Stillman & Birn LLC

stillman & birn, llc manufactures premium, mixed media sketchbooks bound in the united states. the company offers archival-grade hardbound and wirebound sketchbooks in six series (alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon and zeta). this unique sketchbook system provides artists with a choice of paper weight, shade and surface. artists in the field and educators have repeatedly demonstrated that stillman & birn papers are not only suitable for dry and wet media but, moreover, support drawing and painting techniques on the same surface. stillman & birn sketchbooks are crafted with archival-grade drawing papers which conform to the iso 9706 standard for permanent paper. these papers are acid-free, chloride free and lignin-free, milled from pulp with an alpha cellulose content that exceeds 87%. both the hardbound and wirebound editions are made with extra heavy weight binders board that is robust and resistant to warpage. stillman & birn is a brand associated with an earlier era of the art mater