PETER & DONNA THOMAS
260 Fifteenth Avenue Santa Cruz CA 95062 (831) 475-1455
Click here for information about our private collection of books on the subject of papermaking.
Not Paper. (2010) Peter Thomas. 8 3/4“ x 5“ . This book is about the paper-like materials that are not paper. Letterpress printed with wood type, Centaur and Neuland, 12 samples tipped in. Full bound in antique oasis goat leather. Clamshell box. 20 accordion pages. 48 copies, $645. Click here for more images and information. |
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| The History of Papermaking in the Philippines. (2005) Written by Peter Thomas. Illustrated by Donna Thomas. 10 3/4 by 13 5/8 inches. 50 pages. Five special copies accompanied by a suite of prints from the book. 75 copies. $950. Click here for more images and information. |
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| The Ergonomics of Hand Papermaking or How to Make Paper Without Getting a Sore Back (2000) by Peter Thomas. This 20 minute DVD gives suggestions for how to set up a studio and make paper in ways that will help avoid back problems and repetive motion injuries. Suggested warm-up exercises are described. The DVD includes footage filmed in traditional western paper mills in England and Sweeden that illustrate the traditional techniques used to form and couch paper. Also comes with a 12 page photocopy pamphlet containg the storyline of the DVD $15. Add $4.95 post in the USA.
Most papermakers who see this say, "if I had only seen this before I hurt my back...." |
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| Paper From Plants (1999). 30 specimens of the paper made from local plants by America’s hand papermakers are displayed facing a text by the papermaker and an illustration by Donna. Letterpress printed on Peter's handmade paper using Centaur type and Neuland type in three colors. Edition binding is quarter green Moroccan leather and painted paper boards. Special copies are full bound in green Morrocan leather and all illustrations are hand colored. 8 3/4 by 11 5/8 inches. 100 pages.105 edition copies $830. |   |
| Meditations at the Edge: Paper and Spirit (1996). Dorothy Field’s observations of how paper has been used in the Orient to connect the physical and the spiritual worlds. Four illustrations by the author. Letterpress printed in Centaur on Peter and Dorothy’s handmade papers. 42 pages. 11 1/4 by 4 1/2 inches. 14 special copies have pages mounted on wooden dowels housed in a wooden pagoda. 12 1/2 by 16 inches. 1-14 sold, 14-100 $350. |  |
| Bikupan / The story of a trip to visit a hand paper mill in Sweden, with a bit of history added in for good measure (1992). Peter Thomas. 10 1/2 by 7 1/2 inches. 36 pages. 119 copies. $350. |  |
| Papermaking in Seventeenth Century England (1990). Peter Thomas. The diary entries written by John Evelyn and Celia Fiennes, recording their visits of paper mills during the late 1600’s, are preceded by short biographies and accompanied by commentary on the author’s observations. 6 3/4 by 5 inches. 42 pages. 200 copies. $300. |  |