Making paper
During medieval days in Tallinn's old town there was paper making workshop in Ukrainian cultural center. Leader of this center is Anatoli Ljutjuk, woodcraft master and monk, 78 years old. He is well known here, of him was also made documentary film 4 years ago. But the most interesting of his creation are hand made books, so I signed up myself into this paper making workshop in hope to make visit into this cultural center and see the books.
Masterpiece in garden, exhibiting virtues and deadly sins, in bottom part is hell with dragons and devils. If you rotate wheel on left side of it then angels fly out in middle row. Some piece of work from scrap material.
Deadly sins written on wheel in latin in hell's level.
Wooden horse. This horse was main character in documentary, where Anatoli Ljutjuk traveled to Ukraine to deliver help to refugees and collected stories about survivors into book.
Anatoli showing one of his books.
Another book
Book has some pages folding out
Book of Estonian rare animals and plants. In this page kingfisher.
This book's cover
Pisanki, traditional painted eastern eggs, these are part of world heritage.
Pulp making machine, here old paper and cotton is teared up into pulp.
Making paper. In tub is pulp mix, you put framed mesh into it, then raise out and let it drip little bit, then drop this pulp layer on mesh onto wool (?) sheets on bottom left for drying and after day or two you have there paper sheet.
Printing text old way: these letters are cut of of plywood, you make words or sentences out of them, then cover one side with ink, put paper over it and roll over it to get desired text. But this is just for amateurs like me, most if not all the books are written and illustrated by hand, with pens and ink.
