Oriental Papermaking Fibres database
The Oriental Papermaking Fibres website is devoted to presenting images and identification data for those interested in Oriental papermaking fibres. All samples have been collected from Japan, prepared and stained with Herzberg and Graff 'C' stains according to ASTM 1030-95, and photographed with the Olympus BX51, with photographs taken with an Olympus DP70 connected to a DELL Optiplex GX280, at the Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation at The University of Melbourne. This website was prepared by Travis Taylor as part of a paper conservation internship at the CCMC in 2006/7, and without the support of Louise Wilson, Jude Fraser, Petronella Nel, Nicole Jones, Tomomi Nakazawa and the CCMC it would not be possible.
This website was created to fill the void in accurate colour images of papermaking fibres available to conservators or other professionals. While the ASTM 1030-95 Standard provides the guidelines for identification using staining, there are no images reproduced in colour available, only a written guide of the expected colours. While Ilvessalo-Pfafflis' book, Colling's article and others, provides a wealth of information, the limitations of publishing images in black and white do limit its use when identification is done with staining. As such further samples, corrections or additional data are more than welcomed.