Paper Making Experience in Salento
Lecce, Italy
Trip Type: Cultural Tours
Duration: 4 hours 30 minutes
This special experience will let you dive in a wonderful world. You will experience the whole transformation process of paper, from the fiber to the final product.
This activity will take place under the guidance of an experienced artisan and will last approx. 4.5-hour.
All the needed materials are included in the price, you will bring home your artefact at the end of the hands-on workshop.
This activity will take place under the guidance of an experienced artisan and will last approx. 4.5-hour.
All the needed materials are included in the price, you will bring home your artefact at the end of the hands-on workshop.
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This special experience will let you dive in a wonderful world. You will experience the whole transformation process of paper, from the fiber to the final product.
This activity will take place under the guidance of an experienced artisan and will last approx. 4.5-hour.
All the needed materials are included in the price, you will bring home your artefact at the end of the hands-on workshop.This hands-on workshop consists in a 4 step process through which you will create your own personal notebook/copybook.
From the harvest of the fibers obtained by plants, the extraction of the cellulose, the process of handmade manufacturing of the paper and then the creation of the hand-bound notebook, everything will follow ancient techniques.
You will combine traditional raw materials of Salento, such as fig's fibers, with Japanese binding techniques in order to create a special souvenir that you will bring home at the end of the experience.
Moreover, the artisan will show you his lab telling you on what the daily activities consists of, since he is also an engraver and he reproduces his etchings on paper following the techniques from the VII century.
This activity will take place under the guidance of an experienced artisan and will last approx. 4.5-hour.
All the needed materials are included in the price, you will bring home your artefact at the end of the hands-on workshop.This hands-on workshop consists in a 4 step process through which you will create your own personal notebook/copybook.
From the harvest of the fibers obtained by plants, the extraction of the cellulose, the process of handmade manufacturing of the paper and then the creation of the hand-bound notebook, everything will follow ancient techniques.
You will combine traditional raw materials of Salento, such as fig's fibers, with Japanese binding techniques in order to create a special souvenir that you will bring home at the end of the experience.
Moreover, the artisan will show you his lab telling you on what the daily activities consists of, since he is also an engraver and he reproduces his etchings on paper following the techniques from the VII century.
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