A WORD ABOUT THE PAPER: WILD
I STARTED MAKING SHEETS OF PAPER IN JUNE 2019 WITH MY OWN HANDMADE MOULD AND DECKLE, PRESS, VATS, AND OTHER EQUIPMENT, AS WELL AS AN UNUSED 35 YEAR OLD DAVIS AND HODGES HOLLANDER BEATER OBTAINED FROM JUERGEN STRUNCK, ARTIST AND VETERAN PRINTMAKER.
THE PAPER I AM OFFERING HERE IS FROM THAT TIME TO THE PRESENT. I SPECIALIZE IN WHAT PAPERMAKERS CALL “WILD” SHEETS: FULL OF UNEXPECTED SUPRISES, CHAOTIC OVERALL, AND PUNCTUATED WITH IMPERFECTIONS. THEY ARE ALL MADE FROM RECYCLED PAPER THAT I FOUND OR WAS GIVEN TO ME, OR OLD TEXTILES THAT I FOUND OR WERE GIVEN TO ME. WHERE POSSIBLE, I INDICATE WHAT SPECIFICALLY YOUR PAPER IS MADE FROM.
MY PAPERS ARE FOR ARTISTS, SCRAPBOOKERS, PAPER COLLECTORS, OR JUST YOU, WHOEVER YOU ARE.
THEY CAN BE USED FOR MAKING COLLAGES, INK PAINTINGS, OIL PASTEL DRAWINGS, ACRYLIC/OIL/ENCAUSTIC PAINTINGS, PRINTMAKING, STENCILING, LETTERPRESS, PAPER WEAVING, CHINE COLLE`, DRAWING,
OR ANY OTHER USE YOU CAN THINK OF.
THEY ARE EXPERIMENTAL PAPERS MEANT FOR EXPERIMENTAL USE.
I CURRENTLY PRODUCE PAPERS IN 3 SIZES:
10” X 14” (HELEN)
13” X 21” (TINO 1)
21” X 26” (JUERGEN) (COMING SOON TO THE SHOP)
I AM ABLE TO DO CUSTOM ORDERS AND SIZES.
PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS!
NOTE: IMAGES ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. PARTICULAR QUALITIES AND LIKENESSES WILL VARY. SLIGHT DIFFERENCES MAY OCCUR. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
PAPERS ARE LISTED FROM MOST RECENT TO OLDEST
13” x 21” (Fibonacci numbers - 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34...)
$4 each
Light blue cotton rag - hard, light to medium weight
Light green cotton rag - hard, thin to medium weight
Pink recycled paper - medium weight, slightly soft
Light blue recycled paper - thin to heavy weight, soft
Light green recycled paper - soft, thin to thick
Muted green cotton rag paper - soft, thin
Less muted green cotton rag paper - soft, thin
Green cotton rag paper, made from thrifted curtains - thin, hard
Dark green speckled recycled paper - thick, heavy weight
Green screen speckled recycled paper - thick, heavy weight
White with black speckles recycled paper - thick and soft
Natalie’s recycled papers - thin, slightly soft
10” x 14” (made off Helen Hiebert’s mould she gifted me)
$2.50 each
Green recycled paper and some linen rags - soft, medium weight
Mauve linen rags - thin and crisp
White cotton rag - medium weight, rough, hard
︎ TINO WARD 2020