Artisan Papermaker Handicraft & Printing Workers
SaveWhat Does an Artisan Papermaker Do?
Artisan papermakers create paper slurry, strain it on screens, and dry it manually or using small scale equipment.
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Where Do I Start?
Drying Methods
Use different methods to dry handmade paper, such as air drying, stamping, wiping, vacuum, and iron drying.
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Skills You Need to Become an Artisan Papermaker
Essential Skills
Essential Skills
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EssentialDrying Methods knowledge
Use different methods to dry handmade paper, such as air drying, stamping, wiping, vacuum, and iron drying.
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EssentialTypes Of Pulp knowledge
Kinds of pulp are distinguished based on their fibre type and the specific chemical processes through which they were created.
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EssentialTypes Of Paper knowledge
The different criteria used to determine differences in paper types such as coarseness and thickness, and the different fabrication methods and wood types from which the types of paper stem.
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EssentialSizes Of Paper knowledge
Different kinds of paper sizes such as folio, quarto, octavo, and sixteen-mo. Each type indicates how many times the paper has to be folded. While these are older, they are …
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EssentialFollow A Brief skill
Interpret and meet requirements and expectations, as discussed and agreed upon with the customers.
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EssentialIdentify Customer's Needs skill
Use appropriate questions and active listening in order to identify customer expectations, desires and requirements according to product and services.
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EssentialMeet Contract Specifications skill
Meet contract specifications, schedules and manufacturers' information. Check that the work can be carried out in the estimated and allocated time.
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EssentialDry Paper Manually skill
Press a sponge on the pulp and screen to press water or chemical solutions out, forcing the pulp fibres to bond together.
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EssentialMake Paper Slurry skill
Create paper slurry or pulp from recycled or used paper with water in mixers and blenders or other equipment. Add colors by adding papers in different colors.
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EssentialPress Paper Manually skill
Press the paper with a couching sheet or felts and press bar, further draining water of the paper and reducing drying time. The goal is to press in a way …
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EssentialStrain Paper On Mould skill
Adjust the paper to the size of the frame and insert a cover paper screen and grid on top of it. Strain the whole, and dump the paper pulp in …
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EssentialWash Fibres skill
Remove the chemical solution of the digesting process, making paper pulp soft and fibrous.
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Optional Skills (5 of 14 displayed)
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OptionalQuality Standards knowledge
The national and international requirements, specifications and guidelines to ensure that products, services and processes are of good quality and fit for purpose.
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OptionalTypes Of Paint knowledge
Varieties of paint and chemicals used in their composition.
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OptionalTypes Of Bleach knowledge
The range of bleach and others chemicals used to remove the colour from materials in a steam cooking process, adjusting the brightness and colour of the materials.
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OptionalAdd Colour skill
Add the required colour according to specifications for tinting batch.
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OptionalAdjust Properties Of Cut skill
Adjust cut sizes and depths of cutting tools. Adjust heights of worktables and machine-arms.
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OptionalAnswer Requests For Quotation skill
Make up prices and documents for the products that customers may purchase.
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OptionalDispose Waste skill
Dispose waste in accordance with legislation, thereby respecting environmental and company responsibilities.
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OptionalHandle Financial Transactions skill
Administer currencies, financial exchange activities, deposits as well as company and voucher payments. Prepare and manage guest accounts and take payments by cash, credit card and debit card.
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OptionalKeep Personal Administration skill
File and organise personal administration documents comprehensively.
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OptionalMonitor Pulp Quality skill
Avoid lesser quality and lower grades of recycled paper and pulp by keeping an eye open for stickies, plastics, colour, unbleached fibres, brightness, and dirt.
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OptionalNegotiate Supplier Arrangements skill
Reach an agreement with the supplier upon technical, quantity, quality, price, conditions, storage, packaging, send-back and other requirements related to the purchasing and delivering process.
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OptionalOrder Supplies skill
Command products from relevant suppliers to get convenient and profitable products to purchase.
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OptionalConcentrate Pulp Slurry skill
Measure the weight and concentration of the pulp slurry for further processing and storage by using disk filters and calculating slurry density with specific formulas.
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OptionalCreate Craft Prototypes skill
Fabricate and prepare prototypes or models of objects to be crafted.
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