Description
The consequences of sizing hand-made paper during a frost – Geoffrey Day
An article about problems concerning sizing of handmade paper at certain times of year. The author cites a book published in the 1830s, showing problems that occurred with certain papers chosen by the author. He hypothesises that the sizing, which was performed both to control water-paper interactions and to strengthen the sheet, went wrong for certain pages, causing some unusual printing faults.
6 pages, 8 figures
Humour in the Paper Mill: Sandoz Cartoons Part 5 – Anon
A series of humorous advertising images drawn by the cartoonist Noack, dating from the 1950s, that belong in the same series as those published previously in Q84, 86, 87 & 88.
8 pages, 8 figures
Birth of the Modern Paper Industry: 150 years of Papermaking in the UK – Daven Chamberlain
A description of the changes in the UK paper industry that have occurred since the inauguration of the employers’ body that has morphed over the years to become the CPI (Confederation of Paper Industries) that we know today.
3 pages, 2 figures
History of Samuel Jones – Anon
The Samuel Jones company was best known for making gummed paper. This article, from the company’s house journal published in 1914, describes the first hundred or so years of the company, when they made a variety of grades including packaging paper, and after they purchased a hot-pressing business, pasteboards.
3 pages, 5 figures
Jack Milroy and Collage – Peter Bower
Jack Milroy is a Scottish artist born in 1938, best known for his work with collage. This article shows two of his works involving paper: a banknote and a set of stamps.
2 pages, 2 figures
The NEWS
From Q116 The NEWS became an integral part of the journal, rather than an insert. This is The NEWS No.129.
4 pages
The Mystery Miniature Paper Machine – Tom Rodencal
Tom has been studying and researching the whereabouts of miniature paper machines for many years. This article concerns the probable origin of a small pilot machine that is housed in the Boréalis museum in Québec, Canada.
6 pages, 12 figures
Making Marks: An Artist and a Paper – Peter Bower
An article outlining how artists choose papers, especially for use with watercolour. It shows how individual artists sought different things, so chose different papers to achieve their artistic vision.
5 pages, 5 figures
Tidcombe’s Reeling Paper Cutter Machine c. 1876 – Anon
An illustration of the machine.
1page, 1 figure
Children’s Employment at Hiltons Paper Mill, Darwen, in the early 1840s – Mike Malley
The author has a longstanding interest in paper manufacture in and around the Darwen area. This item concerns interviews with children working in paper mills, and their masters, that appear in the 1842 Report of the Children’s Employment Commission.
3 pages, 1 figure, 5 tables
Drawings of Paper Mill Equipment – Peter Bower
A drawing attributed to Carlo Antonio Tavello (1668-1738) of a press.
1 page, 1 figure
Book Reviews – Peter Bower
The Paper Trade in Early Modern Europe: Practices, Materials, Networks – edited by Daniel Bellingradt and Anna Reynolds
Paper and Colour: Dyes and Dyeing Around the World – edited by Radha Pandey
Jane Warren – a papermaker’s journey – Richard Kirk
Well-researched family history of a woman, born in Exeter, who married the papermaker Thomas Bestwick Debanks, in Derbyshire, in 1831.
1 page
On the Manufacture of Esparto Paper – Anon
An early article, c.1860, on the invention and use of esparto. Also, a short item on paper duty, c.1860, the year before it was abolished.
1 page
