Re: Cyanotype paper

[sam wang <stwang@bellsouth.net>]

Hi Anne,

One of the best papers for cyanotype is the the same one a number of  
us have found to work well with pt/pd. Inexpensive also:
http://www.crane.com/business/westonpapers/platinumpalladium.aspx

Otherwise you can find resume or parchment deed papers at office  
suppliers in letters size that work well also. Some may have  
watermarks though, if that matters.

Alt photo is not new in Nashville. Teresa VanHatten Granath at  
Belmont has been making beautiful tricolor gum/cyanotype since she  
got there, 7 years ago. I had a show of my alt prints there in '99,  
during the regional SPE conference. A number of us gather there  
almost every year to share work and do field trips together. (None of  
us goes there for Opry, believe it or not.)

Sam Wang


On Jan 18, 2007, at 5:52 PM, Anne van Leeuwen & Peter Hoffman wrote:

> I'll be teaching a cyanotype workshop this summer in Michigan.  In  
> the past I've supplied paper that I've made but that's a lot of  
> work!  So, does anyone have suggestions of a good paper for a class  
> that would hold up to washing, nto much sizing, if any?  A good  
> study versatile, not expensive paper.  Perhaps a paper on a roll.
>
> BTW, I moved to this area from the Nashville area this past April.  
> Sorry I'll miss Sam Wang's show at Belmont.  But it's good to see  
> that area become more aware of alt photo.  I used to take my work  
> to Chromatics for slides and the help there would be excited by the  
> process.  It's new to most folks there.  I'm sure that will be a  
> very good show.  That's become a great area.
>
>
> Thanks for the help with paper sources!  Anne van Leeuwen