Observed arrival · 2026-09-17
Papiers Ruscombe, from fibre to handmade sheet
A Médoc papermaking workshop producing handmade sheets from linen, cotton, and hemp fibres for artists, conservators, binders, and other paper specialists.
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Papiers Ruscombe describes a handmade-sheet process built around textile and native fibres rather than a generic paper catalogue. Materials may include old linen and cotton cloth, hemp, and linters; the site says some are left to decompose for more than a year before being beaten into pulp. Sheets are formed with wooden moulds, pressed, and dried according to their intended weight or texture. The workshop lists papers from 25 to 300 grams and traces its operation from England in 1989 to Margaux-Cantenac.
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