Paste paper is paper decorated with thick paint made from coloured pigment and starch paste in a process often compared to finger painting. Makers need only a simple starch (such as wheat, corn, or rice flour). It is a forgiving process in that it takes a while to dry.
Above: 'Liure nouueau de serrurerie' by Antoine Pierretz, 1666.
Moravian Paste Paper with patterns made with fingers or simple tools, originated in the workshops of the Moravian religious community in Herrnhut, Germany. It was used for book endpapers, and as covers for paper account books or sheet music. This tradition continues in Herrnhut today.
Paste paper was not common in Britain, but for a short period in the 1760s it was made by a Moravian community in Fullneck in Yorkshire.
Below: Paste endpaper, combed pattern, Fulneck Moravian Church 1766 - 1780
Above and below: Blue paste paper. Sometimes known as 'Herrnhuter' Paper after the Moravian community at Herrnhut in Saxony where this distinctive style of paper was made from about 1765.
Above and Below: paste paper circa1776
Sometimes the creators made intricate designs in the paste (see above) printing blocks can also be used in manipulating the paste (see below).
The 'Endpaper Challenge is by Monty Lee, which you can all participate in from the 2nd - 8th September on Instagram.
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