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Home :: Graeham Owens Handmade Paper
Graeham Owens' line of paper, stationery, and journals is entirely hand-made from lokta paper. Lokta paper is made from the bark of the Daphne Cannabina bush, which grows naturally in the Himalayas at altitudes of 6500 to 9500 feet. After harvesting, the Daphne Cannabina bush naturally regenerates, reaching full maturity again in six to seven years. The paper and the process of making it are completely natural, posing no threat to the Himalayan ecosystem.
The bark is gathered at high altitudes and then carried down to villages, where local paper makers clean and boil the bark. The boiled bark is beaten with wooden mallets, producing a pulp, then poured over screened wooden frames and dried in the Himalayan sunshine, just as it was a thousand years ago.
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