A few years back (2009!) GF Smith was sending out sample greeting cards to promote some of their paper. This one here was actually screen printed with glitter ink on 330gsm Plike. The inside was a text about seaside holiday. The unconventional texture of Plike combined with the glitter ink was striking.
Posted on: 27 March 2011, 17:39
Posted in: design inspiration, paper mill/merchant, printing process/finishing, Uncategorized Tags: coloured paper, GFSmith, glitter ink, greeting card, paper merchant, Plike, printing process/finishing, texture Leave a comment
From September 2010, GFSmith is to be supplying a new collection of papers from Gmund, the Original Gmund. This is a cotton based paper (10, 50 or 100%) with a warm traditional feel to it, and will now be part of the high quality papers GFSmith distribute the UK. Gmund is a traditional paper maker [...]
Posted on: 14 September 2010, 12:26
Posted in: paper mill/merchant, specialty paper Tags: cotton paper, FSC, GFSmith, Gmund, Original Gmund, paper, paper merchant, paper mill Leave a comment
The other day through the post came this mailer from advertising the launch of a new micro-site, editionsfromgfsmith.com. On this new website you will be able to buy (expansive) limited editions, high quality prints, from artists (Rankin, John Ross, Lee Funnell) that featured in GFSmith swatches, promotional books or marketing materials. If you have a [...]
Posted on: 18 April 2010, 22:40
Posted in: paper mill/merchant, print design, Shopping Tags: art prints, GFSmith, John Ross, Lee Funnell, mailer, paper, paper merchant, print design, Rankin, Shopping Leave a comment
Colorplan from is one of the most well know uncoated colour paper in the UK. It features an extensive collection of 56 colours, 8 weights and 25 embossings that will suite any application. Not sure why the new swatch is missing the colour reference, but this is anyway one of the largest available range of [...]
Posted on: 17 April 2010, 15:25
Posted in: paper mill/merchant, paper profile Tags: colorplan, coloured paper, FSC, GFSmith, paper, paper merchant, SEA design, swatch Leave a comment