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the Orphan Leaf Review (Issues One to Six) were hand cut and assembled from a range of different papers:

Finding Papers

There is no greater joy than shopping for paper.

The hunting ground encompasses Bristol, Bath and other towns in which I might find myself.  In art shops, stationers and paper merchants, sheets are held up to the light, rubbed between forefinger and thumb.

I look for paper with a subtle colour and texture.  Some interesting rough, cheap papers had to be rejected since a certain weight and stiffness is required by the electro-mechanical printing equipment at my disposal.

Thank You Paper People

Cover card stocks ran dry at the local art shop early in the printing of Issue One.  It emerged that I had unwittingly selected a high quality all-cotton card imported (infrequently) from France.  Major hitch.

The magazine was saved by the unexpected generosity of the manufacturer who posted  me a swathe of sheets with their compliments, all the way from continental Europe.  People are good.

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