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Long-form notes on technique, materials and the workshops we buy from. No listicles, no borrowed content — we write about what we can see with our own eyes.

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Lokta paper

Lokta: The Bark Paper That Outlasts Everything Else in the Archive

Nepali documents written on lokta a thousand years ago are still flexible. Wood-pulp paper from 1950 crumbles. The difference is fibre length, and it is worth understanding.

27 Jun 2026

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