papermaker
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America was once the papermaker to the world, but was eclipsed by China two decades ago.
From Slate ● Apr. 5, 2019
A close analysis of “The head of an old bearded man in profile,” a drawing from 1519, shows that the paper contains straw and fragments of rope that the papermaker used to repair the sheet.
From Fox News ● Jan. 29, 2019
The deal turned Crane from a family papermaker into a global printing press.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 13, 2013
Randy Brozen, a papermaker, will lead the workshop, showing young artists how to use paper pulp as the foundation for a landscape, adding sticks, leaves and found paper to fill out the scene.
From New York Times ● Sep. 13, 2012
The tanner gives him leather for his hides, and the papermaker gives him paper for his rags.
From The slave trade, domestic and foreign Why It Exists, and How It May Be Extinguished by Carey, H. C. (Henry Charles)
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