The first pulp was produced from cloth, cotton, or hemp rags. It was only in 1850 that wood began to be massively used, when it was discovered that it could be finely grated to produce the cellulose necessary for paper production. 

Available in a wide range of colors, textures, and formats, paper is today omnipresent in the everyday lives of a good number of people, but is equally widely used in field of art.

Paper can serve as a support for painting or drawing, be employed to make origami, constitute the basis for collage or papier-mâché works, or [Read more]