Last week, together with Mr Fenner himself (!), I was fortunate enough to visit the mill in Germany that makes our Colorset paper. Greiz Mill is part of the Koehler group of companies which is still a family owned papermaker. The group is mainly involved with the production of thermal coated and carbonless papers, but the mill we visited specialises in producing recycled products.
Greiz is a very attractive, ancient town in Thuringia in eastern Germany, close to Leipzig and is unusual in having two castles. The mill can trace it's history back to the 1590's, with the current machine at the mill being installed in the 1960's.
You can see from the picture here, how seriously they take their recycling (and it is stacked very neatly)
...and here I am, shivering, in front of the bales of recycled fibre (see the snow on the ground!)
Mr Mallon, the Technology and Quality Manager, taking us through the various stages of the recycling process:
...and below is the picture that shows the reason that Colorset is such a well made sheet of paper. What you are looking at is a picture of a "twin-wire" paper machine, which is generally regarded as the best type of machine on which to make fine paper.
Effectively, the machine starts by making two seperate webs of paper which come together in the papermaking process making a superior, even sided sheet of paper (not to be confused with duplexing).
...and here (above) is the magic piece of equipment manufactured by Escher Wyss, called a "top former".
Here I am standing by the paper machine, which is making our Colorset Magenta, with a smile on my face knowing that our lovely coloured paper is made on a machine with a superior twin wire, while the coloured paper made for that other well known, Hull based paper merchant, is only made on a single wire machine!
I would like to thank everyone at Greiz and Koehler who made our trip very worthwhile and enjoyable.
Posted by Justin Hobson 13.12.2012
This is a lovely invitation which makes you feel all Christmasy! This is the invitation to the Heal's Autumn Winter press show and it has all the ingredients of luxury, shades of mulled wine, and velvety feel with a bit of seasonal gold all thrown in! 
Frieze Film is a programme of artist films screened to coincide with Frieze London. Curated by Sarah McCrory, in 2012 the commissions included five new films by Bertrand Dezoteux, Patricia Esquivias, Jimmy Merris, John Smith and Wu Tsang & Nana Oforiatta-Ayim.
This piece of promotional literature is the touring programme and works as both an information leaflet and a promotional poster (front and back film stills by Linder)
Last week, together with Mr Fenner himself (!), I was fortunate enough to visit the mill in Germany that makes our Colorset paper. Greiz Mill is part of the Koehler group of companies which is still a family owned papermaker. The group is mainly involved with the production of thermal coated and carbonless papers, but the mill we visited specialises in producing recycled products.
Greiz is a very attractive, ancient town in Thuringia in eastern Germany, close to Leipzig and is unusual in having two castles. The mill can trace it's history back to the 1590's, with the current machine at the mill being installed in the 1960's.
You can see from the picture here, how seriously they take their recycling (and it is stacked very neatly)
Effectively, the machine starts by making two seperate webs of paper which come together in the papermaking process making a superior, even sided sheet of paper (not to be confused with duplexing).
Here I am standing by the paper machine, which is making our Colorset Magenta, with a smile on my face knowing that our lovely coloured paper is made on a machine with a superior twin wire, while the coloured paper made for that other well known, Hull based paper merchant, is only made on a single wire machine!
Chris and Suzanne Sharp founded The Rug Company in 1997 creating really iconic and desirable rugs. Uniquely, they achieve this by combining the ancient craft of rug making with the creative brilliance of contemporary designers including Alexander McQueen, Rob Ryan, Tom Dixon to name but a few. These beautiful rugs are available through a worldwide network of shops and outlets from London to New York, Los Angeles, Moscow, Hong Kong and more!
Last Thursday, I was invited to Amelia Magazine's little Christmas soiree hosted at eclectic fashion retailer, JOY in Brick Lane. This was combined with a book signing of her last book "Amelia's Compendium of Fashion Illustration". Drinks were supplied by Adnams and cakes by Molly Bakes.
I met several interesting people including illustrator Emma Block (pictured) who makes many of her illustrations out of different papers, often printed paper pieces - they are really beautiful and cleverly put together. Emma is currently working on a children's book. 
Irrational Marks: Bacon and Rembrandt is an exhibition hosted by Savile Row gallery, Ordovas. The exhibition is concerned with the influences of Rembrandt's self-portraits on Francis Bacon's own self-portraits. 
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