 Artists catalogue and paper samples
Articles and writers
Paper, binding and printing
Colophon
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Artists catalogue and paper samples
Timeless Paper is the fourth biennial book, associated with the Holland Paper Biennial of 2002. This bi-lingual edition also starts with a presentation of artists who took part in the biennial, their profiles, images of their work and samples taken from the very paper which they use to create their products.
The theme of 'time and timelessness' is particularly emphasized in the articles, with essays about the history of text by prof. Fabrizio Pennachetti and the use of papyrus over the centuries by Maureen and Brian Richardson, including instructions on how to make it yourself. Henk Porck, head of the ' Paper Historical Collection' of the Royal Library researches the reliability of artificial paper-ageing tests. Henk Voorn writes about the first American papermaker whose ancestors originated from the Netherlands and Germany. Furthermore, this edition contains articles about the fibre structure of paper, Javanese wajang-puppets made from dluwang, books with moving (pop-up) parts, and the making of watermarks with the help of silk-screen techniques. This edition's foreword is written by Albert Ellen, chairman of the International Association of Paper Historians (IPH).
The paper samples of the 15 artists participating are attached to the catalogue section of this edition using punch-cut tabs. There are also three-dimensional images in the book which can be viewed using the 3D glasses attached.
Timeless Paper was nominated for the Dutch Design Prize, 2002.
Articles and writers
Gangulf Ulbricht,
'Watermarks - the translucent history of paper'
John Risseeuw,
'Paper with special content - how paper can extend and deepen a concept'
Gene Valentine & Charles J. Kazilek,
'The inner aesthetics of paper - rediscovering the familiar'
Fabrizio A. Pennacchietti,
'From scroll to book - taking a look at text bearers before the existence of paper'
Maureen & Brian Richardson,
'The history of the rediscovery of papyrus - papyrus, pseudo-papyrus and paper'
Maureen Richardson,
'Vegetable papyrus - instructions on how to make papyrus, decorations and objects from fruit and vegetables'
René Teygeler,
'The myth of Javanese paper - the history of dluwang, the old text bearer from the Indian archipelago'
Henk Voorn,
'William Rittenhouse - the first paper maker in North America'
Heidi Rombouts,
'The movible book - paper mechanics in pop-up books'
Henk Porck,
'Time travel in the climate chamber - artificial paper-ageing'
Walter Ruprecht,
'A vision that become a tradition - papermaking in rural communities in Zimbabwe'
Peter Gentenaar,
'Making paper without felling trees - alternative fibres for the paper industry'
Paper, binding and printing
The cover is consists of blank Venicelux 215 gsm. The front cover is doubled over with a flap in which an extremely simple pop-up, the parallel lady, has been created. The title is die cut out of the cover, revealing underneath a layer of extremely light-sensative coloured paper containing wood (Colorado Turkish red and Sulphur yellow 170 gsm). If the book is exposed to the daylight for just a short length of time, the title is revealed through the stencil in faded letters on the coloured paper.
The contents are is printed on six different sorts of paper: Vergé Gelatine Crème Cream 120 gsm, Fineblade Heritage 115 gsm, Desiderius Eco 90 gsm, Reviva 100 gsm, Ever Rabat waxed 110 gsm and XDT Platinum 112 gsm. This final type of paper, due to its high transparency, is printed first with a white offset-ink, before the text and images were added.
Colophon
Timeless Paper
Publisher:
Wim Findhammer/Uitgeverij Compres i.a.w. Foundation Paper Manifestation '94
Compilation:
Peter Gentenaar
Concept:
Pat Torley
Editing:
Hanneke Jelles en Anna Roelofsz
Dutch/English translation:
Linda Fairwether Nash
English/Dutch translation:
Rob de Ridder
Design:
Loes Schepens (Eindeloos)
Lithography:
Nauta en Hagen
Printing:
Druco Graphic Service Center
Binding work:
Binderij Hexspoor
Edition:
3.000
Volume:
240 pages
ISBN:
90 73803 03 9
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