Friday, August 12, 2011

Hangzhou Paper Factory







Mr. Chen & the factory owner.


Start:  Bamboo


smashing


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pulp

mixing it up


Workers live in dormitories & hang their clothes to dry outside.

Using a screen to capture the pulp to make the paper.







An uninvited factory guest

Mr. Chen observing the process.

Mr. Chen's students trying to make paper.

A lot harder than it looks.


It is odd that he works in a paper factory and smokes all day.






Not sure why the chickens where at the factory.  Dinner?

Drying the paper on a heated wall.


The furnace that heats the wall for drying the paper.

Getting some fuel for the furnace.

No daycare options.

Area around the factory.

Finished product!  Beautiful.

Ink.

Mr. Chen, Jennifer's painting instructor.