The Independent Paper Show
Wed/June 11th: 2pm – 6pm + Networking drinks (6pm – 8pm)
Thurs/ June 12th: 12pm – 5pm
Register your place here:
At CRYPT ON THE GREEN,
CLERKENWELL, LONDON, EC1R OEA
Posted by Justin Hobson 11.06.2025
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Wednesday, 11 June 2025
Saturday, 7 June 2025
Another paper mill hits the buffers...
Sadly, yet another mill has gone into insolvency and closed. They are hoping to restructure, although if they manage it, this will be the third time.
Based in Uetersen outside Hamburg, the mill specialises in making coated label papers for pacakging.
You can read the full article on Printweek here...
https://www.printweek.com/content/news/feldmuehle-insolvent-hopes-to-restructure-again/
Posted by Justin Hobson 07.05.2025
Thursday, 29 May 2025
Independent Paper Show 2025
Fenner Paper is cordially inviting you to the second Independent Paper Show to be held in London and if you have received one of these amazing invitations, you'll appreciate just how special they are!
The Independent Paper Show is coming to London again. The second London edition of the IPS will be presented in the Crypt on the Green and all are welcome (whether you received this amazing invitation or not!)
There is a 6pp concertina invitation 195 x 150mm with multiple finishing effects, too numerous to list here...
The Independent Paper Show is presented by three Swiss companies who founded the original Swiss show: Bubu, Lorenz Boegli and Sonderegger, and the London show has been brought to the UK in partnership with Foilco. There will be lots of other paper companies there too (it's not just us!)
The event is on Wednesday, June 12th 1pm until 8pm and Thursday, June 13th 10am until 5pm at the Crypt on the Green St. James’s Church, Clerkenwell London EC1R 0EA .
You can read more about it on their website.. To attend, you just need to register on the event website: https://papershow.co.uk/
We hope to see you there - where you will be able to see a copy of this amazing invitation.
Posted by Justin Hobson 29.05.2025
Monday, 28 April 2025
Save the date!
The Independent Paper Show is coming to town! Yes, this June in Clerkenwell, the second London edition of the IPS will be presented in the Crypt on the Green and all are welcome.
Presented by three Swiss companies who founded the original show: Bubu, Lorenz Boegli and Sonderegger, the London show has been brought to the UK in partnership with Foilco.
These superb 'Save the Date' cards have been sent out in the post and you may have received one already!
The event is on Wednesday, June 11th 2pm until 8pm and Thursday, June 12th 12pm until 5pm at the Crypt on the Green
St. James’s Church,
Clerkenwell
London EC1R 0EA . You can read more about it on their website.
To attend, you just need to register on the website: https://papershow.co.uk/
We hope to see you there!
Posted by Justin Hobson 28.04.2025
Monday, 23 December 2024
VIP Preview
This is the beautifully produced invitation for the VIP preview of thePaddington Square development in west London held at the Chiltern Firehouse.
Size of the invitation is 215mm square and looks stunning.
The square on the front of the invitation is hot foil blocked in Rainbow SHLR from Foilco and the type printed in "Just Black 700" which is one of Foilco’s most popular pigment foils and has a Gloss finish.
Friday, 13 December 2024
Fenner Paper Diary 2025
If you are a user of the Fenner Paper ranges and therefore one of our wonderful customers, you may well have already received one of our wonderful new 2025 diaries... 
As in previous years, the diary is 230x162mm, portrait and retains the popular 'month to view' format.
The cover has been designed by Carol Kemp using drawn lettering and brush calligraphy. In a career of over 30 years, Carol has produced lettering for over 800 books and logos for numerous brands worldwide
The 4pp cover is printed on our Creative Print, Diamond 270gsm using an HP Indigo digital press. The 40pp text is printed in one colour, on our lovely Offenbach Bible 60gsm, which has a superb opacity and a good writing surface making this an ideal paper for a diary or notebook.
The diary has been put together by long term collaborator and friend David Coates using typefaces from Buy Fonts Save Lives that raises money to support Cancer Research UK and Macmillan Cancer Support.
Buy Fonts Save Lives sells typefaces to raise money to support Cancer Research UK and Macmillan Cancer Support. 100% of the proceeds go to the charities and to date, over £150,000 has been raised!
Founded by Paul Harpin in memory of his niece Laura who sadly died from cancer, aged just 26. We’re delighted to support and help promote the initiative with our diaries. Any purchases of the fonts help to raise vital funds that literally save lives.
If you are one of our worthy clients (!), you should be receiving one of our diaries in the post. If you want to make sure you are in our address book, drop me an email: justin@fennerpaper.co.uk. For people who aren't customers, they are available to buy through the St Bride Foundation here:
Posted by Justin Hobson 13.12.2024
Monday, 9 December 2024
Garden Scenes from James Ellis
Here are two beautiful new notecards published by James Ellis in a handy wallet pack containing eight cards.
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| Garden Bird House by Matt Johnson |
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| Garden Fork by Matt Johnson |
Full images of the notecards are also displayed when the wallet is opened, along with information about the artist. The wallet measures 134 x 134 x 16mm. The cards are 120mm square, and the envelopes are 130mm square.
The cards and the wallets are both printed on our Starfine, Natural 300gsm, which is an natural white, uncoated board with a lovely feel and great surface for printing. It is FSC accredited and also free from OBA's (optical brightening agents). The cards and wallets are printed offset litho by Alpha Colour in Gloucester.
Posted by Justin Hobson 09.12.2024
Tuesday, 3 December 2024
Jobs from the past - Number 181
Regular followers of this blog will know that my first post of every month is a "job from the past" so that I can show some of the really good work from years gone by - this project is from 2017.
