10.05 Japanese Paper
The paper arrived today, they sent lots of different samples and weights so I headed straight down to Graham Bignell's to use his letter pressing facilities. I was in the studio with Hawaii which is just around the corner, so took a risk and called in. There were about 25 kids there on an educational day, but managed to squeeze into a corner and test some debossing in different typefaces to get a feel for how the paper would respond. The transparency didn't work, so I realised it definitely had to have heat as-well in order to activate the silicon within the material. Now I just need to find a printers that could handle this weird paper. Japanese printers are notorious for loving a challenge, and won't let up until its perfect.
