Canal Paper machine-made
We make this paper at the mill on our Fourdrinier machine. We use fibers left from clothing industry offcuts, white tee-shirts, blue denim and flax straw from farmers.
The sheets are 21½” x 30” and the direction of the grain is the 30” length.
Photo: Joanne Murray and the hollander beater.
Rags in colours
We make these papers using the colour of the rags. We do not bleach or cook the fibers, but just mix our rags pallets: a good ecological choice. Colours vary from batch to batch. When looking at some of these papers, a depth of colour is created by the mixed strands of cotton fiber.
| Weight varies according to fibers used. |
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| 55.5 x 76 cm (22” x 30”) |
| Available colours: | ||
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 1 White cotton |
 2 Cream cotton |
 4 Grey cotton |
 5 Tan cotton |
 6 Orange cotton |
 10 Silk on white |
 20 Blue denim |
 25 Black denim |
 40 Jute and cotton |
Farmer’s waste
The flax grown in Canada is grown for seeds, not for linen fabric. When the seeds are harvested, the straw that is left will not compost in the field and has to be removed. We make these rough papers mixing the beaten straw with rags.
| Weight varies according to fibers used. |
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| 55.5 x 76 cm (22” x 30”) |
| Available colours: | ||
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 30 Peat moss |
 31 Autumn leaves |
 50 Flax and cotton |
 53 Grey flax |
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Odd fibres
Rag dealers contact us when find something they think might interest us. A shipment of welcome mats leftover pieces made it’s way to the mill a few years ago. Any white or natural linen leftovers are treasured.
| Weight varies according to fibers used. |
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| 55.5 x 76 cm (22” x 30”) |
| Available colours: | ||
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 60 Sisal cream |
 61 Sisal coffee |
 62 Sisal cucumber |
 63 Sisal currants |
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Linen Fibers
We make two pure linen papers on the machine. One comes from white linen fabric and the other is natural colour linen tow, this is the state before the paper is turned into thread. The heat of the paper machine dryers shrinks the fibers and give the paper an interesting tetxture.
| Weight varies according to fibers used. |
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| 55.5 x 76 cm (22” x 30”) |
| Available colours: | ||
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 65 Tan linen wrapper |
 66 White linen wrapper |
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