Start by collecting all the old papers that you have, from unimportant letters to old projects that are kept aside gathering dust. Look for papers in newspaper, magazines, office paper, and the likes, ...

The ancient Mon Shugu paper-making craft of the Monpa community is being revived in Tawang, keeping a 1,000-year-old ...

In one of the rooms of the Jungshi Handmade Paper Factory in Thimphu, Bhutan, Jamyang, 73, is hard at work. Sitting cross-legged against the wall, she deftly sorts boiled fibres of the daphne plant, a ...

KUNMING — In a small village in Yunnan province, a crystal-clear stream has been more than just a source of water for generations — it has been the lifeblood of an ancient paper-making tradition. When ...

Naheed Hafiz, who makes and sells handmade paper and runs '˜The Paper Shoppe' in the city, believes that there is a lot more awareness about handmade paper today For Naheed it all started as a hobby ...

Hilonee K Shah enjoys being in her small, “messy” studio attached to her home in Mattancherry. The well lit, verandah-like space is where she finds peace and solace, says Hilonee, who makes her ...

The studio at the Morgan Conservatory, with natural light coming through the garage doors (all images by the author for Hyperallergic) Finished sheets of handmade kozo paper in the conservatory’s ...

For 24-year-old Nima Tsering, the charms of a metropolis where most of his peers from a hamlet in Arunachal Pradesh have migrated in search of greener pastures hold no allure. The preservation and ...

Barun Chatterjee, 52 years old and holder of a PhD degree in Bengali literature, lives in a wide-verandahed house in a village called Chella near Bolpur town in Birbhum. At any given time, the ...

Paper making, an art medium found in many forms around the world, is an accessible craft for all ages and skillsets. “It’s a wonderful medium that can scale from beginning crafter to contemporary ...