Page 15 – Arches Papers

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.

TASCHEN Gallery: Michael O’Neill. On Yoga - The Architecture of Peace

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.

Les oiseaux exotiques, watercolor by José Gietka

Everyone to Belgium to discover José Gietka!

José Gietka is a Belgian painter born in Herstal in 1957 (Liège region). He studied Art Nouveau, Impressionism and Byzantine art at the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Liège, and he is interested in glassmaking, porcelain and faience. He also has a qualification in cabinet-making. It

Light as a guide

Lauren Collin, a young French visual artist, aged 27, who graduated from the ESAG Penninghen school of graphic arts in 2011, uses a scalpel to bring her materials to life and to sculpt paper.

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