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Re: On Schablonenwischpapier

KH
Karen Hanmer
Tue, Feb 24, 2026 3:52 PM

Hi Gerald.

There are just a few pages of photos and a short description in

Decorated Paper – A Guide Book
Author:- Krause, Susanne and Rinck, Julia
Published :- Hauswedell Verlag, Stuttgart 2016

Stencilled paper
Paper which has been partially covered with one or more stencils and
finally coloured by, for example spraying or wiping. Stencilling and
colouraiton can be repeated numerous times.

On 2/24/26 9:24 AM, Gerald Schulze via GBW wrote:

Subject:
[GBW] On Schablonenwischpapier
From:
Gerald Schulze gerald@bookartsdetroit.org
Date:
2/24/26, 9:24 AM

To:
"gbw@list.guildofbookworkers.org" gbw@list.guildofbookworkers.org

Hi Everyone,

This is my first post on the GBW listserv. Thanks for having me.

I'm reaching out to ask about Schablonenwischpapier, if that is the
correct term. I'm became interested in this after seeing an online
archive of images of the work of Annamarie Irmler
https://artvee.com/artist/annemarie-irmler/, Walter Birke
https://artvee.com/artist/walter-birke/,  and Otto Gurbat
https://artvee.com/artist/otto-gurbat/. You can click through the
links to see what I'm referring to.

Is anyone familiar with theses decorative papers, and if so, is there
any literature on how they were made?

Thank you for your time in advance.

Gerald Schulze
Center for the Book Arts Detroit
1900 E. Jefferson Ave.
Detroit, USA

+1 (313) 610-3279

--
Karen Hanmer

www.karenhanmer.com
Karen Hanmer Book Arts. Since 1997 answering the question
"What will I do with my liberal arts degree?"

Hi Gerald. There are just a few pages of photos and a short description in Decorated Paper – A Guide Book Author:- Krause, Susanne and Rinck, Julia Published :- Hauswedell Verlag, Stuttgart 2016 Stencilled paper Paper which has been partially covered with one or more stencils and finally coloured by, for example spraying or wiping. Stencilling and colouraiton can be repeated numerous times. On 2/24/26 9:24 AM, Gerald Schulze via GBW wrote: > Subject: > [GBW] On Schablonenwischpapier > From: > Gerald Schulze <gerald@bookartsdetroit.org> > Date: > 2/24/26, 9:24 AM > > To: > "gbw@list.guildofbookworkers.org" <gbw@list.guildofbookworkers.org> > > > Hi Everyone, > > This is my first post on the GBW listserv. Thanks for having me. > > I'm reaching out to ask about Schablonenwischpapier, if that is the > correct term. I'm became interested in this after seeing an online > archive of images of the work of Annamarie Irmler > <https://artvee.com/artist/annemarie-irmler/>, Walter Birke > <https://artvee.com/artist/walter-birke/>,  and Otto Gurbat > <https://artvee.com/artist/otto-gurbat/>. You can click through the > links to see what I'm referring to. > > Is anyone familiar with theses decorative papers, and if so, is there > any literature on how they were made? > > Thank you for your time in advance. > > Gerald Schulze > Center for the Book Arts Detroit > 1900 E. Jefferson Ave. > Detroit, USA > > +1 (313) 610-3279 -- Karen Hanmer www.karenhanmer.com Karen Hanmer Book Arts. Since 1997 answering the question "What will I do with my liberal arts degree?"