PAPER & SURFACES

As an artist my surfaces are very important! I use a range of papers for collage and printmaking, as well as canvases and panels as substrates.i

If you have not already read them the following blog posts will prove useful…..

I am constantly updating this list so if you find a supplier not on my list please let me know, of if you find a broken link!

Paper for Collage & Monotype

I have written a blog post a out collage papers. You can read it HERE

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Silicone paper for stopping paintings sticking together, and for heat setting collage

COMING SOON! Links for Dry Mount film/tissue

I prefer a smooth paper to monotype on like a 140gm drawing paper or any of the following tissues. Collage papers can be any thickness and I often use heav watercolour or intaglio prints as my ‘starter’ paper

DELI, WET STRENGTH, TEA BAG and RICE PAPERS

These are all from 70gm – 20gm and lovely to print, paint and collage with. Some are weak when wet but don’t let that put you off using them, just leave them to dry.

Logan Deli Paper UK (not as thick as Kabnet Wax but available in UK)

Carnival Wet Strength Tissue UK will ship worldwide

Artway Chinese Sumi Paper UK This company sell rolls and pads, the rolls are thinner

Hahnemuhle SUMI-E UK

Hosho Paper UK and from HANDPRINTED comes in rolls and pads, the rolls are thinner

Yasomoto Hosho USA

Teabag paper UK will ship abroad

Tea bag UK

Teabag paper USA

Teabag Paper EU (Netherlands)

Toddy Coffee USA large bags (will fit 8x10gel plate and same as Teabag paper)

Toddy bags 20 EU

abaca German supplier sheet

SWEDISH TRACING PAPER This is around 20gm, like the Toddy and Teabag paper but on a roll. It contains abaca fiber

PATTERNTRACE list of stockists on their website. Check is they sell the Swedish Tracing Paper

Patterntrace Swedish Tracing Paper UK

Patterntrace Swedish Tracing Paper AUSTRALIA

Patterntrace Swedish Tracing Paper GERMANY

Patterntrace Swedish Tracing paper FRANCE

Swedish Tracing paper ETSY USA

Birch Street Swedish Tracing paper CANADA

NEWSpanish supplier Swedish Tracing Paper

VERY THIN TISSUES ie 12g or less

Abaca tissue is made from the long staple abaca fibre which, despite its delicate appearance is very strong.It is a very thin tissue, the one I use is 9gm but it can be bought as thin as 3gm. It has great wet strength and is similar to thin tea bag paper. Unlike ordinary tissue paper, it can be glued and dyed without disintegrating. It is often called Lens Tissue or Tissutex<. The Japanese Tengucho (or Tengujo) paper is a similar weight and strength. Gampi fiber comes from the inner bark of branches of the gampi bush. Since it is difficult to cultivate, it is obtained from wild plants, therefore paper is especially coveted and ore expensive..

Abaca Tissue UK (Colourcraft)

Abaca Tissue UK (George Weil)

Abaca AUS

Abaca Tissutex (two weights)