GREEN
We always have been.
FUNDAMENTAL to good design.
Besides being our favorite color, GREEN is a commitment that we at Delphine take seriously. We strive to run our company in an eco-conscious manner.
At Delphine, we feel that eco-consciousness is fundamental to good design. We are pleased to say that we have not changed a single thing about our materials, our processes or our company to meet the growing interest in eco-friendliness; our products have always been environmentally responsible.
Our standard stocks for letterpress and flat-printing are 100% cotton.
Cotton fibers are naturally brighter and more durable than wood fibers.
Cotton papers press better, cut better and last far longer than wood-based papers.
Cotton papers look and feel luxurious.
No cotton is grown to make our papers; virgin cotton is not used. The cotton that goes into our papers is reclaimed/recovered/recycled from the U.S. garment industry and would otherwise end up in a landfill.
Making paper from cotton is efficient:
• since cotton is naturally brighter than wood, the cotton paper making process requires less bleach, chlorine and other chemicals than the wood-based paper making process
• since the fibers are different than wood, the cotton paper making process requires less water and less energy than to make wood-based paper
Our other papers contain a significant amount of post-consumer content (30%-100%), and many of our colored papers come from mills run on hydro-electric power.
We letterpress with hand-mixed, soy inks.
The letterpress process consumes very little energy. Our letterpress products are printed with great care on an antique letterpress by a talented craftsman in southern California.
Our flat printed products are printed on the latest digital printing presses (again, right here in California); these are very efficient and result in very little waste.
At Delphine, we feel that eco-consciousness is fundamental to good design. We are pleased to say that we have not changed a single thing about our materials, our processes or our company to meet the growing interest in eco-friendliness; our products have always been environmentally responsible.
Our standard stocks for letterpress and flat-printing are 100% cotton.
Cotton fibers are naturally brighter and more durable than wood fibers.
Cotton papers press better, cut better and last far longer than wood-based papers.
Cotton papers look and feel luxurious.
No cotton is grown to make our papers; virgin cotton is not used. The cotton that goes into our papers is reclaimed/recovered/recycled from the U.S. garment industry and would otherwise end up in a landfill.
Making paper from cotton is efficient:
• since cotton is naturally brighter than wood, the cotton paper making process requires less bleach, chlorine and other chemicals than the wood-based paper making process
• since the fibers are different than wood, the cotton paper making process requires less water and less energy than to make wood-based paper
Our other papers contain a significant amount of post-consumer content (30%-100%), and many of our colored papers come from mills run on hydro-electric power.
We letterpress with hand-mixed, soy inks.
The letterpress process consumes very little energy. Our letterpress products are printed with great care on an antique letterpress by a talented craftsman in southern California.
Our flat printed products are printed on the latest digital printing presses (again, right here in California); these are very efficient and result in very little waste.