In the Summer issue, our authors share their recently developed innovations and low-tech or green solutions in studio and equipment design. Dave Reina begins with his tale of designing and building a hardware-store beater. Loreto Apilado describes eco-ergonomic cooking equipment he fabricated for a women’s cooperative in the Philippines. Aimee Lee details the Korean papermaking equipment she installed at Cleveland’s Morgan Conservatory. Suzanne Sawyer discusses antique and contemporary flax brakes for processing flax from field to paper. Tim Moore offers detailed drawings of his mould-making loom and encourages others to try their hand at making paper moulds. Brian Queen explains how he uses a computer-driven laser cutter to make chiaroscuro watermarks. Gibby Waitzkin gives us a tour of her green papermaking studio; Maggie Puckett reports on her research on setting up an outdoor, oceanside studio for seawater papermaking; and Jonathan Korejko introduces us to two commercial paper mills in the UK. In addition, Peter Thomas reports on his visit to Cheney Pulp and Paper Company, and Simon Barcham Green profiles Capellades Paper Mill Museum.
--Excerpted from Mina Takahashi's Letter from the Editor
