A popular lighter weight textured paper option ideal for reproduction of watercolours and softer photographic works.
A popular lighter weight textured paper option ideal for reproduction of watercolours and softer photographic works.
The texture is moderate and regular (the paper is mould made so the texture comes from the grid like structure of the mould) and combined with the papers rigidity it makes the paper feel heftier than it's 210 weight would suggest.
Best for images where you're looking for the texture of the paper to come through and add substance to your image.
Albrecht Dürer was a 15/16th century painter and printmaker, most famous for his engravings and woodblocks. Certainly one of the most successful and first artists to use prints specifically to widen the reach and popularity of his artworks.
Also famous for being an early example of an artist incensed by copyright theft, famously writing these forceful words directed at would be thieves:
Hold! You crafty ones, strangers to work, and pilferers of other men’s brains. Think not rashly to lay your thievish hands upon my works. Beware! Know you not that I have a grant from the most glorious Emperor Maximillian, that not one throughout the imperial dominion shall be allowed to print or sell fictitious imitations of these engravings? Listen! And bear in mind that if you do so, through spite or through covetousness, not only will your goods be confiscated, but your bodies also placed in mortal danger.
Construction
Fibre Based
Substrate
50% Cotton 50% Alpha Cellulose
Paper Weight
210 gsm
Surface Texture
Matte, Textured
White Tone
White
Optical Brighteners?
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Papers are constructed in two main ways:
Resin Coated papers are the modern approach. These use less fibre and replace the fibre with resin (a nice name for plastic). This means these papers are cheap, strong and robust, but tend to be less attractive to the touch and accept less ink. They tend to have a clinical appearance and it's hard to write on the back of them. They tend to be popular in the consumer and wedding/portrait markets.
Fibre Based papers are traditional papers made without plastic, using only plant fibres. These tend to accept more ink and have a more attractive appearance, and these are the papers most of our customers favour.
What is the paper base made from?
Possibilities include:
In 'gsm' - grams per square metre.
Not, technically, the same as paper thickness, but obviously correlated. The heft of the paper. European art papers are traditionally generally around the 300gsm mark. Asian papers historically tended to be lighter, 100 to 200 gsm.
Papers with a higher GSM tend to have more opacity, i.e. you see less through them.
What is the surface texture of the paper?
We divide this into six groups. We go by the appearance of the actual paper and not what the manufacturer might label the box with!
What is the white tone of the paper?
These days almost all papers are microporous coated - meaning they'll accept inks from both dye based and pigment printers well.
In years past, some papers had a swellable coating - designed to give a greater life to prints with dye based inks but this approach has fallen out of favour.
What ink type (dye and/or pigments) can you use with the paper?
Also, if using pigment inks and you have a choice, should you use the Matte Black or Photo Black ink?
Does the paper contain chemicals in it to brighten its appearance?
More on this here.
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