How to Make Papers From Cotton

The cotton with Gossypium as a botanical name, it is a versatile and strong fiber, it is found in different forms. Its hair surrounds a seed found in a cotton ball. If the cotton has been grinned, the long staple fibers have to be separated from its seed with the fibers that are raw cotton. Most of the fibers are used in making the cloth and it is then cooked or cleaned. The cotton scraps are then turned into the cotton rag and the cotton rage is already ready to be beaten. After it is grinned, the remaining seed is covered by the fuzz and the cotton fiber. 

 
The cotton linters are cotton fibers that are found near its seed. It can make any kind of the handmade paper such as thin or thick papers. It is also the first fiber that it is found in the cotton content paper. The cotton linter is short and it has thick walls if it is compared to the linen or cotton rag. It is suited for opaque and thick papers that have bright colors. 
There are many types of the papers and some are more suitable to watercolor. Some linters are good for the casting and they are suitable for the sheet forming if the absorbent and soft papers are needed. You can also find some cut lingers that are made to make sheet, they also work well in the 3D media art. The cotton rag is staple cotton and it is called rag since it is made by the use of the new garment cutting. The staple cotton has longer fiber compared to the linters and they are made stronger. Harder sheet paper does shrink faster in the drying and it is well suited for the book paper or watercolor. 
 

The strongest and the longest fiber that it can be handcrafted is uncooked or unbleached fiber. It is put into the caustic solution so that it can remove the impurities. It makes a hard paper which shrinks well while being dried. It has cotton natural color since it is unbleached muslin. 
Black paper denim is a sheet form which is ready to be beaten in to the pulp by the use of the blender. It makes a good looking black paper at the same time it is wonderful when it is used to add a fleck on other pulp. There are also other types of fibers used to make papers. Abaca is the botanical name for plants made from the banana leaves and it is grown in Philippines and this is why it is known as Manila hemp. 
Flax plant is also known to be used in making the linen clothes. It is called the bast fiber and it is found from the inner bark of a plant. The raw fiber is also interesting and strong. The fiber makes a rattly, brittle and hard paper but it shrinks too much during drying process. Other papers that you can find from Indigo, are from Kozo and wheat straw and they are all found easily in the environment.