30/08/2026
Hey all, yesterday I put on my best photographer hat, found a purple tablecloth (that looks blue in the photos), included a few props to decorate the set (die-cast toy bus, plastic goat, you know, the usual), posed a bunch of handmade paper and other papers that are part of the collection, and made some, (frankly, stunning) pictures. It's been awhile since I did a sort of paper shop catalogue post, and I often feel like my photos are a bit frayed around the edges, done on the fly, at the last minute. So this is my attempt to smarten things up a bit. I've had some good making sessions recently, so there's new handmade paper in the shop. A4 sheets made with cotton & lokta fibres, studio offcuts and a bamboo tissue box, A5 sheets with seaweed inclusions, and some lightweight sheets that are textured thanks to the wrinkly felts I pressed them onto when they were wet. The most exciting new find in the foraged paper category is a pack of vintage (I have no idea how old, but I'd guess 20-30 years), orange card I found in St Austell the other day. It's delicious. There is, of course, a ton (well, maybe not quite, but it seems like a ton), of interesting foraged and sourced papers to look at. Sometimes I only have a few sheets, and there are usually one or two new things every week. Hope you dig the photos, and hope to see you in the shop soon. The next shop day is next Friday, the 4th, open hours are 12-4. I'll put the full list of September shop days up soon (tomorrow, I promise!). OK, that'll do for now. It is Sunday evening after all, don't wanna work too hard.
