Philip, Jules and I visited this tiny treasure in Taipei back in 2018. The museum is named after Chen Su-Ho, the founder of the Chang Chuen Cotton Paper company, who died in an airplane crash in 1990. His dream was to establish a museum devoted to paper, so a private museum dedicated to paper in his memory was created in 1995.
The first floor showcases equipment used in paper mills from past to present. The other floors house rotating paper art exhibits. In non-pandemic times there is a studio where you can learn how to make paper from pulp, which we all enjoyed a few years ago. Here’s a little throwback photo.
We were fortunate to catch an exhibit by paper-cutting artist Wuba Yang the day before the end of the installation. Using handmade paper she cut out the designs of ferns found in Taiwan, totally up my alley. Taiwan has over 700 types of ferns growing on its island and around 60 of those are endemic to it.
Jules and I were given pieces of handmade paper, sharp scissors and a glue stick, and we were encouraged to make our own collage to paste into the museum’s guest book. It was a cool and relaxing way to spend the afternoon, especially since we were the only patrons there the entire time.
