Parchment paper (old school)

[gobler]

OK I'm going to try to replicate the KSM map but my big problem is where do I find good parchment paper. Let me explaine. Years ago (when I was a lad) places like Knotts Berry Farm and the like had Wanted posters and drawings of guns, wagons and what not you could buy. They were printed on a very neat pulp like parchment that had a feel and smell of old paper. Does any one remember that kind of paper? I'm looking for that paper not the parchment paper for printers. Please help.

 

[franz bolo]

Try some calligraphy paper at the Art Stores.

Originally, I think it was sheep skin. I've seen some of that paper before.

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[Treadwell]

Or try Office Max or Office Depot.

 

[moffeaton]

Art supply stores will have what you are looking for. A company called "Black Ink" imports a lot of handmade papers from hailand, and there is a lot of Japanese Unryu that you can get with a nice amount of variegated pulp and color to it. As said above, check the printmaking and calligraphy papers. Stonehenge, D'Arches, and Canson are good brands.

 

[Peralton]

Originally posted by gobler@Oct 25 2005, 04:06 PM
OK I'm going to try to replicate the KSM map but my big problem is where do I find good parchment paper. Let me explaine. Years ago (when I was a lad) places like Knotts Berry Farm and the like had Wanted posters and drawings of guns, wagons and what not you could buy. They were printed on a very neat pulp like parchment that had a feel and smell of old paper. Does any one remember that kind of paper? I'm looking for that paper not the parchment paper for printers. Please help.

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Pergamena makes high-quality hand-made parchment. I think I got this link off an RPF harry potter marauders map thread.

Pergamena Parchment

Pergamena offers handmade calfskin, goatskin, and deerskin parchment. It's not cheap. It's about $63 for 5 square feet of parchment.

 

[pnerves]

Originally posted by moffeaton@Oct 26 2005, 07:17 AM
Art supply stores will have what you are looking for. A company called "Black Ink" imports a lot of handmade papers from hailand, and there is a lot of Japanese Unryu that you can get with a nice amount of variegated pulp and color to it. As said above, check the printmaking and calligraphy papers. Stonehenge, D'Arches, and Canson are good brands.

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Slight hijack, but HOLY CRAP. I used to work for Black Ink. Used to pack those great papers for delivery to art stores all over the world. They still in Boulder? File that under small world.

 

[juno]

I've purchased from Pergamena. It's basically one guy who makes the parchment, and you get the whole animal's skin. His family runs a tanning shop, so the parchment business just kind of fell to him.