Re: Arches Aquarelle and Gum
Hi Michael,
Yeah, Arches 88 isn't a good paper for gum.
Arches Aquarelle has changed over time; I'm not familiar with it in
its present form (although I do use the Arches Bright White, which is
a different paper) but for years I used a previous form of Arches
Aquarelle, unsized, quite successfully for tricolor gums, no
staining whatever. I think many gum printers have shied away from it
since it started changing in a not good direction about the end of
the century.
Katharine
On Feb 18, 2007, at 9:19 PM, Michael Koch-Schulte wrote:
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
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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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