Re: Wrinkled Prints
Rita, I was thinking along the lines of what Dave says. Painters who work in watercolor stretch their paper that way to keep it from buckling when wet. Actually what they do is to soak the paper, then stretch it and let it dry. Then they paint. What I find strange is that the problem has gotten worse lately. True that it may be our current weather in the N.E., but it might be a different batch of paper, too. Different sizing, or materials or whatever. So many variables... Hope you figure it out soon. Susan www.dalyvoss.com On 2/7/07, Dave Soemarko <fotodave@dsoemarko.us> wrote: Rita, You can probably try a method used by brush painters (who also use rice paper) and printermakers: after you air dry the paper a little bit, you put paste around the paper (or some used gummed tapes) and paste the paper on something flat (a wall or formica tabletop) works very nicely. As the paper continue to dry, it will shrink but the edges are held by the paste, so you will end up with drum-tight paper, very very smooth and nice. I do that with my brush paintings, but I saw the same technique used in printmaking department too. But then you have to cut the sides of the paper, which I don't know if that is ok for your case. Dave S
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