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About Handmade Paper

Natural Imperfections

Handmade papers are individually hand crafted products. It is natural for variations in color, texture and pattern to occur and should be considered part of the character of these papers. Paper weight may vary slightly from sheet to sheet and within individual sheets themselves. Small imperfections or random flecks or threads may occasionally spot the surface, usually as a result of the rustic surroundings of the paper making process. When calculating the paper needs for your project, it is advised to include a bit extra to allow for these natural imperfections, if they are not desirable in your finished work.

It is also natural for the large sheets of both handmade and machine made paper to show some slight wear on the edges and corners. The majority of these papers are handled individually throughout their cycle of production, inspection, and packing. In general, sheet sizes are reported slightly smaller to accommodate for this.

Color and Pattern Variations

Handmade papers with flower and leaf inclusions are made with natural dried materials that will vary with the season of harvest. The botanical elements will fade in color over time in the same way dried flowers age in a flower arrangement. Natural variations in the flowers and leaves will occur between batches, especially if purchased at different times. In particular, prairie grass will sometimes be in flower and bougainvillea will range in color from bright pink to a soft brown.

Many of our marbled papers are crafted by highly skilled artists with a great deal of control over their art, but many of the more rustic marbles are produced in a more primitive environment. The color density and pattern of these marbles will vary and these variations should be considered part of the handmade character of the papers. Droplet or spash-like patterns interrupting the marbling are common and are often caused by air bubbles trapped between the paper and the color as it floats on the water.

Printed paper of all types will show slight variations in the printing color and density within different production runs. Hand block printed sheets will often show variation in the color density between individual sheets.
About Handmade Paper
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Hand-held rotary cutters are great for cutting decorative papers. They slice through the thickest flower inclusion without tearing the edge and handle delicate tissues with ease.
Glossary of Paper Terms
Acid Free - Acid free refers to papers without acid (pH) in the pulp at the time of manufacture. Acidity in the paper can decrease its longevity.

Archival Paper - A paper that is acid free, lignin free, sulfur free, and usually with good color retention. The paper may also be buffered to protect it from environmental factors. Archival papers have long-standing qualities and are usually considered safe for preservation purposes.

Bast - The long strong fibers from the inner bark of woody plants such as kozo, mitsumata, and gampi, also the outer layer of herbaceous plants such as flax, hemp, and jute. The fiber is stripped and beaten in order to separate the fibers used to make paper. The longer the fiber, the stronger the paper. High quality papers are made from long fibers.

Bamboo - A fiber used for papermaking.

Batik - Fabric or paper that has been treated with wax before dyeing, so that the areas treated do not pick up the color.

Buffering - The addition of alkaline substances, usually calcium carbonate or magnesium carbonate, into the paper pulp during manufacturing. Buffering gives protection from the acid in the paper and also helps to protect against environmental pollutants.

Bleach - A chlorine solution often used in paper making to whiten.

Chiri - A Japanese term for mulberry bark. Chiri is commonly used to refer to any paper with inclusions of mulberry bark in it.

Cotton - Also referred to as rag or linters, cotton is one of the most commonly plant fibers used in western paper making.

Deckle Frame - The wooden frame that sits on top of a wire mesh mold during the paper making process. It acts as a guard to keep the paper pulp with in the mold.


Deckle Edge - The feathered edge of a sheet of paper, created as a result of the natural thinning of wet pulp towards the edge of a deckle frame when making handmade and mould made paper. A deckle edge is simulated in machine made papers by cutting them with a stream of water while they are still wet.

Die-Cut Paper - Paper cut made with a special punching blade rather than a conventional rotary blade.

g/m2 - The most accurate and most common way of measuring decorative paper. Measurements are in read in grammage (expressed as g/m2). The weight in g/m2 refers to the weight of the paper in grams of exactly one square meter.

Gampi - The rarest of the major sources of bast fiber. Bast fiber comes from the gampi tree, found only in the wild. Used in Japanese paper making it produces a smooth, strong sheet.

Hemp - Not to be confused with cannabis or marijuana, Hemp is an older name for abaca. Related to the banana plant, the leaf fiber is often used in paper making

Kozo - The most widely used bast fiber in Japanese paper making. Kozo is a long, tough fiber from the mulberry tree that produces strong absorbent sheets of paper. the most common fiber used in Japanese papermaking. Commonly referred to as paper mulberry.

Linters - Linters are the short fibers left on the cotton seed after the longer fibers have been removed. Although the fibers are too short for spinning or cloth making, they are useful in paper pulp. The fibers are cleaned and processed into pulp sheets. The pulp sheets can be rehydrated into wet pulp for paper making.

Machine-made - Paper that is produced on rapid moving machines which form, dry, size, and press the sheets of paper. This process yield uniform and consistent quality sheets of paper.


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ArtyMiss is a card making, scrapbooking & craft website devoted to card making supplies and scrapbook supplies as well as Bind-it-All, Craft Punches, Craft Tools and Storage and the Quickutz range. Our online Card Making & Crafts store is a comprehensive directory of card making supplies, scrapbook supplies and general craft supplies. You will also find a wealth of card making and craft ideas in our project pages and in our newsletter. We stock premier brands such as Do Crafts, Papermania, Anita's, Whispers, Dovecraft, Die Cuts With a View, Hot Off The Press, Making Memories, Twelveby12, K & Company, Personal Impressions, Zutter Zisters Bind-it-All, Display Dynamics, Dufex, Fiskars, Hampton Art, Quickutz, Woodware, Basic Grey, Doodlebug, Paper Nation, Ranger, Tsukineko and more! If you are looking for crafts, card making supplies, card making ideas, scrapbook supplies, or anything for crafts you are in the right place!