Plain Paper is an English-language magazine on and about paper.
The current issue revolves around the theme: surface.
Paper can be seen as synonymous with surface through and through. It is a layer located in between the worlds of 2D and 3D. The surface of paper can be smooth, rough, gloss, silk, matt, touch, anything! The best kept secret of a paper machine is the size press, the segment of the machine used to apply starch, pigments or chemicals to the surface of the paper to enhance its printing characteristics. A good surface is what makes an accomplished sheet of paper.
Plain paper can be post-processed with an embossing, laser cut, varnish or lacquer, thereby further changing the relief and affecting the perception of its surface. Surface has many depths, as it were. When we speak of the printed text or image as shallow or profound, we refer to a dimension entirely distinct from the surface of the paper it appears on.
In this issue of Plain Paper, the theme ‘paper and surface’ is explored in all its depth. The magazine contains original contributions by artists and designers. Each of their unique works is printed on a different paper and highlights several printing techniques, including offset, silkscreen, braille, and letterpress. A reproduction of the legendary 1960s literary magazine Barbarber is included as well.
Contributing artists: Ruth van Beek, Vincent Bijlo, Stephan Keppel, Cindy Moorman, Underware, Barbarber.
The production of the magazine was generously made possible by the following paper suppliers and graphic companies: Zwaan Printmedia, FopmaWier boekbinderij, Marc Gijzen. And: AGA Color solutions, Antalis, Arctic Paper, Arjo Wiggins, Brink Omega, CBB, CordenonS, De Bink, Drukgoed Amsterdam, Geese Papier, G.F Smith, Helder Zeefdruk, Igepa, James Cropper, Moorman Karton, Mohawk, Oorbeek Stansmessen, Papyrus, Winter & Company, Wostavin.
Plain Paper is an initiative of Stroomberg and Esther Krop (De Monsterkamer).
Pages: 112
Format: 20.5 x 27 cm
Language: English
Print: Zwaan Printmedia
Binding: FopmaWier
Lithography: Marc Gijzen Digitale Lithografie
