the layers of paper are stacked on each other formed by the bamboo sheet. Amazing stuff, really. The wet paper will not stick to each other at all.....

the softened bark is then beaten to pulp with this machine. (a new addition). It used to be manual labor, using their bare hands with a stick.

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16.02.08 Photo: Ulrikke Tveiten

Open to the general public

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Yonago Paper Factory, Tottori Prefecture. Long exposure for the steam.

© 2018 Erik Verheyen Photography

© 2018 Erik Verheyen Photography

Producing paper from rice leafes - all by handmade!

An old paperfactory, machinehall

Thimpu Downtown.

There's actually traffic jams here in Thimpu. (and the other larger towns, like Paro)

Motor vehicles are still a luxury in Bhutan really.

Thimphu Bhutan

Paperfactory H