Lana

For four centuries, La Papeterie de Lana, situated in Docelles, a short distance from Arches, has continued a papermaking tradition that began in 1950 with hand production. Today, even with modern manufacturing methods, Lana has conserved its knowledge and produces notable papers on cylinder-mould machines. A rare manufacturer, the company is also skilled in making customized watermarks in line or tone. Lana's reputation was built on very thin grades and security and packaging papers, but its fine art and bookmaking ranges are of very high quality; all the papers have a neutral pH, and will not yellow with age, characteristics guaranteed by the presence of watermarks or embossings (notable in LANAQUARELL).

LANA WATERCOLOUR PAPER
A natural white paper for watercolour. Described as 'an extremely forgiving paper', it is ideal for wet on wet work or dry brush techniques and allows corrections to be easily made.

LANA ROYAL PRINTMAKING PAPER
A quality printmaking paper especially for monochrome work. This Lana paper is often selected for its pleasant off-white warm colour. It is relatively lightly sized for a printmaking paper, it is 100% cotton, hot pressed and deckle-edged.

LANA DRAWING PAPER
LANA BRISTOL - SMOOTH CARD: 250gsm. Hot Pressed, 50x65cm.

LANA COLOUR: High cotton content drawing/pastel paper with two drawing surfaces, using both sides of the paper. One side is relatively smooth, while the other is textured. It is off-white in colour and contains 45% cotton for extra scraping and rubbing back durability in life drawing and other exercises. Measures 50x65cm. 160gsm.

LANA BRISTOL PADS
Acid- free heavy weight Bristol paper. Very smooth, 250gsm for drawing with pen, ink and gouache. Contains 20 sheets.

LANA DRAWING PADS - DESSIN
Lana blocks and pads have been manufactured in France since 1590 and are recognised for their high end quality and superb presentation. These drawing pads are comprised of natural white acid-free cellulose paper without optical brighteners. 220gsm. Suitable for all techniques of drawing, charcoal, ink, chalk, pencil and acrylic.

LANA WATERCOLOUR BLOCKS
Acid-free, heavy weight 25% cotton, cold-pressed surface sized Lana watercolour paper.

LANA 100% COTTON AQUARELLE BLOCKS
Glued on 4 sides, available in hot-pressed, cold-pressed and rough surfaces.