As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, the historic mill celebrates its place in America’s enduring manufacturing ...

Cai Lun Memorial Park was set up in 2001 in the city center of Leiyang, Hunan province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Leiyang in Hunan province is the birthplace of the creator of advanced ...

Baidi village is widely considered to be the origin of the Dongba culture. [Photo by Xu Jing/chinadaily.com.cn] To explore the traditional techniques of Dongba hand-made paper, representatives of ...

Papermaking is one of ancient China’s greatest inventions. There has been more than 2000 years of history since Cai Lun invented paper in the Eastern Han Dynasty (25 BC – AD 220). Although now a ...

Aimee Lee first came to know “hanji” at a Chinese art history class at Oberlin College in the United States when a museum curator said Chinese painters preferred using traditional Korean handmade ...

Papermaking, a cornerstone of human civilization and one of China's Four Great Inventions, exemplifies the enduring legacy of ancient ingenuity in shaping modern materials science. Originating from ...

Paper pulp, woven threads, and fiber painting: The Iowa City public dipped their hands into traditional Japanese fiber arts and “washi” last weekend. The series of events, titled “The Future of a ...

Nick Cladis, a professor at the University of Iowa, was granted to host a Japanese papermaking festival on Friday April 14, 2023. Special artists Masami Igarashi and Hideaki Taki came from Echizen, a ...

Book Arts and Papermaking offers both traditional and explorative classes at all levels in papermaking, bookbinding, decorative paper techniques and letterpress printing. Papermaking and Book Arts ...