Stillman & Birn Sketchbooks
Wet Paint is pleased to introduce Stillman & Birn, a new line of premium sketchbooks based on a simple premise: When it comes to sketchbooks, paper matters! You will feel the quality of these high performance papers as soon as you open a book. Furthermore, the Stillman & Birn program offers a unique choice of paper weights, shades and surfaces, which allow the artist to use a wide range of dry and wet media.
The Stillman & Birn sketchbook concept embraces the importance which the sketchbook has had throughout art history. Leonardo da Vinci treasured his sketchbooks ... so has every artist from Michelangelo to Picasso and beyond. Why is the sketchbook so important? Because in the studio as well as in the field, the sketchbook is the artist’s companion, a platform for invention, recording ideas and documenting the evolution of a work of art from its earliest conception to its final rendering. In this way the sketchbook is a permanent record of the artist’s thinking.
Ask any group of artists what they do with their filled sketch books. Few will say that they dispose of them. On the contrary, just like Leonardo, today’s artists have a special life-long connection to them. The Stillman & Birn sketchbook program recognizes this special relationship and offers a premium product range that is worthy of that relationship.
Stillman & Birn sketchbooks are available in two shades, Natural White and Ivory. There are two paper weights, Heavy Weight (100#/150 gsm) and Extra Heavy Weight (180#/270 gsm). The Heavy Weight vellum has a toothy surface with superb erasure characteristics and is suitable for all dry media; moreover, with both internal and surface sizing, it will accept light washes as well. The Heavy Weight plate surface is finely calendered and is suitable for line drawings with pen and ink without feathering. The Extra Heavy Weight rough surface has enhanced wet and tear strength that is suitable for multi-media renderings.
Bound in the United States, Stillman & Birn sketchbooks are crafted with archival-grade drawing papers. The paper is neutral pH, lignin and chloride free and is milled from pulp with an alpha cellulose content that exceeds 87%. Both the hardbound and wirebound editions are made with extra heavy weight binders board that is super tough and resistant to warpage.
Wet Paint is proud to be one of the premiere stores to offer this quality line of sketchbooks. Take a look at them & we’re sure that you’ll be as impressed with their quality as we are.
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About Stillman & Birn
Stillman & Birn is a brand associated with an earlier era of the art materials industry in the United States. The original company was founded in 1958 by Philip Birn (1911 – 2004). Birn was a highly admired Viennese bookbinder, who brought his Old World craftsmanship to a small plant in the SoHo section of Manhattan. SoHo is now filled with trendy shops, restaurants and residential lofts. But in the 1950’s SoHo was a center of light industry. From his plant at 270 Lafayette Street, Philip Birn pioneered the concept of the black hardbound sketchbook, which he marketed throughout North America, Europe and Australia. The new Stillman & Birn organization is led by Birn’s nephew, Michael Kalman and his partner Oscar Hernandez, both formerly with Cachet and both with many years of expertise in sketchbook manufacturing.
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· Established 1976 · Creative Supplies for Creative People 
