It sticks to the block and will rip unless you modify your oil based inks. It absorbs India ink like a lover, drawings turn out soft and beautiful. It embosses like a dream. These are the types of entries that you will find in the following pages. But first, an introduction.
Paper is beautiful and magic.
Over the years I have developed an appreciation of paper, not only as an medium for art but as an art itself. Having said that, these notes about paper will not tell you anything about sizing, paper making, fiber composition, weight and traditional size or definitions about paper terms. You can find all that in the first section below, About Paper Sources and Resources. What I will discuss in these notes, however, are notes on how the paper feels and behaves under the attack of this artist. As an experimental printmaker and lover of papers, I am guilty of paper use and abuse.