Re: Arches Aquarelle and Gum
Thanks Judy. Not the answer I wanted to hear, in fact it made me howl a four-letter-word familiar to many New Yorkers. But good to know. The mottling receded a bit but I think it's just the way they make the paper. On a side note I tried sizing a sheet of Arches 88 and it went right throught it, it looked like typing paper in hot candle wax. Translucent. Probably a trip to the Artists Emporium tomorrow... ~m ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Seigel" <jseigel@panix.com> To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca> Cc: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca> Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 10:25 PM Subject: Re: Arches Aquarelle and Gum > > > On Sun, 18 Feb 2007, Michael Koch-Schulte wrote: > > > Anyone offer opinions on using Arches Aquarelle with gum. I'm giving some a > > good hot soak right now and it looks like it "mottles" (sizing?) in the 140F > > temperature water. Is this bad? I'm just out of Rives right now. I haven't > > see much mention of this paper in the archives in the context of gum. Thx. > > > Michael, > > I hesitate to say this because it's many years since I've used that paper, > and they seem to change every few years (they keep the name & change the > paper). I found that in its "natural" state it was probably the WORST > paper for gum I'd ever used, including typing paper, in that it stained > VERY badly, BUT -- with a good coat of added gelatin size, hardened, it > was quite fine. > > As for mottling -- I've found that, for whatever reasons, certain papers > will mottle during the sizing process, but once they're sized and hardened > the mottling disappears. > > Judy
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