Whilst on a holiday in Bali last week I began to wonder if anyone there did paper making. After a lot of research I came up with only one place, Saraswati Papers. It was started by an Australian, Kali Sali back in 1995 when she realized how much Bali was struggling with an ever growing pollution problem caused by a growing and modernizing society. Her goal is to reduce the amount of waste so her company collects and recycles papers from hotels, schools, businesses and homes. As they don't use any bleaches or chemicals to whiten the finished papers the collected papers are then cut so as to keep all the plain white pieces that haven't been printed on to use on their own and those with black and coloured printing are put together for a different type of paper. The papers are boiled overnight in a large pot. I loved the Hindu blessing on the side of the stove. Before be...
A traditional Korean paper craft .....