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Simon Barcham Green

Kent, England

Former owner of the historic Hayle Mill, Maidstone

Interests: Papermaking, watermarks, paper history, alternative fibres, conservation and the environment

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A small mystery solved

It is some years now since I added a page for a beautiful mould from Tumba in Sweden containing this beautiful water mark. See this link At the time I wrote "I do not know why Tumba use the beehive as their symbol but this is a particularly lovely mark... Continue reading

Posted Mar 27, 2023 at Simon Barcham Green's Papermaking Moulds

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Final use for Finale Paper

I had been keeping my stock of Finale until all remaining 4,500 sheets could be used it for a special publication. Finale was the last paper ever made at Hayle Mill and and included a special watermark designed by Claire van Vliet of the Janus Press. Most of the original... Continue reading

Posted Nov 5, 2022 at Simon Barcham Green's Papermaking Moulds

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News about the Hayle Mill Archives

The 20th century archives were moved into my main paper store last year. Here's the story of how that was done: Download So last century by SBG on p25 of Icon News 95 - August 2021 web (003) If you like Icon News, why not Join Icon Continue reading

Posted Aug 1, 2021 at Simon Barcham Green's Papermaking Moulds

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The Paper Foundation has launched its new website

The Paper Foundation The Foundation has been created to celebrate and perpetuate centuries of paper heritage. They have started with a papermaking studio and in time have ambitious plans to build a home for all the paper arts. The Foundation owns a large collection of moulds from Hayle Mill and... Continue reading

Posted Jul 6, 2021 at Simon Barcham Green's Papermaking Moulds

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Tim Barrett "retires"

Most paper enthusiasts will know that the most influential handpapermaker in the USA for the last 50 years or so has been Baretto-san also known as Professor Timothy Barrett of the University of Iowa Centre for the Book. My wife Maureen and I separately met Tim in the mid 1970s... Continue reading

Posted Aug 18, 2020 at Simon Barcham Green's Papermaking Moulds

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Where are they now?

I have recently put this letter in Hand Papermaking Newsletter: My father, Rémy John Barcham Green and I sold old hand papermaking moulds for many years. I had not realised how early this had started until I recently came across the card illustrated, which presumably Rémy sent to a wide... Continue reading

Posted Dec 29, 2019 at Simon Barcham Green's Papermaking Moulds

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Hollander beater sold

The laboratory beater has been sold and is now in Czechia where its new owner Karel Křenek will restore it over the next year or so and use it to make his very fine conservation papers. Continue reading

Posted Jul 28, 2019 at Simon Barcham Green's Papermaking Moulds

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Featured Moulds 54 - M127 Charles I Single faced laid moulds

Charles I was a single faced laid grey paper, similar to the F J Head range but developed by Jack Barcham Green in the 1930s. He wrote the letters backwards with a pen to make them look "ancient" and the mould maker copied the drawing. Charles I was developed for... Continue reading

Posted Aug 26, 2018 at Simon Barcham Green's Papermaking Moulds

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Catalogue updated 12th November 2012

As I have sold several moulds recently, I have updated my catalogue. To see the latest version Download Mould catalogue - published 12th November 2018 Continue reading

Posted Aug 5, 2018 at Simon Barcham Green's Papermaking Moulds

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Two articles in Hand Papermaking Magazine

From time to time I write an article for Hand Papermaking magazine and this summer there are two in their special issue on Water . HPM has been the leading magazine in its field since 1986. Each issue features articles on a variety of topics within the field, including: contemporary... Continue reading

Posted Jul 15, 2018 at Simon Barcham Green's Papermaking Moulds

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Snap up a bargain and support the Hand Papermaking Auction

Good News for Hand Papermaking. This pair of moulds sold for US $ 2,600 in the auction. The Annual Hand Papermaking Auction on eBay (https://www.ebay.com/usr/handpapermaking) is a key fundraiser for Hand Papermaking, inc. The funds collected from the auction go straight to supporting the organization's main programs — our award-winning,... Continue reading

Posted May 11, 2018 at Simon Barcham Green's Papermaking Moulds

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Hayle Mill in the 19th Century - the authoritative history just published

For years many people have asked me if there was a history of Hayle Mill and I had to disapppoint them. But for many of those years, my wife Maureen Green researched the Hayle Mill Archives, earning first an MA in the History of the Book and then a PhD... Continue reading

Posted May 1, 2018 at Simon Barcham Green's Papermaking Moulds

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Not all moulds are old!

