Strange Papers: A Collection of the World’s Rarest Handmade Papers

Fred Siegenthaler

Muttenz

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Fred Siegenthaler, Paper Art

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1987

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Regular Edition. Signed by Author

52cm x 32.5cm. 128 pages, papered boards, black lettering. 101 sample sheets in lettered folders. Lettered clamshell case.

In the early 1980s Fred Siegenthaler, a papermaker himself, wrote to international papermakers he knew from his travels requesting samples of their work made from rare and unusual materials. From these he chose 101 papers from 51 papermakers and purchased 200 sheets of each to produce this limited edition box set of samples with accompanying book. Papers in this collection come from makers in The Netherlands, Mexico, USA, Denmark, Brazil, Philippines, Germany, Israel, Australia, Japan, Switzerland, Scotland, Belgium, Egypt, England, and Czechoslovakia, and are made from materials including asparagus, canna lily, carrots, cedar bark, corn husks, kangaroo grass, hemp, laver, leather, pampas grass, papyrus, petmoss, potato stalks, red hot poker, suksuka, stinging nettle, and other exotic ingredients. The work is limited to 200 copies, the first 20 of which comprise the special edition with an additional 19 samples. This copy is one of the regular edition and is numbered 104 of 200 and signed by the author.

The spine of the clamshell case has been professionally repaired and reinforced. Near Fine Condition.