This is a reference guide to the finest papers available in the world today. It explains how different papers are made, what they are used for and where to find them. Special features of the book include: full descriptions of dozens of different varieties of paper, with details of character, manufacture, usage and where to find them; practicalities - how to store, fold, cut, tear paste, preserve and repair papers; diagrams on papermaking; a guide to sizes and weights, and a glossary of terms; a comprehensive international list of makers, sellers and sources of information; a selection of paper samples, especially mounted so that their weight and texture can be felt. The essence of each type of paper is discussed in detail, concentrating on handmades, but also covering mouldmades and fine machinemades. A section documents paper usage, looking at delicate sheets (for watercolour, drawing, etching, bookmaking and computer output) as well as decorative stock in beautiful and unusual colours, sizes, textures, surfaces and contents. Illustrations display the rich diversity of papers - from shades of white to wild and rough Costa Rican handmades, as well as an extensive range of watermarks.
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Virtually any question about the use, selection, care, production, or availability of handmade or fine machine-made paper has an answer somewhere in this compendium of paper lore. Designed as a resource for artists, paper makers, or anyone concerned with archival paper use, this work presents brief descriptions of the varied paper making of Europe, the Americas, and Asia along with an extensive country-by-country listing of paper producers and the particulars of all the types of paper that each mill offers. Along the way, we learn hundreds of paper-making terms (more than 150 in Japanese alone) and gain an appreciation of the history of paper making and fiber preparation. Technical discussions of the specific paper characteristics affecting usage for purposes as diverse as watercolor and computer printing are clear and to the point. The only disappointment is that the 18 paper samples included in a fold inside the cover?sure to disappear from libraries?are too few after our appetites have been whetted. Essential for every library with artists as patrons and also of interest to preservation departments.?David McClelland, Philadelphia
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
About the Author
Silvie Turner has been involved with specialist papers for twenty-five years and is the author of numerous books and articles on the subject, including Which Paper?, the forerunner of this much larger and more comprehensive volume.
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very nice and usable book,
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This review is from: The Book of Fine Paper: A Worldwide Guide to Contemporary Papers for Art, Design & Decoration (Hardcover)
help me to find good paper for alternative photographic process. All paper are in this book. Areally good book for people looking for new paper or want to know more about paper. sorry for my poor english I'm french.
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This review is from: The Book of Fine Paper: A Worldwide Guide to Contemporary Papers for Art, Design & Decoration (Hardcover)
the book incorporates an analytical and in situ approach to the material, the making, the techniques and the history of this most fundamental "tissue" and withour digressing to nostalgia and romance or high technique, thour there is not much there a priori, establishes an informes and amiable approach including excellent references and sampling. It is an original work
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