Vera Billing’s pigmented painting
Vera Billing is a Swedish watercolour artist who draws her inspiration from the nature and more particularly the flora. Her special devotion for plant life goes back to her childhood…
Doug Sneyd, the veteran Playboy cartoonist!
Doug Sneyd was born in Guelph, Ontario, but spent much of his professional career in Toronto. Canadian artist, he has had nearly 500 full-page color cartoons, all rendered on ARCHES® Watercolour 140 lb cold pressed paper using Dr. Ph. Martin’s aniline dyes and published in
A mysterious wedding announcement card…
Not long ago in Greece Alex Tsiavos discovered a book of music hidden in a drawer in an old table. Inside this book there was a wedding announcement card dating from 1937. It is printed on 31.5 x 20 cm Velin d’ARCHES® 130 gsm announcement
ARCHES®, Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant
ARCHES® has recently been granted “Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant” (Living Heritage Company) status, in recognition of its ancestral know-how in the field of high quality paper making. It therefore joins a prestigious club whose member include famous French names such as Hermès, Cristalleries Saint-Louis, Baccarat,
Xavier Casalta, stippler and stickler
Xavier Casalta, a young artist living near Sisteron in the South of France, creates precise and delicate typographical works with extremely worked shades and contrasts.
Estampes, prints… Follow the guide!
If you would like to know exactly what constitutes a print – estampe in French – or you wish to find out more about lithographs, the gravure process and other printed art forms…
Portrait of a “printer beyond compare”
Lorenz, you are a “screen printer designer”, aren’t you? Can you describe your job? Yes,…
Philipp Hennevogl explains the reductive engraving technique
Philipp Hennevogl was born in 1968 in Würzburg (Germany). Since 1992, he has exhibited regularly in numerous galleries and art institutions and his works feature in many private and public collections in Germany.
The floral and colourful watercolours by Gabby Malpas
Gabby Malpas was born in 1966 in Auckland (New Zealand). Adopted when she was a baby, she will later realize that she is Chinese and not “white” like other members of her adoptive family.
ARCHES® Platine, a formula for success!
It is ARCHES® Platine 310 gsm paper that master printer Martin Axon has chosen to reveal the beauty of the photos taken by the famous photographer Michael O’Neill.
