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Close up of freshly-steamed paper mulberry branches

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posted on 2025-01-22, 10:47 authored by Daphne Mohajer va PesaranDaphne Mohajer va Pesaran
When paper mulberry branches are steamed, the bark shrinks slightly, which makes it easier to peel. In this video it is easy to see how the edges of the bark retreate from the white inner branch during steaming

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

SY01

Rights owner

Daphne Mohajer va Pesaran

Cultural group

Japanese

Participants

Keiji Abe, Daphne Mohajer va Pesaran

Country

Japan

Place

Shiroishi, Miyagi

Item/object

Paper mulberry branches

Techniques of production

Steamed

Cultural context/event

General production

Social group setting

Community

Location

Workshop

Temporality

Typically occurs during wintertime

Intent

Papermaking

Date of creation

2020-01-13

Unique ID

2019SG04-SY01-0738

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