cool PAPER ART PAPER MAKING HANDMADE PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS MEGAN BORGERT SPANIOL Checkerboard Library An Imprint of Abdo Publishing abdobooks com
PAPERMAKING How often do you use paper Probably every day You draw pictures and write school reports on paper You also use paper when you read books buy movie tickets and more That's a lot of paper Before paper people wrote on materials such as bark silk leather and bamboo Then nearly 2 000 years ago Chinese court official Cai Lun created a lighter cheaper material It was made of rags and plant fibers that had been soaked pressed into sheets and dried It was the first paper Soon papermaking spread from China all across the world Over time papermakers discovered new and better methods for making paper
Today most paper is produced in factories by machines However craftspeople around the world have continued to make paper by hand And with just a few basic materials you can make handmade paper too
