San Clemente Workshop

The national workshop of St. Clement of Ohrid for paper crafts is one of seven in the world still producing paper based on the traditional Chinese method which is over 2500 years old. You can see an authentic old Gutenberg printing press from the year 1450 and all the tools that they use are genuine. Products range from a simple piece of paper to the notebooks and photo albums that you can buy at the shop next door. The workers showed us how thin pieces of wood are soaked in water, taken out with a sieve and then placed under the press. It then needs to dry out for four days. You can print your