Folio I · The editors
Listed in order of arrival at the studio in Greenpoint.
Editor-in-Chief · Co-Founder
Wrote the first letter to the mill in Fukui from a spare bedroom. Holds the editorial line on which papers earn the shelf. Pulls a Tombow Fudenosuke daily.
Press Editor · Co-Founder
Runs the in-house press behind Hexpaper №07. Tested fourteen sheet runs in fourteen months. Believes the eleventh is usually the one.
Sourcing Editor
Travels twice a year between Echizen, Cheongju and the Black Forest. Reads paper labels in three alphabets. Brings back grams, grain and gossip.
Studio Lead
Keeps forty-seven papers, six limited editions and one freight elevator on speaking terms. Hand-numbers every press run. Every order leaves on her watch.
Folio II · The mills
Where the paper actually comes from. We visit at least once a year.
I
Echizen, Japan · Since 2021
A four-generation washi mill in Fukui prefecture. Twelve sheets in the first letter; the relationship has not paused since.
II
Cheongju, Korea · Since 2023
Pressed Hexpaper №07 over fourteen months. The eleventh test sheet was the one. Six hundred sheets, hand-numbered.
III
Triberg, Germany · Since 2024
Cold-pressed cotton sheet, milled inside the Black Forest. Letters arrive twice a year, by post, in fountain ink.
Folio III · The contributors
Independent makers who supply the column inches. They send test sheets, ghost notes and the occasional postcard. Bylines always credit; the cheque always clears.
Contributing
Brush lettering · Rotterdam
Margin notes for Folio II
Contributing
Calligraphy · Bengaluru
Sumi-e ink reviews
Contributing
Printmaking · Leipzig
Triberg mill correspondent
Contributing
Marker work · Mexico City
Ghost-test column, monthly
Contributing
Letterpress · Tel Aviv
Annual ream report
Contributing
Watercolor · Osaka
Cold-press lab notes
Open studio
Drop in for a sample card and a coffee. Or write ahead and pull a sheet from the press. We answer letters the same week.