The Particulars of Paper
Paper is so boring particularly with the advent of computers or the web. Paper is so small in its size, and easily destroyed, and therefore can be replaced. Is it possible that we are just thinking of it as a commodity? We've become accustomed to throwing a lot of paper items into the recycle bin and with it, the realization of its worth or value? Paper is much more than the average white 8 1/2 11 inch photocopy sheet found in every office in the globe. It's much more than thin gray pages of newspapers providing the latest financial and weather information. The paper is the result from an ancient method of recycling, which has been transformed into a work of resiliency and artistic flair. Let's have one look. Papermaking is among the Four Great Inventions of Ancient China (along with gunpowder, compass, and printing) and its first appearance in the second century BCE. It was not utilized to write until the following century, and was instead used to wrap silk for export. It ...