Handmade Paper

Why use handmade paper?

Our forests are being destroyed at an alarming rate and trees are being felled by the millions to satisfy our need for wood and paper.

FACT: 1 ton of mill-made paper costs 270 trees or 400 bamboo plants.

Global rates of destruction of forests:
- 2.4 Acres every second - equivalent to 2 football fields.
- 149 Acres per minute.
- 2,14,000 acres per day, an area larger than New York City.
- 78 Million acres per year, an area larger than Poland.
And thanks to all this destruction, an estimated 137 species of life forms are driven to extinction each day or 50,000 a year.

Handmade paper is a solution to solve all our environment related problems:

1. 100% Wood-free:
   Handmade paper has the advantage of being 100% wood-free which makes it the most eco-friendly form of paper around. It is also 100% recycled and recyclable. There are no chemicals used in the manufacture of our handmade paper. The paper is solar dried, so no energy wastage. No trees are cut to make such paper, the pulp used to make the paper is derived from Cotton Fabric Rags, and this makes it 100% eco-friendly and 100% natural. So handmade paper cuts down on pollution, its saves trees (and wildlife), thus contributing to a much healthier environment.

    

2. Excellent Quality:
   It has greater tensile, bursting, tearing and double-fold strength compared to conventional paper.

    

3. Versatile:
   Handmade paper is excellent for writing as well as printing.

    

4. Attractive:
   Apart from all this it looks great, handmade paper is fashionable, it's up market, its classy! Our papers can be decorated with flower petals, jute, wool, grass, straw etc.

If it's so perfect, why isn't everyone using it?

Handmade paper does turn out to be a little more expensive compared to mill made paper because its not mass produced by machines like conventional paper. However, there is a greater cost involved in the long run when using mill-made paper; somebody has to pay for all those trees being cut down and the damage being done to the environment.

Manufacturing details:

• Handmade Paper is made from 100% cotton waste and other residual agro waste.
• Jute / Hemp / Wood / Wool / Straw / Flower Petals and Silk Fibers are used to give mottling effect in the paper.
• 22 x 30 inches is the conventional size, but 23 x 35 inches can also be made.
• Natural Pigments are used, but their range of colours is very narrow. Therefore, sometimes synthetic Non-toxic Dyes are used to give a very bright shade to the paper.
• Only those chemicals are used which are very essential for paper-making, such as resin, alum, starch, etc.

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Eco-Products:

- Handmade Paper
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- Shopping Bags
- Artist's Paper
- Envelopes
- Copier Paper
-Pulp-molded Products