Drew Matott instructed 60 4th grade students from Latin School of Chicago. During a two-day workshop at Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts the students learned both western and eastern paper processes and made Japanese paper from Kozo fiber.

 

Beating kanaf fiber.

 

Beating kozo.

 

Western sheet forming with kanaf and cotton.

 

Adding formation aid (aka 'the slime') to the kozo vat.

 

Loading the su ghetta.

 

Kids broke up into groups of four and pulled three sheets each.

 

Couching the kozo sheet onto pellon.

 

 

The People's Republic of Paper