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The Paper Foundation – Peter Bower
A introductory celebration of the newly founded Paper Foundation, at Burneside, Kendal, Cumbria.
2 pages, 1 figure
The Paper Foundation: An Introduction – Mark Cropper
The Paper Foundation is a new institution founded in 2016 to celebrate, elevate and perpetuate paper. In this article, Mark Cropper, its founder, describes the journey from a germ of an idea to a working organisation.
8 pages, 13 figures
Every Object has a Story: Items from the Paper Foundation Collection:1 A Pair of Dominion of Canada Papermaking Moulds – Peter Bower
The Paper Foundation at Burneside in Cumbria has acquired a large number of hand papermaking moulds. The Dominion of Canada moulds were designed to produce the four-dollar bill for the Dominion of Canada that was issued on May 1st 1882. The 1882 $4 was the only Canadian government banknote ever printed on a watermarked paper.
3 pages, 5 figures
Every Object has a Story: Items from the Paper Foundation Collection:2 The Crabble Mill Rag Girls, 1903 – Peter Bower
Crabble Mill in Kent was used by Wiggins Teape as a rag sorting site. Part of the Wiggins Teape archive, which is housed at the Paper Foundation, includes photographs of the rag workers. This article charts the story of just one of the girls, who emigrated to Australia.
5 pages, 9 figures
Crabble Mill in Wiggins Teape Archive – Anon
Four more images from the archive showing different aspects of Crabble Mill.
1 page, 4 figures
Making Gossamer Tissue – Gangolf Ulbricht
The author is an artisan hand-papermaker based in Germany. The article tells how he developed a unique technique to manufacture sheets of 2gsm tissue for conversation work.
1 page, 1 figure
Humour in the Paper Mill: Sandoz Cartoons Part 6 – Anon
A new cartoon from Noack, from the series published in Q84, Q86, Q87, Q88 and Q125, this being the first laid out landscape rather than portrait.
1 page, 1 figure
The NEWS
From Q116 The NEWS became an integral part of the journal, rather than an insert. This is The NEWS No.130.
4 pages
Fifty Years of Paper Making at the Samlesbury Paper Mill, near Blackburn – Mike Malley
A cotton mill in Samlesbury was transformed into a papermaking site in 1875. This article details the history of its first 50 years, which included a petition for winding-up just two years after its inception.
4 pages, 1 figure
“The Constant Stream of Beautiful Clear Spring Water that is Never Flooded” – Peter Bower
The painting Downstone Rock from Saugh Mill, Devon, by James White Abbott, shows a view painted outside an isolated paper mill, Shaugh Mill, on Dartmoor. The author uses this picture to describe the local landscape, the artist, and the mill.
3 pages, 3 figures
Technical Description of Paper-Making c.1837 – Anon
A transcription from The Book of Trades; or, Circle of the Useful Art, produced circa 1837, outlining the modern methods used at the time for mechanised paper manufacture.
2 pages
The Murder at Withington in 1838 – Anon
A newspaper article detailing a murder in Withington, Manchester. The victim had a basket containing articles wrapped in thick paper, on which an Excise stamp mark was found, identifying it as made in Kendal at Burneside mill, which the Cropper family would purchase in the coming decade, and which in turn would give rise to the Paper Foundation, the main subject of this particular issue of The Quarterly.
1 pages
Butler’s Court: Wiggins Teape Research & Development – Daven Chamberlain
A description of Butler’s Court, the site where the author worked for almost two decades. This is told using two objects, both of which form part of the Wiggins Teape Archive, held by The Paper Foundation.
2 pages, 3 figures
The Quarterly Index Nos 121-124 – Daven Chamberlain
The index for 2022 is arranged in eight categories: Articles by author; Articles by title; Book reviews; General index; Illustrations; Papermakers; Paper mills; Watermarks. The Watermarks index is further divided into those that are illustrated and those that are mentioned in the text.
8 pages
