Artist-grade papers

As a production papermaker, I respond to the world around me in color and texture. At any one time I will have several buckets of colored pulp and mix them in the vat until I have a color that pleases me. Bits of fiber from walks in the woods or along the sea find their way into some of the papers – tufts of cattail, small pieces of lichens or Irish moss seaweed. Never satisfied for long, the vat will metamorphous from one color to the next with all the steps between the two. The result is a rich palette of handmade papers in many different shades.

Sizes

I make a wide variety of internally sized papers using kozo, cotton, abaca and flax fibers and colored with lightfast pigments. I also make unsized papers that are ideal for lampshades and sumi-e calligraphy.

My favorite papermaking moulds are 11x17 abd 14x21 so you will find the most variety at any one time in that size but I also make papers to order and can make the following sizes easily:

5-1/2 x 8" $2/each
8 x 11 $4
envelopes $3/each (fit either of the two sizes above)
10 x 10 $5
11 x 14 $6
11 x 17 $7
10 x 22 $8
14 x 21 $14

Wholesale inquiries and custom orders welcome.

I’ve just acquired a new Chinese large 'su geta' mould and am anxious to try it out.  First I have to find a horse trough or something similar to use as the vat.