Do you know your ABC's for the 2014 Stationery Show?

Wondering what the next Stationery Show promotional project will be? Hope you know your ABC's for our FOURTH annual Stationery Show project!

Organized by Flywheel Press and sponsored by Legion, we are all super excited to watch this year’s project grow to become our best yet! As 27 different fine art papers were sent out, 26 Alphabet cards are beginning to fly in from amazing designers (who are allNSS exhibitors).

As done in the past, attendees of NSS will participate in a scavenger hunt to collect all 26 letters. Once you have A through Z, stop by Legion's booth (3330) to stack your cards in packaging created by Lady Pilot Letterpress.  

The National Stationery Show is just around the corner (May 18^th) and we are ready to blow you away with our ABC’s.

To the left is a sneak preview to some of the many cards we are recieving for the 2014 Stationery Show by Albertine Press, A Favorite Design, The Nic Studio and Sugarcube Press. 

Stayed posted to our Facebook, Twitter and Blog for more info on our Alphabet cards! Designer list with their booth numbers will be coming soon! 

The Perfect Paper

Legion recieved an inquiry from a potential eager zero-profit corp looking for their perfect paper. The purpose is all profit going to programs that support the arts, specifically those that teach art as a healing component, and to redirect troubled youth.  They plan to create earning opportunties for those with barriers to employment (e.g. disabilities, seniors).

What were they looking for? A paper that has some tooth to it (e.g.stonehenge or artagain paper, both being perfect for colored pencils), but is sized externally and internally to handle ink, moderate watercolor washes and markers.  Essentially, an all media paper that is the same on both sides, in a compact 90# weight or so, perfect for sketchbooks.

Our answer: You mentioned Stonehenge, which is a paper I created in 1971 for a bunch of various applications; primarily printmaking & serigraphy back then, but now the grade has become a real “go to” paper for all mediums, especially colored pencil.

You mentioned 90# - I am assuming you mean cover weight not text or book weight.

You also mention you want a paper that has texture and is the same on both sides: Stonehenge is relatively smooth and has very little texture or roughness – I did this deliberately when I produced it because the market wanted a semi-smooth (not hot press) surface.

With regards to the surface being the same on both sides, you will not be able to achieve that with a machine-made paper,  i.e. Stonehenge, Lenox, Coventry Rag by virtue of manufacturing – machine-made papers will always give you  a two-sidedness.

Take a look at some watercolor papers:

1.Waterford CP & HP (has some texture) surfaces – 180gsm & 300gsm

2. Legion Multi-media Aquarelle - 300gsm CP (has a medium texture), internally & externally sized, even though it is machine-made it is less two-sided

3.Lanaquarelle CP & HP – 300gsm

Ask an expert for your perfect paper.

[in code] Letterpress Project by Shift-Lab Via Twitter

[in code] is a social media inspired collaborative project by shift-lab using Coventry Rag . During SGC (March 27 - 28) tweet using the hashtags:
#printedword #woodtype #letterpress #shiftlab #cbaa #sgc2014

Your tweets will be set in type and printed at the San Francisco Center for the Book on Saturday the 29th by Shift Lab. 

Don't forget to come visit the Legion Paper Booth in San Francisco at 15D! 

Happy 20th Anniversary to Legion!

Update on 2014-04-02 21:18 by Legion Paper

More anniversary love.  

This is a big milestone for us.  20 years since we first opened our doors as an importer and distributor dedicated solely to fine art papers. 

These past 20 years have been marked with adventures, worldwide travels, meetings and partnerships with some of the finest and most prestigious papermakers on our planet.  We've been fortunate to work with some of the most creative people of our time and participate in some truly innovative things.

We want to thank all of our suppliers and all of our customers for their overwhelming support and partnership. Most importantly we send a gigantic Thank You to everyone who is part of our Legion family for all that you have done to get us to this milestone.

It was all a dream

We've been eyeing this set of prints from Paper Jam Press for a while now and we finally ponied up and got one for our new NYC office.  Up to 38 in the series (of a targeted 40), these are the brainchild of Arianna Orland.  Are we a little biased because they're printed on Somerset?  Probably.  Would we have wanted a set even if it weren't?  Probably.

Maybe Arianna will let us choose the last two phrases...