Craft · 6 pages · 12 min
How handmade paper differs from a machine sheet
A dipped mould forms one sheet, while a machine wire forms a continuous web.
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From the opening
Handmade paper is formed one sheet at a time when a mould is dipped into a vat and lifted so the pulp stays on the screen. A machine sheet is a continuous web on a moving wire, cut into pages only after it has been pressed and dried. The opening covers a mould dipped in a vat, a web cut after drying, and a formed deckle versus a cut.
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Inside
- A mould dipped in a vat
- A web cut after drying
- A formed deckle versus a cut
- Grain is weaker by hand
- Where the idea stops applying
- A distinction worth keeping
Sources
- Mould and deckle papermaking
- Fourdrinier web formation