On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 11:52 AM, Leong Cheng Chit <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Here is my attempt at a definition:
>
> When you bend a sheet of paper, the fibres on the mountain side are
> stretched and the fibres on the valley side are compressed. This causes
> tension in the paper which tends to revert itself back to its original flat
> form. Wetting the paper reduces the tension and the paper when dried will
> keep to its bended form.
>
>
> Cheng Chit
>
>
>
Thank Cheng Chit for his explanation and beautiful artworks. However,
bending the paper creates both "tension" and "compression" on the paper. In
my opinions,  "dry tension" is misleading. But I don't have any good name
suggestion or alternative.


Sy

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