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Producing Vellum scrolls advice
Hi All,
I have been asked to produce some vellum type scrolls
for a customer & was wondering how best to do it.
They need to look as authentic as possible whilst being durable enough to be handled fairly regularly. Size is likely to be around 300-400mm wide & 600-1200mm long. The timber poles will be easy enough to get made up, but just wonder if there is any type of latex printable paper available that might simulate genuine vellum or parchment. Alternatively I could just print an effect onto maybe a light weight canvas?
Anyone done anything like this before?
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I don’t personally know of any media like that, so if it was me I’d probably go for a canvas type material and use the old school technique of tea/coffee staining it! The canvas should be durable enough to withstand frequent use as opposed to paper.
Just my thought!
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yes, i would go with the canvas route too.
just google for weathered paper or similar. you will get loads of background images on the stock images sites like the one attached. this combined with the feel of the canvas will be as good as you will get.
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Thanks Peter/Rob,
The only thought I had with the canvas was that it tends to be heavier/thicker than papers. Had wondered about something like Tyvek banner as that seems to be pretty light but very strong & actually has a bit of a papyrus like texture?
I had looked at some of the stock images alright, plenty to choose from for sure.
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I made similar earlier this year, nothing fancy with the poles .. just dowel with sanded rounded ends, I used a heavy textured art paper I had left from my 24" Z2100, mostly photos but it worked just fine, mine was about 4m x 250mm ( 2m x2 and stuck with hem tape!)
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Ps, I used paper as I wasn’t buying a roll of canvas for such a small job!
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Myles
try Faulkiners Fine Papers, Southampton Row, London.
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Myles
Try Faulkiners Fine Papers, Southampton Row, London.
They sell all kinds of hand made paper
I think they are now called Shepherds
http://store.bookbinding.co.uk/store/
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Metamark do a textile material for printing on. Its like a Cotton and is faily thick.
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quote Simon Worrall:Myles
Try Faulkiners Fine Papers, Southampton Row, London.
They sell all kinds of hand made paper
I think they are now called Shepherds
http://store.bookbinding.co.uk/store/
SimonWOW!! Thanks Simon, interesting website, & what a selection!, I’ll give them a shout & see if they have anything suitable for latex printing, sure they should have something that would fit the bill. :thumbsup:
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quote Martin Oxenham:Metamark do a textile material for printing on. Its like a Cotton and is faily thick.
Used for hanging displays etc.Hi Martin, is that the MD-AC240 & 370 Art canvas? I think they may just be a little too heavy. Nice texture etc though.
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OK, it has occurred to me that really the back of these scrolls really needs to match the front in look, so that when they are rolled up they have the same look/texture.
So either I need to find a suitable material that I can print a background image onto like Rob suggested but that can be printed double sided, or else print only the text onto a genuine parchment type paper as Simon was suggesting from Faulkiners Fine Papers or similar suppliers (this would be my preferred option tbh).My problem is that having spoken to Faulkiners they are unsure if any of the papers/parchments are printable onto with a latex printer. They seem to be ok for laser & inkjet but I don’t suppose there is anybody out there who has used a latex printer on anything like this?
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It’s Textile display for indoor use not Art Canvas. Don’t know if it’s available for Latex though.
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