Categories: Educational, Family Friendly, Interactive
Location: Hawick Village.
Description: Johann the Papermaker taught middle school art for 32 years before retiring. Then the real fun began as Johann learned more about a simple, taken for granted object: paper. When and where did humanity decide to record ideas outside of speaking? Stop by for a demonstration on how paper is made and all the way through the nitty gritty details of what led up to its discovery in 106 CE by Ts’ai Lun during the Han Dynasty. Will you have time to make some yourself? That’s up to you and the crowds.