What’s new at Museo Fine Art?

Since the recent sale by Crane & Co. of the Museo business to Intelicoat Technologies, a number of concerned end users have written or called to ask what impact there has been to the products. According to David Williams, Sales & Marketing Manager for Museo Fine Art, the only thing that has changed is the owner. “We continue to exclusively use 100% cotton fine art base paper from America’s premier paper company, Crane & Co. In addition, the same coating recipes and coating processes are still being used and will continue to be used. Our customers expect consistency in performance of these products so we do not make changes without rigorous testing and qualifications. Our focus is not to change these widely accepted products but rather to focus on next generation products to expand the range of our offering. In the coming months you will continue to see some modifications to our literature and labels to reflect the ownership change but you can be assured that the same great products will still be inside the boxes.”

Grain Direction

Many users have contacted us to inquire about Grain direction on our Museo products. For those unfamiliar with grain direction, it is basically the way paper making fibers are oriented within the base paper. When paper is made, fibers tend to align themselves with the machine direction of the paper making equipment, rather similar to how logs floating down a river will tend to float parallel to the flow of the river, but on a much smaller scale. If you have ever tried to tear something out of a newspaper, you know how easy (and straight) it tears in one direction but how irregularly it tears in the opposite direction. The easy tearing direction is the grain direction. In newsprint paper the fibers are long so this effect is much more pronounced. In fine paper making, the fibers lengths are shorter so it is not as obvious. However, to those making books or folders, the grain direction is very important to determine so the final piece is assembled correctly and will fold and lay properly.

For Museo sheets, all of our products are cut Grain Long. This means the grain direction is parallel to the longest dimension of the sheet. For example, on 17” x 22” paper, the grain is parallel to the 22” side. Book makers often cut this size sheet in half to make a 17 x 11 sheet that is grain short so 2 up 8.5 x 11 book pages could be made with the grain running north/south when these sheets are bound together.

For Museo roll products, the grain is parallel to the length of the roll.

New product ideas

Thanks to everyone who has submitted new product ideas. Some are simply new sizes but others have been unique ideas for some very interesting products. Keep those ideas coming and stay tuned to upcoming announcements for new grades

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