The Papers

Kikis Alejandre

 

 

The Paperki handmade-paper mill offers the following select products and thoughtful services:

The production of a standard series of handmade papers designed for specific artistic media and techniques (see table below).

Research and experimentation in the creative use of little-known vegetable fibers for the creation of unique papers.

The creation of their own artworks based on papermaking techniques (collages, chiaroscuros, sculpture, molds, etc.)

Ongoing advisory services in the design of special supports for particular projects.

The Difference...

"Why do the most serious artists choose to present their work on Paperki handmade papers? Is it just the prestige factor, or are there other reasons? "

Prestige is certainly a factor, but there are others. Let's look at them one by one:

A long list of renowned artists and editors of art books have chosen Paperki papers to present their work: The artists Lucio Muñoz, Eduardo Chillida (his "Serie Gravitacional"), Rafael Alberti, Guinovart, Manolo Valdés, Estéban Vicente… The editors Frank Bordás, Antonio Gallo (for Ediciones Raña Lupa) Edouard Weiss (the Parisian editor who creates Chillida's artist's books), the Atelier Adrien Maeght in Paris, the Editorial Testimonio, Michel Nitabah for his "Livres Illustrés" and his "Livres d'Artistes," just to name a few.

The return-on-investment factor: The
increment in the value of the finished product on Paperki paper offsets the extra investment by a factor of 10-100!

More reasons for choosing Paperki papers for you best-beloved projects:

Paperki papers can be personalized with the exact characteristics for a given work of art: size and shape, texture and weight, color, and fiber content for different media.

Paperki papers offer a far greater range of expressive possibilities than conventional papers.

The special qualities of Paperki papers are immediately manifest, even to the most untrained eye, both in the textures and by the deckle edges on all four sides.

In etching, Paperki papers offer a superior capacity to assure exact register when working with various plates.

In screen printing and lithography, Paperki papers feature surface conditioning which permits them to take more exact impressions, especially in fine line work.

Paperki papers offer the possibility, in any medium, to achieve the degree of relief which the artist desires.

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