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anaglypta/anaplyptic paper for texture

updated mon 12 feb 07

 

Veena Raghavan on fri 9 feb 07


Hi Anne,

I got some sample pieces from the Home Depot Design Center some years ago. If
the have an opened roll, they will either give or sell you a piece. It is
indeed great for texture on slabs.

Good luck.

Veena

In a message dated 2/9/2007 9:37:11 PM Eastern Standard Time,
annied01@HOTMAIL.COM writes:
>
> My question is, does anyone else use this material and if so, where do you
> buy it? I cannot imagine buying a double roll at between $60 to 80 dollars
> for just the occasional use... so far i have achieved nice results on
> platters using plastic placemats with a lace design, but the designs are
> somewhat limited to laces. This material is also excellent for small
> projects, bottoms of tea trays, matting for picture frames, etc.
>

VeenaRaghavan@cs.com

Fredrick Paget on fri 9 feb 07


>Hi everyone,
>I was recently introduced to using anaglyptic paper, the vinyl embossed
>wallpaper, as a means of adding texture to clay, especially slabs for
>handbuilding, ..............
>My question is, does anyone else use this material and if so, where do you
>buy it?.
Anne.


Six or seven years ago I got a small roll 4 inches wide of that paper
at Home Depot.

Fred
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Mill Valley, CA, USA
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Anne Doyle on fri 9 feb 07


Hi everyone,
I was recently introduced to using anaglyptic paper, the vinyl embossed
wallpaper, as a means of adding texture to clay, especially slabs for
handbuilding, by a friend of mine in Ontario. The pottery studio she
creates in has this material on hand for students to use. She sent me some
pieces she has made with this and the results when glazed are great,
especially with glazes that break on textures like FB.

My question is, does anyone else use this material and if so, where do you
buy it? I cannot imagine buying a double roll at between $60 to 80 dollars
for just the occasional use... so far i have achieved nice results on
platters using plastic placemats with a lace design, but the designs are
somewhat limited to laces. This material is also excellent for small
projects, bottoms of tea trays, matting for picture frames, etc.

Thanx and have a nice weekend!

Anne, in Saint-Sauveur where the house is eerily quiet tonight...

Ellen Currans on sat 10 feb 07


Dear Annie,

I've been using embossed wallpapers with my slab work for about 10
years. Anaglypta is the name of one English company that makes very
fine embossed papers, but I believe they just recently went bankrupt.
I was told by my local wallpaper supplier that they were closing out
the line (and they gave me the pattern book) but that a new company was
taking over called Varitex. The new varitex papers were very similar
and were easier for paperers to use, having more vinyl or plastic or
something in them, that made them more strippable.
About three months after I was told the Anaglypta company was no longer
doing business, the wallpaper supplier called and said the new Varitex
book was also being discontinued and I could have that as well. I have
not been back to ask if these kind of embossed papers are being handled
now by someone else or not. Some of the papers were made in Germany
too, and both were included in books offered by American wallpaper
companies.

There are some less exciting but useful embossed papers sometimes
available in rolls at Home Depot or in Wallpaper stores that sell for
about $17 a double roll. These are meant to be used on rough walls and
painted.

I have purchased a number of the papers by the double roll which cost
around $36 each ( 50% off at Home Depot). Not every Home depot carries
them. I don't mind buying the whole roll since I use the papers on a
lot of different slab forms. The more patterns I have the more variety
I can offer my customers. I've found that spraying the papers with
clear acrylic on both sides before using them helps to keep the
moisture of the clay from destroying the texture and I use them over
and over. I consider $36 for a roll of wallpaper cheap since I can
make that back easily on the first platter I sell of that pattern. It
is not always easy to know if the pattern will work well or not, but I
would suggest staying away from the large floral or Victorian patterns.
I have found some of my papers in the GoodWill Thrift store as
leftovers, so I always check the paper section when I go to a thrift
store.

You could go on the internet and search for embossed wallpapers, which
might lead you to a mailorder supplier. Try www.wallpaperstogo.com,
or www.wallcoverings.org. There are also paper companies that deal
with imported embossed papers by the sheet. www.paperarts.com,
www.phoenixartsupply.com and www.paper.com are three I have done
business with. If you have access to a good art supply store, they
often have sheets of at least a few embossed papers.

I also use woven plastic place mats, rubber bath mats (with the suction
nubbies cut off)and shelf lining (for glassware).

If you are just beginning and not selling much, I can see where the
cost of a roll of paper would be daunting. I have found that using the
textured papers makes it possible to almost do slab work in a
production mode, without losing the excitement of trying new things,
and being able to offer great variety on fairly simple forms.

Hope this helps.

