A Research On The Potential Of Local Natural Fiber To Produce Handmade Papers For Drawing, Painting And Printmaking

Paper is made of a raw material that has been beaten and broken down into tiny fibres, mixed with water and formed into sheets on a screen surface that catches the fibres as the water drains through it. The individual fibres interlock and form a sheet of paper when pressed and dried. The raw materia...

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Main Author:	Darestani, Elham Shafaei
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2013
Subjects:	NX1-820 Arts in general
Online Access:	http://eprints.usm.my/43367/1/Elham%20Shafaei%20Darestani24.pdf
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spelling	my-usm-ep.433672019-04-12T05:26:09Z A Research On The Potential Of Local Natural Fiber To Produce Handmade Papers For Drawing, Painting And Printmaking 2013-10 Darestani, Elham Shafaei NX1-820 Arts in general Paper is made of a raw material that has been beaten and broken down into tiny fibres, mixed with water and formed into sheets on a screen surface that catches the fibres as the water drains through it. The individual fibres interlock and form a sheet of paper when pressed and dried. The raw materials producing such fibres include the bast plants, tree bark, stalks of grasses, and other vegetation. The modernization of papermaking made it possible for mass-production of paper using pulped woods. The invention of pulping machine would end the nearly 2000-year use of pulped rags and plant fibres, and start a new era for the production of newsprint. Eventually almost all paper that we know today is made out of pulped wood. However, industrialized papers made from wood pulp are not suitable to be used for artworks. This is because industrialized papers have high acid content due to the processing of the wood pulp. Acidic papers must be avoided at all cost by artists because these papers turn yellow quickly in time, negatively affecting the durability and aesthetic value of the art work. Therefore, rather than relying on the industrial process of papermaking the production of art papers that is used for drawing, printmaking and painting remains heavily based on the handmade process. This research investigated the potential of natural fibres available locally to produce specialized hand-made art papers for drawing and painting. It intended to further develop the existing research on hand-made papers at the USM School of Arts towards a specific application to produce hand-made papers specifically tailored for artistic use. Papers were made from natural fibres obtained from banana, kantan and mengkirai for artistic purposes. The handmade papers were then evaluated through performing laboratory tests and assessed by several well-known Malaysian artists to compare their performance against commercial papers. 2013-10 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/43367/ http://eprints.usm.my/43367/1/Elham%20Shafaei%20Darestani24.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Seni
institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
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language	English
topic	NX1-820 Arts in general
spellingShingle	NX1-820 Arts in general Darestani, Elham Shafaei A Research On The Potential Of Local Natural Fiber To Produce Handmade Papers For Drawing, Painting And Printmaking
description	Paper is made of a raw material that has been beaten and broken down into tiny fibres, mixed with water and formed into sheets on a screen surface that catches the fibres as the water drains through it. The individual fibres interlock and form a sheet of paper when pressed and dried. The raw materials producing such fibres include the bast plants, tree bark, stalks of grasses, and other vegetation. The modernization of papermaking made it possible for mass-production of paper using pulped woods. The invention of pulping machine would end the nearly 2000-year use of pulped rags and plant fibres, and start a new era for the production of newsprint. Eventually almost all paper that we know today is made out of pulped wood. However, industrialized papers made from wood pulp are not suitable to be used for artworks. This is because industrialized papers have high acid content due to the processing of the wood pulp. Acidic papers must be avoided at all cost by artists because these papers turn yellow quickly in time, negatively affecting the durability and aesthetic value of the art work. Therefore, rather than relying on the industrial process of papermaking the production of art papers that is used for drawing, printmaking and painting remains heavily based on the handmade process. This research investigated the potential of natural fibres available locally to produce specialized hand-made art papers for drawing and painting. It intended to further develop the existing research on hand-made papers at the USM School of Arts towards a specific application to produce hand-made papers specifically tailored for artistic use. Papers were made from natural fibres obtained from banana, kantan and mengkirai for artistic purposes. The handmade papers were then evaluated through performing laboratory tests and assessed by several well-known Malaysian artists to compare their performance against commercial papers.
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author	Darestani, Elham Shafaei
author_facet	Darestani, Elham Shafaei
author_sort	Darestani, Elham Shafaei
title	A Research On The Potential Of Local Natural Fiber To Produce Handmade Papers For Drawing, Painting And Printmaking
title_short	A Research On The Potential Of Local Natural Fiber To Produce Handmade Papers For Drawing, Painting And Printmaking
title_full	A Research On The Potential Of Local Natural Fiber To Produce Handmade Papers For Drawing, Painting And Printmaking
title_fullStr	A Research On The Potential Of Local Natural Fiber To Produce Handmade Papers For Drawing, Painting And Printmaking
title_full_unstemmed	A Research On The Potential Of Local Natural Fiber To Produce Handmade Papers For Drawing, Painting And Printmaking
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granting_institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
granting_department	Pusat Pengajian Seni
publishDate	2013
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