源自馬鈴薯皮的觸覺新體驗

還記得，第一次看到Matter的時候，拿起它碰觸的瞬間，指尖湧入了許多特別的感受，有別於其它以手感為目的製造的紙品，是相當新奇且愉悅的感受，由我的詞彙來形容的話，它像是比較光滑的貓舌頭，或是類似較細顆粒的砂紙，介於這兩者中間恰到好處的微妙部分。
原廠紙樣的封面部分，透過摟空的圖型有層次的表現紙張的物理特性。

紙張表面的特殊觸感的來源，是藉由回收的馬鈴薯皮，經過乾燥與切碎之後的粉狀纖維，加入抄紙機進行製作，最初得知紙中添入了馬鈴薯皮這個訊息的我，有一種「原來如此！」的反應，這種手感的印象來源，來自吃完馬鈴薯泥的湯匙上所殘留顆粒，只是以往大多是使用舌頭去碰觸與記憶。
紙廠當初決定顏色的靈感來源，是參考世界各地不同品種馬鈴薯的顏色，並與觸感的原料互相呼應

2015年代理商提供的Matter樣本顯示，提供六個顏色的選擇，建議可以使用於透過觸覺表現的主題，例如名片或是書籤能近距離觸摸的印刷品，或者強調優質素材的有機商品包裝，應該都是能勝任的合適選擇。
在2015的時候固定生產照片中的六種顏色，後續增加了第七種的紫色。

關於色彩表現的部分，在CMYK的四色UV印刷部分可以看到顆粒狀的物質浮在油墨上頭，這表示了Matter並不會油墨疊印而造成表面觸感的折損，色彩表現則是一般無塗佈紙的水平，不建議進行照片類型的彩色印刷，以單色的印象主題表現或許是比較好的方式。
樣本中以UV印刷表現的疊印效果因為UV印刷本身的油墨可以堆疊較厚的緣故，在小細節適度的運用，能夠跟紙張的觸感結合成為奇妙的對比。
左側的Arjowiggins標誌使用了堆疊的UV白色油墨

最後，由於在台灣可能大多因為製作的成本限制，或是紙張方面的資訊的宣傳尚未完全透明，希望藉由個人所見於紙的特性，讓更多設計師或印刷同業能適度的在印刷品中帶入視覺以外的感官要素，或許未來有朝一日能在展覽甚至捷運站內發送的宣傳品也能獲得有著 「原來如此」感覺的印刷品吧！

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If you want to choose a type of paper that can give a deep impression to someone, first come to my mind is the paper with fantastic texture, Curious Matter by Arjowiggins. By the first time I saw it, the first impression is ordinary. “ It seems like another high GSM (grams per square meter) hard carton? ”But when I touch it, some kind of feeling of material burst out, that is special and fascinating! The feature of Curious Matter is the mineral grainy texture, in my words, it is much smoother than cat’s rough tongue but within a fine sandpaper-like surface.

Especially, this remarkable texture is from potato skin, dry and shred recycle potato skin with a bit powdery fibre. “ Ah-ha! ” It reminds me of a tactile sensation that mashed potato left on the spoon, this time not by tongue but fingers. By the samples, the paper agent provides, Curious Matter have six colours: Goya White, Black Truffle, two potato skin colours (Andina Grey and Ibizenca Sand), and two Exuberant colours (Adiron Blue and Desiree Red). It is suitable for eye-catching design, for example, the package of organic product or some exhibition prints. If you want to provide more than just visual impact, Curious Matter is the ideal material. By the color rendering, from the upper picture shows the overprint of CMYK, you could find granulated thing floating on ink, it means that Curious Matter will not lose surface texture after overprint process, also it brings out neutral colors, and these features make it easy to present subject like humanities, cultures and gray photography. By using macro photography, we could see gradient printing affected by the top-layer fibre. It should be considered during the whole printing process.

Then, on processing adaptability, from the upper picture, three kinds of topping be using on the surface. From the Highest triangle pattern, “Curious”, to the lowest “Matter”, we could find that it still maintained the texture after Toppan printing. Usually, these kinds of strong texture paper, during Toppan printing process, will lose their texture and even change back to the smooth status. Because of the strong bracing, Curious Matter could adopt more complicated processes.

At last, Maybe the cost constraints and information popularity make us rarely see this kind of material be using. Hope that in the future we could overcome the limits in computer graphic and let designers spread their feelings through the paper, by giving samples and sharing correct usages in exhibitions or somewhere.

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  • 4/5 [價格指數 Price Level]
  • 7 [種顏色 Colors]
  • 4 [種厚度 Thickness]
  • 125~380 [基重範圍 gsm]