世界遺産の景観保全を考える、枯れ松葉を和紙にするプロジェクト。静岡県静岡市、三保に広がる世界遺産「三保松原」。松原の景観維持に不可欠な松林を守るため、原木に悪影響を与える枯れ松葉の清掃を毎週末行っている。集めた枯れ松葉はほとんどが廃棄処分されている現状から、廃棄だけで保全活動を終わらせるのではなく、枯れ松葉に新たな価値を見出すことを試みた。伊豆市修善寺に残る「修善寺紙」の工房を訪れ、粉末状の枯れ松葉を和紙の原料に入れ漉き込んだ。
A project to turn dead pine needles into Japanese paper to preserve the World Heritage landscape. Miho Matsubara, a World Heritage Site, is located in Miho, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture. In order to protect the pine forests that are essential for maintaining the scenery of the pine grove, the project cleans up dead pine needles every weekend, which have a negative impact on the original pine trees. Since most of the dead pine needles collected are disposed of as waste, we have attempted to find new value in the dead pine needles, rather than simply disposing of them. We visited the Shuzenji Paper Studio in Shuzenji, Izu City, and used powdered pine needles as raw material for making washi.
