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This is a new page devoted to paper. In the first instance it will be little more than a list and a list of suppliers. Later on I hope to develop this in order to give a more detailed account of the individual qualities of papers and how they may be used.

HIMALAYA PAPERS

Lokta Plant Coloured Natural Paper;Lokta Paper (bleach white); Yeti Original Paper; Taktshang Paper; Gangjong Paper;  Buhmtang Yeti Paper; Norbu Deckle Paper; Tamshing Paper;Tongsa Paper;Glacier Plant Coloured Natural Paper;Hemp Paper; Sikkim Paper;Etho Metho Rhododendron Paper

CHINESE AND JAPANESE PAPERS

Senkwa Paper;Sekishu Shi Paper; Hosokawa Paper;Misumi Paper;Udagami Paper;Atsu-shi Paper;Xiao Pin Rice Paper;Lim Liang Paper;Hangzhou Paper; Shi Lu Paper;Lingnan Paper;Zhao Zhe Paper;Jia Xuan Natural White Paper;Tosa Shi Paper;Okashi Paper;Tenjin Paper; Kochi Naturel Paper;Dosabiki Masashi Paper; Hahnemuhle Sumi-e Paper;Batik Ino Shi Paper; Unryu Paper; Danxuan Natural White Paper;

EUROPEAN PAPERS

Arches Hand-Made Water Colour Paper; Arches Aquarelle Water Colour Paper; Hahnemuehle Cornwall Water Colour Paper; Hahnemuehle Leonardo Water Colour Paper; Hahnemuehle Tiepolo Authentic Hand-Made Water Colour Paper;  Hahnemuehle Britannia Academy Water Colour Paper; Hahnemuehle Torchon Water Colour Paper; Saunders Waterford Water Colour Paper; Schoellershammer No. 12 Master Quality Torchon Water Colour Paper; Lanaquarelle Deckle Edge Water Colour Paper; Arches Lavis Fidelis Paper;

BFK Rives White Deckle Edged Paper; not suitable for digital printing but one of my favourites for relief printing.

PAPERS IN THE USA

MEXICAN PAPERS

SUPPLIERS UK

Great Art (internet shop): a very good range, reasonably priced; http://www.greatart.co.uk/

R.K.Burt (internet and shop): A long established paper merchant who usually sell in bulk (mill pack) http://www.rkburt.co.uk/

57 Union Street, London, SE1 1SG

Telephone: +44 (0)20 7407 6474

Fax: +44 (0)20 7403 3672

T.N.Lawrence (internet and shop): another long established firm who have moved from printmaking supplies to general art supplies.

T N Lawrence & Son Ltd. 
208 Portland Road,  Hove,  BN3 5QT,  United Kingdom
Phone: 0845 644 3232 (+44 1273 260260) -  Fax: 0845 644 3233 (+44 1273 260270)
E-mail: artbox@lawrence.co.uk

 

updated 26/04/2006