Twinrocker Handmade Paper 100 East Third Street / P.O. Box 413 Brookston, Indiana 47923
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• How to Order a Custom Paper & the Costs Involved
• Making Sample Sheets or a Trial Run
• Custom Watermark
• Artistic Imagery in Laminations of Colored Pulps
• Quantity Discounts & Terms of Payment
• Packing & Shipping

Minimum Order and Custom Order Set-Up Fee:

With Custom paper, there is a minimum order of $500 worth of paper. This can include more than one size or shape.

How To Order A Custom Paper

1. You can select a color from the papers we have made in the past. Then define the other specifications of: size, shape, thickness, surface (rough coldpress, or hotpressed), softness or hardness, laid or wove mould surface, size of the deckle (normal or exaggerated "Feather" deckle), possible custom watermark, possible inclusions of randomly floating plant fibers, flecks, flower petals, etc., and possible imagery in colored pulp. Custom paper can be ordered in any size from 3.5" x 4.5" (8.9 cm x 11.5 cm) up to 34" x 48" (86 cm x 122 cm), in any thickness from .004" (.10 mm)--.035" (.89 mm). To get an estimate of the sheet price, see the generic price lists. Kathryn Clark will determine the final price depending on the quantity and the rest of the specifi cations.

2. You can request a new color by sending a swatch of another paper, cloth, printed color, drawn or painted swatch, along with the other specifications mentioned above. We can then create a handmade paper sample that is as close to the requested color as possible and send it to you for approval. This can be a small sample (from which we cannot create a real color formula but can just get an approximation) or it can be a "Trial Run" (which is the smallest making of actual paper from one beater load of pu lp in which we can create a real color formula). The time to do this is charged at $50 per hour, and we can give you an estimate of the amount of time required before we begin.

Making Sample Sheets or a Trial Run:

1. We can make small colored sheets of paper 3" (8 cm) in diameter from the actual pigments that we would later use to create a real color formula. This is a fast and inexpensive way to create an approximate color when the client wants to see several dif ferent possible paper colors. However, with this method, we do not use enough pulp to create a useable color formula.

2. In a "Trial Run", we can make actual sheets of paper in the required size and thickness from the smallest amount of pulp necessary to create a real color formula. Such time is charged at $50 per hour, and most "Trial Runs" take from ½ to 1 full workin g day. F2. Making Sample Sheets or a Trial Run:

If the client needs to see possible color samples or actual colored sheets of paper in the final size or smaller for approval before placing an order for the Custom making, we can do that in two different ways.

1. We can make small colored sheets of paper 3" (8 cm) in diameter from the actual pigments that we would later use to create a real color formula. This is a fast and inexpensive way to create an approximate color when the client wants to see several dif ferent possible paper colors. However, with this method, we do not use enough pulp to create a useable color formula. However, sample sheets from the actual making can be sent as soon as possible at the beginning of the making for final approval.

2. In a "Trial Run", we can make actual sheets of paper in the required size and thickness from the smallest amount of pulp necessary to create a real color formula. Such time is charged at $50 per hour, and most "Trial Runs" take from ½ to 1 full workin g day.

Custom Watermarks:

The design should be given to us in the actual size you wish to see it in the paper. It should be in black and white, either camera-ready for a photographically reproduced watermark or a drawn design which we can form by hand from brass wire. Although i t is necessary to see the design to provide a price quote, most normal press marks, logos, or single names cost $100. There is only a one-time fee to have the mark made. It remains at Twinrocker and can be used in future paper orders.

When a paper has a custom watermark, the client is required to purchase the entire making of both "firsts" and "seconds" (which are priced at 30% off the retail price) since the paper has been personalized and cannot be sold to anyone else. However, the client is not required to purchase more than 10% of the numbered of sheets ordered.

Artistic Imagery in Laminations of Colored Pulps:

Unlike limited edition prints, editions of handmade paper are made completely by hand, with the intention of duplicating the "master image", but of course no two examples are exactly alike. This necessary consequence of the process gives a special vitalit y and "original" quality to editions in handmade paper. Founded in 1971, Twinrocker was the first handmade paper studio of its kind in the US. We developed many of the artistic techniques used today and can draw on our 25 years of experience to invent n ew techniques and images for you.

Quantity Discounts and Terms of Payment:

A deposit of at least 1/3 the total is required, then 1/3 mid-making, then the final 1/3 before delivery. Payment must be in US funds by check, credit card, or direct electronic bank deposit. International clients may either pay as described above or wi th a Letter of Credit.

Packing & Shipping:

Ordering, Payment and Shipping