Ellen Currans
Dundee, Oregon





-----Original Message-----
From: annied01@HOTMAIL.COM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Sent: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 4:13 PM
Subject: Anaglypta/anaplyptic paper for texture

Hi everyone,
I was recently introduced to using anaglyptic paper, the vinyl embossed
wallpaper, as a means of adding texture to clay, especially slabs for
handbuilding, by a friend of mine in Ontario. The pottery studio she
creates in has this material on hand for students to use. She sent me
some
pieces she has made with this and the results when glazed are great,
especially with glazes that break on textures like FB.

My question is, does anyone else use this material and if so, where do
you
buy it? I cannot imagine buying a double roll at between $60 to 80
dollars
for just the occasional use... so far i have achieved nice results on
platters using plastic placemats with a lace design, but the designs are
somewhat limited to laces. This material is also excellent for small
projects, bottoms of tea trays, matting for picture frames, etc.

Thanx and have a nice weekend!

Anne, in Saint-Sauveur where the house is eerily quiet tonight...

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Leigh Whitaker on sat 10 feb 07


You might try a interior decorating store or a home depot or something, and
get their left over wallpaper books. I don't know if those pieces would be
big enough.

Janet Price on sat 10 feb 07


Anne,

You might try advertising on freecycle if it's active in your area.

Janet

Anne Doyle wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> I was recently introduced to using anaglyptic paper, the vinyl embossed
> wallpaper, as a means of adding texture to clay, especially slabs for
> handbuilding, by a friend of mine in Ontario. The pottery studio she
> creates in has this material on hand for students to use. She sent me some
> pieces she has made with this and the results when glazed are great,
> especially with glazes that break on textures like FB.
>
> My question is, does anyone else use this material and if so, where do you
> buy it? I cannot imagine buying a double roll at between $60 to 80 dollars
> for just the occasional use... so far i have achieved nice results on
> platters using plastic placemats with a lace design, but the designs are
> somewhat limited to laces. This material is also excellent for small
> projects, bottoms of tea trays, matting for picture frames, etc.
>
> Thanx and have a nice weekend!
>
> Anne, in Saint-Sauveur where the house is eerily quiet tonight...
>
> ______________________________________________________________________________
> Send postings to clayart@lsv.ceramics.org
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Bonnie Staffel on sat 10 feb 07


Anne, the first thing I thought about when this was posted was to go to a
wallpaper store and ask them if they have any out of date wallpaper sample
books with the textured paper in it.. Or if you know of anyone who does
wallpapering as a business, they may have an extra supply.

Bonnie

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Ivor and Olive Lewis on sun 11 feb 07


Dear Anne Doyle,=20

My suggestion would be to go to stores that specialise in interior =
decorator supplies and ask for an obsolete pattern book.

A very good alternative to wall cover would be Net Curtain material from =
larger fabric suppliers. These have very intricate designs onto which =
clay can be rolled, or vice versa and can be bought by the metre/yard.

Best regards,

Ivor Lewis.
Redhill,
South Australia.

Anne Doyle on sun 11 feb 07


Thanx everyone for the suggestions!

After extensive web-searching, i got out the phone book and called all the
wallpaper places i could find and did find one store to give me their
discontinued catalogue. I picked that up and went to all the others and
left my coordinates for them to call me when they have some. Some were
eager to have someone to give them to for recycling instead of landfills.
Others not so much... oh, well...

I also went to Rona l'entrepot and they had a damaged roll of a neat
pattern for using with square plates i got for $10.

At Home Depot however, i struck gold!! They had in stock several patterns
including the pattern i wanted most and another that was just too gorgeous
to pass up. One roll was $18 the other $23, for double rolls. This is a new
company from the UK and the prices are very reasonable. The Home Depot
ladies told me to check back every 3 months or so for catalogues. They
change seasonally on some things.

I also bought a can of acrylic paint to coat the paper and my husband found
ne a spray can gun-style-trigger attachment for easier use for $4...

So thanx again to everyone who responded and offered helpful suggestions, i
am on cloud nine over these finds and can't wait to see what i can do with
them!!


Anne, in Saint-Sauveur where the sun is shining and the snow on the hills
is calling!!

Darrell Kimball on sun 11 feb 07


At 06:13 PM 2/9/2007, you wrote:

Anne, I have used textured wallpaper a lot for slab work. Everything
from picture/mirror frames to slab built pots and lids. I purchased
mine at Lowe's and always check out their sale tables in that section
of the store. Depending on clay and moisture content, I find you can
reuse a piece a few times if it dries in between. If it gets too
wet, it tends to wrinkle when you run it through the slab roller. I
am not sure if what I use is "anaglyptic". Most patterns look like
tiles or tin ceiling panels. I think it is painted after
installation usually.

Hope it is warmer in Louisville in March. Happy potting, Joyce K.