The face of the paper, its essence and character is considered texture. With the help of such material you can get unique products that will have a special character. With such characteristics, paper ceases to be a faceless means by which information is transmitted, and becomes a self-sufficient material. And it is already treated in a special way, because textured paper inspires creativity. Consider the varieties of such materials.
Create Billing
The initial stages of making textured paper are no different from the processes by which paper is created that has a smooth surface. After the casting is completed, the paper web is pressed using heated cylinders. Then it is dried to ensure smoothness and turn it into paper.
This is followed by the final calendaring process, which simply means finishing. It is this stage that becomes crucial for the purchase of finished surface by paper.
Calendering of textured paper is the same as finishing the paper base. The selection of rolls depends on which grade of paper will be produced. To give the necessary texture, the material is passed through shafts on which a special profile. So you can achieve a convex, dented or transparent pattern, or patterns on textured paper.
Embossing Types
Embossing options can be very diverse. Therefore, each manufacturer manages to create an original texture. Among the stamping options there is a kind of classic:
- “Verger” - the leader among stamping patterns, the texture is thin, with barely noticeable vertical stripes. This is the most common type of embossing.
- "Microverge" - texture with thinner stripes.
- “Flax” is paper resembling the surface of linen fabric in appearance.
For print and business cards
Textured paper for business cards should be high density and have a simple elegant texture. Only with it will you get decent representative products. You can use velvet fabric options.
With the help of textured paper for printing, printing products can become unique, with an original appearance and a pleasant to the touch texture. The choice of material depends on the specific purpose and preferences of the customer.
Features of choice
Paper with additional decorative properties should be selected with particular care. The originality of a printed product with an overly complex design can ruin the impression of this product. In order not to overdo it, one must approach the choice of such material very restrained.
As a rule, paper texture plays a major role in creating product design. Due to the nature of such papers, the designer may feel some limitations in its application. But the highest skill will be the creation of an interesting and original layout, taking into account the properties of the material that is used. Not to be mistaken in the work will help a method such as scanning texture paper. And then it is used as a background for composition.
Special attitude
Textured paper requires special treatment. Given the fact that the cropped format of the printed product does not always succeed in getting the same embossing of the textured pattern on paper, it is impossible to achieve the identity of the pattern. But such a property can be turned into an advantage. With it, all the prints are unique. Despite this, it is important not to forget about the properties of such paper.
Design options
Many collections of textured designer paper can be created with several types of embossing. These are additional qualities that design-type paper acquires. Consider their main varieties.
Alezan
Alezan is a paper made in a German company. This collection is characterized by a soft velvety surface that mimics the expensive skin of a good finish. The samples are distinguished by a special energy that lurks in this natural material when the hand touches its surface.
Alezan colored textured paper is ten warm tones, characterized by a saturation of shades. They are named after different animals with unusual skin. For example, choosing a dark gray shade called “Rinosero” or brown “Iguana” will be an ideal option to make an original postcard or issue an annual corporate report.
Conqueror texture
The sample is considered an elegant collection of clean cellulose tinted paper and paperboard. Sophisticated, unobtrusive texture and a combination of noble shades are ideal to get representative products or exclusive packaging. The collection of white textured paper consists of five types of embossing.
Constellation jade
This collection is embossed in the form of a special coating, similar to the radiance of pearls. Such a snow-white iridescent paper has a delicate texture. This material is great for creating designer products. The advantage of this textured paper is its special expressiveness. Therefore, the use of complex design can harm the finished product.
Elation
Elation is an invoice paper created by an English company. The material is produced in the form of five types of embossing. They are tinted and come in the following tones:
Using embossed “felt” you can create an effect similar to felt fabric. “Flax” is a textured paper that imitates the intersection of threads characteristic of this type of fabric. And the “leather” will be like the porous texture of this material, studded with small folds. “Micro velvet” embossing is soft and velvety.
The collection is notable for the presence of embossed lizards. She is like the skin of this reptile. With the help of such paper, it is possible to perform offset, high or screen varieties of printing. The material is of good quality when it is processed after printing as follows:
- varnishing
- lamination
- hot stamping,
- Blind embossing
- foil stamping.
Savile row tweed
Savile Row Tweed - a collection that is interesting with double-sided “tweed” embossing, similar to the texture of English tweed fabric, strict and noble. To enhance the similarity, interspersing natural fiber is used. This textured paper has not only an interesting texture, but also a composition. It includes cellulose, which is bleached without using chlorine.
In addition, the paper consists of natural textile fiber and a cotton supplement. The unusual composition and texture of the material makes it look like tweed fabric. For this color palette true English restraint is characteristic. The paper is also presented in five shades.
Slalom
Slalom - these are samples with the original one-sided embossing and a large pattern, resembling alternating wavy lines in shape. With such a large and clearly visible pattern, the paper is unusual, voluminous, since glare and reflections fall on its surface.
This material is produced in six colors that convey the most popular shades. All varieties of such paper are characterized by the presence of barely noticeable microinclusions. They give even more originality to the material. With the help of Slalom paper, elite packaging, folders, folders – covers are created.
Tatjana
German Tatjana is distinguished by sophistication and refinement due to its special embossing. This provides the material with an expensive look.
The collection has eleven color options, each of which is notable for its name, similar to expensive fabrics. The name “Batiste” is used for snow-white paper, and “Atlas” for the mysteriously flickering one. The color scheme is characterized by the absence of flashy tones; it is distinguished by the elegance of a classic style.
Embossing in nature imitates moire material. Colors in this collection can be matte and calendered.
Worldline
The Worldline collection has an elegant linear texture that mimics the globe with its parallels and meridians. The texture of the paper is similar to Verger, but with sharper and deeper lines.
For the color range of paper, it is common to belong to one of three groups. Warm expressive colors in six versions belong to the southern hemisphere. Symbols of the other six colors is the northern hemisphere. The color palette harmoniously combines metallic colors - these are cold poles and outer space.
Due to the high quality, elegance, expressiveness of embossing and a wide color range of shades that perfectly combine with each other, with the help of this collection you can successfully create luxury packaging, cover business brochures, catalogs, advertising material.
Customized samples
To create a textured paper with your own hands, you should arm yourself with the following materials:
- unnecessary paper (old, scribbled);
- napkins;
- toilet paper;
- PVA glue;
- starch;
- a deep tray;
- terry towel;
- a kitchen towel;
- varieties of decor (dry petals, flowers, shells, seeds, feathers).
Among the stages of creating paper, the following are distinguished:
- Shredding paper sheets and soaking them for 24 hours, followed by boiling for 10 minutes.
- Adding starch to bond paper fibers.
- Mixing and squeezing paper pulp.
- Whitening with hair dye (if necessary).
- Soaking a paper ball with the addition of PVA glue and starch in order to give it elasticity and flexibility.
- Pouring the mass onto a grid with a tray until a uniform layer is obtained.
- Dressing paper with prepared materials.
- Drying paper under a press using terry towels.
- Coloring and trimming material.
If the manufacture of paper with your own hands has already been successfully mastered, you can create a textured application of paper. It will turn out voluminous and original.
To summarize
Textured paper is a material that is characterized by a non-standard finish. The use of such products is the design and printing industries. Today there are many varieties of textured paper, popular around the world. Such material can be white or colored, imitate the fabric or skin of animals.
If you wish, you can create a unique sample of textured paper at home. It does not require a lot of money. Also, magnificent examples of textured applications are obtained from paper. Depending on the level of complexity, they can be created by both a child and an adult.
Textured paper - the original idea of designing masterpieces!