Wildwood Deli - Pannettone Wrap Christmas 2017
This is a lovely project which was produced for Christmas 2017. I received a call from Richard Davey (who is now at London printer Empress Litho) who asked if we could supply a 60gsm in a red and black paper. We discussed the project further and it turned out that paper was to be printed with a metallic gold text and sent to Italy to wrap the traditional Panettone cake for sale in the Wildwood Deli.Unfortunately I couldn't find a readily available red/black 60gsm stock paper available from one of our supplying mills and the quantity wasn't enough for a 'mill making', so I suggested that he could successfully print a solid colour onto our Offenbach Bible 60gsm and the metallic gold text with excellent results. I sent Richard a printed sample of a McQ project to show how well a solid could work.
The sheets were printed on a B1 Heidelberg offset litho press, in a solid pantone (not panettone colours!) colour plus a metallic gold and as you can see, the paper has printed beautifully. The size of the finished sheets are 550x750mm.
Not only does Offenbach Bible print beautifully, it also is very strong and "scrunches" beatifully! making it ideal for this type of wrapping, where a tissue paper (which you wouldn't be able to Litho Print) would actiually not be strong enough ...and here is the finished packaged article
Couldn't resist trying a slice!
Thanks to Richard Davey for giving us the opportunity to be involved with this very tasty project!
Posted by Justin Hobson 03.12.2024
Thursday, 28 November 2024
Monocle at Christmas
Monocle is a premium media brand with print, audio and online elements, not to mention their ever expanding retail network and on-line business. The Monocle Shop is at street level in six cities - London, Zurich, Merano, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Toronto. The shop keeps everything from luggage and clothes to stationery and furniture.
The finished size is 216x102mm, portrait and is a 16pp folded format folding out to a flat size of 405x432mm.
The above folds out to reveal the first spread below...
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...and then folding out again, left and right.
and then folding up to reveal the full spread below.
The below image shows both sides.
The whole publication is all printed offset litho on our Offenbach Bible 60gsm ...and it looks and feels absolutely gorgeous - it flops and folds in a delightful way when handling the publication as I hope these images demonstrate. The below image shows the way it folds.
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Print quality is superb as I hope the image below demonstrates, fleshtone reproduction is excellent.
Design is by the team at Monocle. The publication is printed offset litho, CMYK throughout. The excellent print is by Park Communications, who are based in East London.
Posted by Justin Hobson 28.11.2024
Thursday, 21 November 2024
ROH Christmas card
This is the Christmas card produced for the Royal Opera House. The 4pp card is A5 size (210x148mm) portrait. The brief was to create a Christmas card that showed a variety of work done by the ROH over the year...
Graphic Designer at the ROH, Ana Peres, collated three pictures showing The Royal Opera, The Royal Ballet, and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. The captions for the original pictures are:
1. Artists of The Royal Ballet in Untouchable in The Royal Ballet: Back on Stage.
2. Jonathan McGovern in Apollo and Daphne in 4/4, The Royal Opera.
3. Artists of The Royal Ballet in Within the Golden Hour in The Royal Ballet: Back on Stage.
All images ©ROH. All photographs by Tristram Kenton.
Above is a detail image showing the composite mono image. The card is printed in 1 colour (black) on a toner based digital press. The festive look of the final picture is completed with the sparkles of the paper as it is printed on our Stardream, Crystal 285gsm...
Below is an image showing the plain unprinted Stardream,Crystal:
Printing was handled by Indicia.
It is a really well designed, simple and cost effective solution with great impact. Thanks to Ana for the images and information about the project.
Posted by Justin Hobson 21.11.2024
Thursday, 14 November 2024
TIC CC
TIC CC is a UK brand of performance cycling clothing. Created for road athletes looking to achieve extraordinary things, their products are defined by the finest technical fabrics, hours of development and testing time, and a unique ‘peloton style’ aesthetic. The brand is also passionate in their commitment to sustainability...
Make responsibly — protect the irreplaceable! As riders we see it as our duty to do all we can to reduce the harm, protect the irreplaceable and make a positive difference. We are as passionate about ‘how we make’ as we are ‘what we make’
This is the printed promotional literature for their collection, used both as a mailer and sent out together with orders. The format is a 16pp, folded concertina, as you can see here...
Centre spread...
The idea for their photo shoot was based around the notion of ‘where we have been and where we are heading’. "We are more aware of the fragility of the world we live in based on our recent experiences of the pandemic. But tough challenges can lead to reflection, empowerment and renewed optimism. It’s the human spirit in action. The photography captures the optimism and sense of progression for the TICCC brand"
Fully extended spread...
Folding out to...
Be the Change - main spread
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This promo represents their commitment to setting new industry standards for sustainability.
...and what about the paper? Well it has to be 100% recycled and our Shiro Echo, White in 100gsm was chosen, not just because it is recycled but it would handle the high density black CMYK coverage and the fluoro yellow would "pop" out!
...and it works beautifully.
Printing is by Identity Print in Paddock Wood and as I hope you can tell from the images, they have made a fantastic job. The solid black is amazing but still letting the images and the detail within them work. 
Creative direction and design is by TIC CC and Hugh Miller.
Interestingly, having spoken to the company founder, Andrew Monk, about the project, I learnt that this is their first piece of promotional print. As an online retailer, all their information is available online, but he increasingly regards print as an important way of getting their messaging and brand across, which is great news. After all, in this virtual world, there's nothing as immediate as something physical you can just pick up and read.
Posted by Justin Hobson 14.11.2024
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