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To commemorate the fortieth anniversary of Hand Papermaking magazine and her twenty years as its editor, Mina Takahashi contributes a blue paper sample for the “All Blues” issue. Pictured here is a full 22 x 30-inch sheet of ultramarine-pigmented paper, “corrupted” with vinegar. A sample of this sheet is included in the current issue.

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In the current “All Blues” issue of Hand Papermaking magazine, Don Farnsworth and Max Thill describe their pursuit to recreate Renaissance-era blue handmade paper, cherished by artists like Federico Barocci and Leonardo da Vinci. At Magnolia Paper Studio, for the past ten years, Don and Max have explored numerous ways to color rags and pulp for papermaking, and went so far as to commission the production of heritage wool felts to achieve the hair-marked surface of sixteenth-century blue handmade papers. Their own artwork on the blue papers they made are a testament to their decade-long quest for the perfect drawing paper. Here, Max Thill is forming sheets of indigo-blue linen paper at Magnolia Paper Studio, Oakland, California.

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