Swedish tracing paper
What is Swedish tracing paper? This is a thin but strong tissue paper made from natural abaca...
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Category: Paper
Traditional Papermaking
Visiting Moulin du Verger for a conversation with Jaques Brejoux, (with my pretty rusty French and his pretty good English) felt like stepping back several centuries to a time when the master paper maker was an artist in his own right.
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Lens paper for printmaking
This fine gossamer tissue has three excellent qualities for printmakers; it is very thin, very strong, and not expensive. In this post I want to introduce you to some of its potential for printmaking.
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Wet strength tissue for Chine Collee
Chine collee is an exciting and versatile technique for adding extra layers of colour, text and...
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Preparing paper for collagraph printing
Discover the pleasure of preparing paper for collagraph printing, and help your printmaking sessions flow smoothly at the same time.
Your printing time is precious. You may be paying for time with the press. You may have a job with deadlines that eat into your printmaking time, or children coming home from school cutting your printing session short.
Some interruptions you can’t avoid, butpreparing paper doesn’t need to slow you down. There is no need to stop inking up and mess about with drippy wet paper and soggy blotting paper each time you are ready to print.
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