paper to drying board
(repeat)
