The Ada Beater: Improving the Quality of Handmade Paper in Ghana
Handmade paper has been around for centuries. In Asia, Europe, and other parts of the world, the means of creating handmade paper depend largely on traditional equipment and other industrial machines. In Ghana, the means of creating handmade paper is through a tedious process of hand beating the bas...
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| description | Handmade paper has been around for centuries. In Asia, Europe, and other parts of the world, the means of creating handmade paper depend largely on traditional equipment and other industrial machines. In Ghana, the means of creating handmade paper is through a tedious process of hand beating the bast fiber of the Kyenkyen tree. This resulted in the production of a proto-paper known as the bark cloth. This traditional method has almost become extinct with the influx of imported industrial papers. Therefore the purpose of this study was to seek a solution to this problem through the possible design and fabrication of a paper pulp-making machine daubed the Ada Beater. Thus getting vital tools for making art, print, and papermaking. The paper explored practice-based research methodology to fabricate a papermaking machine known as the Ada Beater. The results showed that the machine can be fabricated and made to produce improved papers of archival quality derived from various plant sources in Ghana. It is recommended that this homegrown know-how should be made available to artists and art teachers for the teaching and use of handmade paper for artistic purposes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2ce99e8f87a049089ff5301d076589932024-01-19T13:50:48ZengNoyam JournalsE-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences2720-77222023-10-0141013071319https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.202341013The Ada Beater: Improving the Quality of Handmade Paper in GhanaMichael Adashie0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5262-3416George Kushiator1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3408-3196Bertha Ayim2https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1391-6480 Department of Painting and Sculpture, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, GhanaDepartment of Communication Design, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana.Department of Communication Design, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, GhanaHandmade paper has been around for centuries. In Asia, Europe, and other parts of the world, the means of creating handmade paper depend largely on traditional equipment and other industrial machines. In Ghana, the means of creating handmade paper is through a tedious process of hand beating the bast fiber of the Kyenkyen tree. This resulted in the production of a proto-paper known as the bark cloth. This traditional method has almost become extinct with the influx of imported industrial papers. Therefore the purpose of this study was to seek a solution to this problem through the possible design and fabrication of a paper pulp-making machine daubed the Ada Beater. Thus getting vital tools for making art, print, and papermaking. The paper explored practice-based research methodology to fabricate a papermaking machine known as the Ada Beater. The results showed that the machine can be fabricated and made to produce improved papers of archival quality derived from various plant sources in Ghana. It is recommended that this homegrown know-how should be made available to artists and art teachers for the teaching and use of handmade paper for artistic purposes.https://noyam.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/EHASS202341013.pdfbeaterfibrillationflocculaterollerbladesmacerationpulp |
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| title | The Ada Beater: Improving the Quality of Handmade Paper in Ghana |
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| title_short | The Ada Beater: Improving the Quality of Handmade Paper in Ghana |
| title_sort | ada beater improving the quality of handmade paper in ghana |
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