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Lokta Art at Gallery Karouzou

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Galerie Karouzou “Energie” 26. Januar bis 7. Februar 2019 Vernissage: Sa 26. Jan von 12 bis 17 h Aperitif: Fr 01. Feb von 17 bis 19.30 h Finissage: Do 07. Feb von 14 bis 19 h i’m very excited to announce LoktaArt by Vasiliki Merianou will partecipate in “ENERGY” group exhibition at the Karouzou art gallery in Zurich Galerie Karouzou – from January 26th to February 7th 2019. On display are the works of 34 talented artists from the national…

The history of paper

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The history of paper dates back almost 2,000 years to when inventors in China first crafted cloth sheets to record their drawings and writings. Before then, people communicated through pictures and symbols etched on stone, bones, cave walls, or clay tablets. Paper as we know it today was first made in Lei-Yang, China by Ts’ai Lun, a Chinese court official. In all likelihood, Ts’ai mixed mulberry bark, hemp and rags with water, mashed it into pulp, pressed out the liquid,…