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This
exhibition showcases six portfolios of handmade papers published
between 1994 and 2003 by Hand Papermaking, Inc. Four of these portfolios
feature letterpress printing, watermarks, photographic techniques,
and innovative printmaking, all on handmade papers. The other two
present handmade papers from Nepal and design and pattern in decorated
papers. Forty of the handmade paper samples from these portfolios
are framed and will hang in the gallery. The others will be on display
in our exhibition cases. The paper samples are accompanied by booklets
which include detailed information about the artists, their papers,
and their techniques.
Also
featured in this exhibition are paper-related items in the collection
of the Mortimer Rare Book Room: books by Dard Hunter; manuals on
papermaking and printing on dampened paper; papers made by Douglass
Morse Howell; and historical and contemporary uses of handmade papers.
Morgan
Gallery & Book Arts Gallery
Neilson Library level 3
November -- December, 2004
GALLERY
HOURS
| Days |
Hours (approx.) |
| Monday
- Thursday |
8
am - midnight |
| Friday |
8
am - 11 pm |
| Saturday
& Sunday |
10
am - 11 pm |
For
detailed hours information see http://www.smith.edu/libraries/info/hours/
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Theatrum
machinarum by G. A. Boechler
The
process of western hand papermaking is shown here in capsule form
Theatrum machinarum by G. A. Boechler, published in Nuremberg
in 1662. Raw materials (primarily linen and cotton rags in early
papermaking) are soaked and then pounded into pulp by the stamping
machine (pictured at the front), powered by the water wheel outisde the mill at the far left. Early paper mills needed a reliable and plentiful
water supply both for power and for mixing in large quantities
with the paper pulp during manufacture. The vatman forms a sheet
of paper by dipping a paper mold (a tightly-woven screen surrounded
by a wooden frame) into a vat filled with water and paper pulp.
As the mold is lifted out of the vat, the water drains away; the
wet sheets then are transferred onto woollen felts, leaving the
mold free to form the next sheet of paper. Another man operates
a large press to remove excess moisture from the newly formed
sheets, after which the paper is hung on ropes or beams to dry.
Packages of finished sheets of paper are visible behind the vatman.
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