Don't throw away waste paper
Twisted, spliced and rolled
Not a ball of yarn, but a ball of paper.

When I was a student, I used to buy used clothes.American casualI'm from the generation when rags were popular, so I'm tolerant of rags. I used to buy old rags and wear them. Maybe it was because I was young, but I thought of "tattered" clothes as a badge of honor. Ah, I miss those days. If the person wearing them doesn't have a sense of cleanliness, it can be a disaster, so I don't wear them now, but I'm still attracted to rags.

"Ragged" isIt has long been used as a recycled cotton product.They were used for diapers, rags, torn textiles into strips, and fuel for fires in hearths. Even the ashes from these items were widely used.

This paper ball is probably a reused piece of washi paper. It is twisted very finely, so it may have been a substitute for weaving thread. Rather than being reused, the paper ball may have been transformed into a different material (although that may be an exaggeration). There is no doubt that we are on our way to the end of paper.



Text by Shigenori Tsuzuki