Finding Colored Paper

mkaiser
on 11 Dec 13 (13:08)

I am new to letterpress, but do know that in order to get a good impression on a print, I need a heavier paper stock. I’m currently looking to print on bright blue paper (similar to French Paper’s Blue Light Glo Tone or Boise Fireworx’s Aerial Aqua), but the thickest stock I can find is 65# cover. What I really need is printmaking paper.

Does anyone have experience buying colored printmaking paper, and have any suggestions on where to look? Thank you!

Stanislaus Pekala
on 11 Dec 13 (14:46)

TRY…

www.dickblick.com/

cmcgarr
on 11 Dec 13 (22:09)

French Paper

http://www.frenchpaper.com/paper/by-line/pop-tone.html

mkaiser
on 12 Dec 13 (16:12)

Thanks for the suggestions!

Blick doesn’t seem to offer a bright blue printmaking paper, I poked around all I could.

Pop-Tone would be perfect and the Blu Raspberry comes close, but it’s too green.

Are there any other suggestions, or am I out of luck?

Steve Varvaro
on 12 Dec 13 (19:33)

Try Legion Paper in NYC and Envelopes.com

HavenPress
on 12 Dec 13 (23:22)

try letterpresspaper.com
Here are a couple of their offerings in color

http://letterpresspaper.com/sorbet-sheets/

http://letterpresspaper.com/fabriano-elle-erre/

Widmark
on 14 Dec 13 (11:21)

Check out Colorplan paper and Cranes Colors paper

HavenPress
on 16 Dec 13 (01:08)

Hey Widmark, you mean Crane’s Palette?

BarbHauser
on 16 Dec 13 (14:48)

I have a bunch of sample packs from Paper-Papers (http://www.paper-papers.com/). They have good shopping tools, like “Shop by Color” and “Shop by Weight.” Here what I have; most of them include some kind of blue.

http://www.paper-papers.com/Cranes-COLORS-SAMPLE-PACK-100-Cotton-134-Cover.html

http://www.paper-papers.com/Mohawk-VIA-SAMPLER-PACK.html

http://www.paper-papers.com/BASIS-COLORS-85-x-11-CARDSTOCK-PAPER-80LB-COVER-SAMPLER-PACK.html

http://www.paper-papers.com/Mohawk-loop-Antique-Vellum-SAMPLE-PACK.html

Barbara

Widmark
on 17 Dec 13 (00:05)

I think Cranes Colors/Crane’s Color Palette are the same thing? Just used interchangeably?

http://paperworks.com/store/products/cranes-colors-sampler

http://www.paper-papers.com/cranes-palette.html

HavenPress
on 17 Dec 13 (01:56)

Indeed.

mkaiser
on 17 Dec 13 (12:12)

Thanks everyone for chiming in. I see a lot of promising options and am requesting samples. You all rock!

Hello Nifty
on 18 Dec 13 (09:34)

Arturo makes a very nice light blue and it’s a fantastic weight for letterpress printing. It does have deckled edges, unless you’re planning on trimming it down, but I really like the paper:

http://letterpresspaper.com/arturo/