The feature of the stone paper

No trees, water, toxins or bleach are used in the production of Stone paper. Unused or excess Stone paper can be easily recycled into new Stone paper. Because it is tree free, and as a result fibre-free, it doesn’t absorb ink like traditional wood pulp paper and therefore uses 15 to 20% less ink during print in comparison to wood pulp paper. This results in an extremely sharp and crisp image.

There are 8 unique characteristics of stone paper

1. Waterproof

The paper is completely waterproof! You can spill your water, coffee or red wine (tried and tested!) over the sheets of your stone paper, and nothing will happen to your notes. You just wipe the liquids off, and continue writing.

2. Different density

The stone paper is slightly more see-through than pulp paper. The density of the paper is different compared to pulp paper.

3. Tear-resistant

Have you tried ripping apart a piece of stone paper? It is do-able, but not so easy!

4. Colder

When you pick up stone paper, you might notice that it feels a bit colder than normal paper. Well, that’s really the stone you are feeling. This is a natural product, and thus very adaptive to cold circumstances.

5. Heavier weight

The reason stone paper are a bit thinner than your average notebook, is because stone paper is almost twice the weight of normal paper. Perfect for all of your heavy thoughts. And your muscle building. You just feel that this book is made from stones.

6. Not easy to fold

On our softcover stone paper book, you might notice that the cover tends to pop open a little bit. This is not a matter of a wrong fold, or too light of a fold. It’s a characteristic of the paper. Stone paper is not so easy to fold. The paper loves smooth folds, not too sturdy. It moves in mysterious ways…

7. Soft writing

Pencils and ballpoints work very well on the paper. It makes for really soft writing. Fountain pens take a long time to dry. Because the paper does not absorb the ink so fast, it will no ‘bleed’ so much on the paper when you write or draw on it.

8. Natural white color

The color of the paper, is actually the color of the stones that are used! So if you used, for example, oyster shells, the paper would be a bit more grey-toned. Since we use mainly old limestone at the moment, the paper becomes lightly yellow-white.