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1 . Combed
Marbled
These are the familiar traditional bookbinders papers. We
produce them in several patterns and a multitude of colors.
We have ready stock at all times and the quickest way to
order is to ask us to select an assortment for you. You may
send color samples to assist us in finding the right colors.
We can produce these combed papers in the colors you need -
minimum order is ten.
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2. Stormount or Stone
Marbled
These are sprinkled patterns which have one or two vein
colors and one or more "foreground" colors. The foreground
can be plain tone or a fine netting. There may be other
colors sprinkled on as a finish of tiny spots.
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3. Shell Marbled
These are similar to the Stone, but feature a texture of
small spots each having a shaded aurora. The "shell" name
refers to their resemblance to certain types of
architectural stone which reveal tiny fossil shells on the
polished face
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4 . Cosmos Marbled.
A two step process makes these a very rich surface. The
papers are first given a multicolor background by sprinkling
color on the wet surface. They are dried, coated with
marbling fixative, pressed and finally are marbled with a
free flowing pattern in metallic and colored lines.
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5 . Frost
We have two variations of this. One features solid opaque
background with a frosty sprinkled pattern in pearl or
metallic paint. The other is a colored but transparent first
layer with the same effect in one or more metallics, also
resembling frost patterns. This one can be very soft and
romantic looking .
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6. Raindrop
This is a simple solid and opaque painted surface with
spattered gold in small defined spots which are reminiscent
of raindrops on sand
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7. Galaxy
Here the colors are thown to spread out on a thickened
but transparent base color. The result is more patterned and
not so blurry looking. These may also have brushed on swaths
of other colors in thicker or thinner gel which results in
complex surface patterns. Last is a sprinkling of metallic
paint which texturizes the whole surface.
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8. Paste Grain
Paste grain is simply colored paste spread on the paper,
with combed designs made by using flat combs, old-time
decorators "graining combs". The most interesting of these
are my elegant Brocade variations which consist of two
layers, the first a plain combed color, followed by a combed
pearlescent or metallic paste. Some of our paste papers are
softer edged with a spattering of multicolors, which we call
Grateful Dread papers, as they look somewhat like tie dye.
These are popular with added glitter. There are variations
to all of these, such as a primary layer of wax crayon,
which shows through all layers to add a subtle multicolor
effect
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9. Hammered Metals
Hammered metals are simply one layer of metallic paint,
with a sprinkled application of a clear paint which becomes
a mottled spot pattern revealing the background paper color.
These can be made very faded and pale, or very bright ,
depending on how much pigment we put in the mix. These are
very appropriate for wall coverings. We make these in 40
colors.
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10. Zippy
These papers are a combination of media and painting
techniques, utilizing a first step of rubbed wax patterning
and lines and motifs drawn with my specially formulated oil
pastels. The papers are then painted with various types of
plain and metallic mixtures and more dynamic paints are
spattered on for the textural effects. These are very fancy
surfaces and take more hand work than some our other
papers.
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11. Tiffany
Tiffany is a stained watercolor wet-on-wet surface, meant
to be faded and low key. Some of these have a lot of
pearlescent paint and become really wet looking
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12. Faux Marble
This surface is meant to be soft and low key. We make
this in a variety of pastels, which vary from an iridescent
marble to a dark veined marble.
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13. Novelty (Stripe
Hammered Metal)
This sample shows the possibilities in using a multi
colored metallic or iridescent effect formed in a straight
or wavy stripe. We often prepare the paper with a simple
motif in oil pastel.
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14. Crinkle
Crinkle is a knockoff of those rather expensive Japanese
painted gold papers. Ours are much more economical and are
possibly more durable. We make this in numerous colors
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15. Relief Prints
These are made with block prints and also with patterned
rollers which we design.
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