A83. Handmade Paper
Title
A83. Handmade Paper
A80. A Papermaking Safari to Africa
A84. Bird Word
Creator
Thomas, Peter and Donna
Description
A83.
19.5 x 14 cm (7¾” x 5½”), 10 sheets, 75 unnumbered copies.
Binding: A single sheet of grey paper, handmade by Peter Thomas, is folded to form a portfolio. Adage and linocut printed on cover. Publisher information on back cover. Paper: Nine paper samples, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Letterpress. Typography: Handset American uncial. Illustration: Two linocuts by Donna Thomas. Notes: Seven of the paper samples are printed with the material they are made of; two are printed with illustrations. All illustrations (including cover illustration) cut for A44 and reused.
“This was made to give as a gift to our hosts when we traveled the next year to Australia and Africa. I don’t think we actually ended up making all 75 copies.”
19.5 x 14 cm (7¾” x 5½”), 10 sheets, 75 unnumbered copies.
Binding: A single sheet of grey paper, handmade by Peter Thomas, is folded to form a portfolio. Adage and linocut printed on cover. Publisher information on back cover. Paper: Nine paper samples, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Letterpress. Typography: Handset American uncial. Illustration: Two linocuts by Donna Thomas. Notes: Seven of the paper samples are printed with the material they are made of; two are printed with illustrations. All illustrations (including cover illustration) cut for A44 and reused.
“This was made to give as a gift to our hosts when we traveled the next year to Australia and Africa. I don’t think we actually ended up making all 75 copies.”
A80.
72 x 63.5 mm (3” x 2 ½”), 54 pages, 100 copies.
Binding: Case-bound pocket portfolio; “zebra stripe” paper, handmade by Peter Thomas, over boards. Pages stab sewn together; back page slipped into a pocket in back inside cover. Paper: “Zebra stripe,” handmade by Peter Thomas from cotton rag and msasa fiber. Printing: Letterpress. Typography: Digitally set. Illustration: Fifteen illustrations by Donna Thomas. Notes: A pocket on front inside cover contains paper samples from South Africa made by John Roome and from Zimbabwe made by Walter Ruprecht. Copies 1-25 also contain a two dollar bill from Zimbabwe.
“In 1996 we were invited to come to Africa to teach a few book and papermaking classes. This book contains observations about book and paper making made on a trip (1995) to South Africa and Zimbabwe. The paper was made using two moulds, laying a stencil over one to make a fine layer of brown paper and couching that onto a second freshly formed sheet. We stayed in Zimbabwe with papermaker Walter Ruprecht. The pulp used was recycled from paper we made from local plants at his mill.”
72 x 63.5 mm (3” x 2 ½”), 54 pages, 100 copies.
Binding: Case-bound pocket portfolio; “zebra stripe” paper, handmade by Peter Thomas, over boards. Pages stab sewn together; back page slipped into a pocket in back inside cover. Paper: “Zebra stripe,” handmade by Peter Thomas from cotton rag and msasa fiber. Printing: Letterpress. Typography: Digitally set. Illustration: Fifteen illustrations by Donna Thomas. Notes: A pocket on front inside cover contains paper samples from South Africa made by John Roome and from Zimbabwe made by Walter Ruprecht. Copies 1-25 also contain a two dollar bill from Zimbabwe.
“In 1996 we were invited to come to Africa to teach a few book and papermaking classes. This book contains observations about book and paper making made on a trip (1995) to South Africa and Zimbabwe. The paper was made using two moulds, laying a stencil over one to make a fine layer of brown paper and couching that onto a second freshly formed sheet. We stayed in Zimbabwe with papermaker Walter Ruprecht. The pulp used was recycled from paper we made from local plants at his mill.”
A84.
25.5 x 16 mm (1” x 5/8”), 10 pages, 39 copies.
Binding: Full-bound in brown leather. Bird symbol stamped in gold on cover. End sheets marbled. Paper: White with fibers, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Letterpress. Typography: Handset Bernhard Modern Roman. Illustration: Printer’s ornaments. Notes: Some letters painted over.
“Made for the occasion of Donna’s 39th birthday after our return from a teaching trip to Australia, where everyone we met had a bird book in their car… As it was a birthday book it had to be done in secret and that is why I used printer’s ornaments for the illustrations rather than having Donna make cuts. The idea of painting over the letters came from a class I taught in for the School of art in Canberra, working with the concept of acrostic manuscripts. We made the book DBIJEP in that class.”
25.5 x 16 mm (1” x 5/8”), 10 pages, 39 copies.
Binding: Full-bound in brown leather. Bird symbol stamped in gold on cover. End sheets marbled. Paper: White with fibers, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Letterpress. Typography: Handset Bernhard Modern Roman. Illustration: Printer’s ornaments. Notes: Some letters painted over.
“Made for the occasion of Donna’s 39th birthday after our return from a teaching trip to Australia, where everyone we met had a bird book in their car… As it was a birthday book it had to be done in secret and that is why I used printer’s ornaments for the illustrations rather than having Donna make cuts. The idea of painting over the letters came from a class I taught in for the School of art in Canberra, working with the concept of acrostic manuscripts. We made the book DBIJEP in that class.”
Publisher
Santa Cruz, California: Peter & Donna Thomas
Date
A83. 1995
A80. 1995
A84. 1996
Language
English
Files
Collection
Appears in Exhibits
Citation
Thomas, Peter and Donna, “A83. Handmade Paper,” Digital Exhibits - UWM Libraries Special Collections, accessed November 18, 2024, https://web.uwm.edu/lib-omeka-spc2/items/show/542.