Making Paper: An 800 Year Old Tradition

Sustainability
Art and Environment
Environmental and Science Education
STEM
by Edward Hessler

An 800 year tradition of making paper by hand in Kurotani, Kyoto Prefecture Japan is the subject of a short documentary.

The film is ~5 minutes long and without narration but with some music.

This film seems a meditation on paper making, from harvest to the final decorated sheets.