Although all the moulds on this website are at least 30 year olds and many date from the 19th Century, it is still possible to buy papermaking moulds produced in the traditional way. Some years ago Serge Pirard started learning the craft of mould making from the late Ron MacDonald... Continue reading

Posted Mar 5, 2018 at Simon Barcham Green's Papermaking Moulds

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Special collection of Hayle Mill Papers for sale

Stocks of paper made at Hayle Mill are now very rare - not surprising as production ended 30 years ago in July 1987. However in tidying up my stock room (which is shared with the archives), I have compiled a stack of about 800 - 1,000 sheets of 20 different... Continue reading

Posted Jan 5, 2018 at Simon Barcham Green's Papermaking Moulds

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Making Electrotype Watermarks

Making watermarks is a complex business and I am certainly not an expert on them. The simplest are just pieces of bent wire sewn down on to the laid or wove cover wire of the mould. These were invented, as far as we know, way back in the 13th century... Continue reading

Posted Dec 20, 2017 at Simon Barcham Green's Papermaking Moulds

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A great mouldmaker passes

I am sorry to report that Ron Macdonald passed away in November. According to Serge Pirard (who now owns Ron's loom) since 1985, Ron made more than 650 moulds and deckles, shipped to people in the UK, Europe, the USA, Australia and beyond. This is a an amazingly high number... Continue reading

Posted Dec 9, 2017 at Simon Barcham Green's Papermaking Moulds

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Featured Moulds 53 - M178 Ottoman Persian script mould

This is one of the most beautiful sets of watermarks in the collection. It features Turkish script - wire and embossing. “Ottoman Turkish language" was a variety of Turkish, highly influenced by Persian and Arabic. The Ottomans had three influential languages, Turkish, Persian, Arabic but they did not have a... Continue reading

Posted Nov 27, 2017 at Simon Barcham Green's Papermaking Moulds

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Featured Moulds 52 - M260 Coutts & Co Bankers London

This is an exceptional pair of moulds made in 6/1954 for the Queen's bankers Coutts & Co. They measure 520 x 635 mm and would have made a single sheet of paper to have been torn in half along the tear wire when dry. They demonstrate light and shade water... Continue reading

Posted Nov 27, 2017 at Simon Barcham Green's Papermaking Moulds

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Featured Mould 51 - M232 Various banknote samples

I have been very behind in posting images but I am now trying to catch up with some photographs taken over the last couple of years. M232 is a small wove mould without a deckle 375 x 450 mm. The 4 sets of watermarks illustrate soem of what could be... Continue reading

Posted Nov 26, 2017 at Simon Barcham Green's Papermaking Moulds

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Small, very historic Albion Press for sale

This item has been sold (October 2017) Continue reading

Posted Sep 10, 2017 at Simon Barcham Green's Papermaking Moulds

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A Personal View of Paper History

In 2016, I was lucky enough to be invited to speak at various venues in the USA and titled my talk, rather loosely, a Personal View of Paper History. I have deliberately wandered off the straight chronology to include some of my own experiences at Hayle Mill, in India and... Continue reading

Posted Jun 3, 2017 at Simon Barcham Green's Papermaking Moulds

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Paper stocks keep dwindling

There is now one less paper left in stock that was made at Hayle Mill. The last couple of hundred sheets of Antique Rose were sold for a special project that I will announce in a few months time. My stock list can be Downloaded here. Continue reading

Posted Feb 28, 2017 at Simon Barcham Green's Papermaking Moulds

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A lady's life in the Rocky Mountains

Way back in 1970, I travelled through Colorada and other interesting states on a trip to Alaska. In preparation for my trip I succeeded in borrowing a first edition copy of A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella Lucy Bird from Trinity College Library in Dublin, which was... Continue reading

Posted Dec 13, 2016 at Simon Barcham Green's Papermaking Moulds

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Tour starts at Iowa City

The tour starts at the University of Iowa Center for the Book and the whole tour has been organised by its Director Tim Barrett who has also run its papermaking courses and research for many years. Tim is not only an old friend but he probably knows more about making... Continue reading

Posted Sep 10, 2016 at Simon Barcham Green's Papermaking Moulds

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Coming to America

For about 20 years up to 1987 I toured the USA nearly every year to promote our handmade papers. However the last time I visited was a brief holiday in California in 1999. I am will now be travelling from Chicago to San Francisco by car and returning by train,... Continue reading

Posted Sep 8, 2016 at Simon Barcham Green's Papermaking Moulds

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