• We are Living the DreamNepal Tibet Bhutan India 2019Traveler
    Soaking the bark
    bark before soaking in the tubs in the foregroundbark soaked liquid being captured in a framePiles of paper lifted from the framesYoung tree that will grow to provide the bark for the paper makingTired after looking around the factory

    Bhutanese Paper making factory

    May 21, 2019 in Bhutan ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    This was fasinating.

    This small factory produces tradional paper hand made from the bark of Daphne Bush. The process involes stripping the bark, soaking and boiling it, then crushing, pulping, layering, pressing and drying. We watched steps of the process in this tiny dirty shed but the paper is lovely.Read more