Paper

A material primarily used for writing and printing and largely made of plant fibres, paper today is generally made from chemical wood pulp or mechanical pulp.
Normally, paper is used as a thin substrate; but it can also be used by being shaped into large objects (papier-mâché). In China and Japan, paper is used in many diverse ways in interior design. Paperboard has a gsm of at least 600 g/m² and is approx. 1.5 mm in thickness. Thinner material, from 130 g/m², is called cardboard and is mainly used for cardboard packaging.

Types of paper:

Coloured art paper and coloured card are papers and cards which, unlike decorated paper, are not coated at a later stage, but made directly from the material that has been dyed throughout. Coloured art paper is particularly suitable for the production of greetings cards.

Carbon paper is used to make a simultaneous copy of a written document or for transferring templates onto other surfaces.

Decorated paper: name for coloured, surface-dyed, coated, patterned or marbled paper for art-and-craft and decorative purposes.

Coated paper: paper that has been coated on one or both sides with a pigment or synthetic substance; (minimum 5 g/m²).

Parchment paper: largely greaseproof and water-resistant paper produced from mechanical pulp.

Tissue paper: very thin, wood-free or wood-containing paper with a gsm of less than 25 g/m²; material used for packaging and decoration.

Cartridge paper: well machine-sized, wood-free paper. High resistance to erasure and water from around 60 g/m².

All edding products are ideal for drawing and writing on paper.