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| 1. Bua Loi is soaking Saa pulps in water. The pulps are recycled. | | 2. Saa pulp after being soaked for few hours, ready to be beaten into smoother pulp. |
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| 3. After 3 to 5 hours of soaking, the soften pulps are beaten by hands. | | 4. Bua Loi beats the Saa pulp to make it smooth. The soften pulps are put in a cement tank with adequate amount of water. |
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| 5. Bua Loi is stirring Saa pulp in tank of water until the flakes rise up. | | 6. Bua Loi is using her old sieve to pick up floating flakes of Saa pulp. |
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| 7. Bua Loi is lifting the floating flake of Saa pulp in water with a sieve. After catching appropriate amount of the flakes evenly on the sieve, she will place the sieve in strong sunlight for drying. | | 8. The condition of Bua Loi’s Saa paper screens or sieves. New sieve will cost Baht 80 each. Right now Bua loi does not have enough money to buy new set of sieves. |
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| 9. Bau Loi’s sieves with Saa pulp on them are put against each other in the sun. Approximately 3 hours are needed for the papers to be totally dried. | | 10. Bua Loi and her Saa paper sieves. She makes 300 papers per day by using recycled Saa materials. Money she earns is used to support her ailing parents and pay for their medical bills |
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