Heaven Hemp
Apples and Pears designs Handbound Large Art Sketchbook . 120GSM . 32 pages . Tree Free Paper
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One handmade art sketchbook, perfect for anyone who loves drawing, practicing calligraphy, sketching, art, or as a gift for a creative friend. Made from 100% tree free lokta paper. Limited stock.
Size
10'' x 15'' x 0.5''
25.4x36x1.3cm
32 Pages
120GSM (thick)
ABOUT LOKTA
For over 1000 years handmade paper has been produced in the mountain area of Nepa. The raw material used is the bark of the Daphne Cannabina or Daphne Papycracea bush, locally known as 'Lokta'. The bark is gathered at high altitudes of 6500 to 9500 feet and carried down to villages where local paper makers clean and boil it twice. The boiled bark is beaten with wooden mallets, producing a soft pulp whic is poured over screened wooden frames floating in a pond, and then spread evenly by gently shaking. The frame is then removed and dried in the Himalayan sunshine and the resulting paper peeled off the frame. After harvesting, the Lokta bush naturally regenerates, reaching full maturity again in six to seven years, this preserving the fragile forest ecology of Nepal, as well as giving continued work to the many mountain villages.
It is entirely handmade.
Size
10'' x 15'' x 0.5''
25.4x36x1.3cm
32 Pages
120GSM (thick)
ABOUT LOKTA
For over 1000 years handmade paper has been produced in the mountain area of Nepa. The raw material used is the bark of the Daphne Cannabina or Daphne Papycracea bush, locally known as 'Lokta'. The bark is gathered at high altitudes of 6500 to 9500 feet and carried down to villages where local paper makers clean and boil it twice. The boiled bark is beaten with wooden mallets, producing a soft pulp whic is poured over screened wooden frames floating in a pond, and then spread evenly by gently shaking. The frame is then removed and dried in the Himalayan sunshine and the resulting paper peeled off the frame. After harvesting, the Lokta bush naturally regenerates, reaching full maturity again in six to seven years, this preserving the fragile forest ecology of Nepal, as well as giving continued work to the many mountain villages.
It is entirely handmade.