"The birth of paper originates from a need to write, illustrate and document; in the medium on which marks are made. But when creative attention is turned to the material itself, the medium becomes the object and the true personality of paper emerges.
The long history of paper manufacture reveals it to be as much an artform’ as the factory exercise, and the quality and character of the paper itself reflects this artistry. In Japan and China in particular the paper itself has been seen as a part of the art."