RK Burt
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Supplying the paper trade for more than 130 years, the family run business of RK Burt & Co. continue to shape the UK creative industry today.
RK Burt & Co. supply technically brilliant and visually beautiful paper based products to everyone from The Bank of England and Lloyds of London to printers, publishers, retailers, film studios and artists.
In 2019, GF Smith were lucky enough to acquire RK Burt & Co., marking the beginning of a strong and prosperous relationship and combining our wealth of knowledge, expertise and love of all things paper.
Traditional Fine Art Papers
RK Burt & Co. offer a wide variety of Traditional Fine Art papers including watercolour, drawing, mixed media, pastel, book binding, acrylic painting and printmaking as well as luxury products such as beautiful notebooks and printed Nepalese tissue.
From loose sheets to glued pads, spiral pads, blocks and wide format rolls, these papers are available in a variety of formats.
RK Burt & Co. also offer a bespoke pad service where you can have your logo, artwork and any other information on the cover of a glued or spiral bound bad with the content paper of your choice (minimum order: 10 pads).
Digital Fine Art Papers
Whether you’re a professional photographer looking for the perfect printing paper, an artist searching for something extra special or you just want to find the best medium to showcase your digital creations, RK Burt & Co supply some of the world’s finest inkjet fine art paper out there.
The Awagami Inkjet Collection
Created solely in Tokushima Mill, this collection of extraordinary Japanese papers is crafted from natural fibres and pure mountain water.
Suitable for photographers, designers and hybrid printmakers alike, this paper retains the texture of Japanese washi whilst being specially coated to maximise the creative potential of your digital prints.
Available in a variety of textures, shades, weights and sizes.
The Canson Infinity Fine Art & Photo Collection
With its superior pedigree and a history that delves back centuries, this fine art photo paper and canvas combines exceptional quality and character with stellar performance, consistency and value.
St Cuthberts Mill
Bockingford Inkjet
When it comes to artists looking to create their own limited edition prints, Bockingford Inkjet is the answer.
Using a traditional mould machine and made in the same time-honoured fashion as Bockingford watercolour paper, fantastic prints can be reproduced to look like the original using a good inkjet printer.
Unlike some fine art inkjet papers, Bockingford Inkjet has an ink receptive coating on both sides of the sheet, allowing limited edition books and portfolios to be created.
Somerset Photo Collection
The Somerset Photo collection was developed to give professional photographers a fine art inkjet paper with excellent colour rendition. The superior inkjet coating gives amazing detail on an exquisite smooth matte surface, with subtle hints of surface texture. These papers are traditionally mould made from 100% cotton, to high archival standards, providing a paper with a genuine heritage.
The Hahnemuhle Digital FineArt Collection
A comprehensive collection of high quality, unique fine art inkjet papers created for those who are looking to get the best out of their images.
Achieving outstanding printing results, the FineArt inkjet papers are perfect for long term exhibitions, art collections and special editions.
Using high quality and ultra-pure artist papers as a paper basis, Hahnemuhle add a premium inkjet coating to every sheet for impressive reproduction of colour and detail, incredible contrasts and deep blacks.
All Hahnemühle papers are vegan and have been certified by independent institutes to be highly resistant to ageing.
Droplet Digital Fine Art Collection
Carefully curated for quality and versatility, our Droplet collection has something for every project.
Offering a variety of surface textures, weights, tones and finishes, these papers have been designed to go beyond traditional inkjet fine art paper.
Through the work of ambitious and inspired young photographers, our Droplet sample prints showcase the distinguished capabilities of Droplet Fine Art papers.
Available in 24’’ and 44’’ roll formats
All papers are compatible with modern inkjet printers, including all Canon, Epson and HP printers.