RE: Artistico Unsized?
It looks good to me. I am thinking about trying it for brush painting. I am wondering if it is factory sized or unsized as in most sumi-e painting paper. Thanks, Dave > -----Original Message----- > From: Loris Medici [mailto:mail@loris.medici.name] > Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 4:01 AM > To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca > Subject: RE: Artistico Unsized? > > BTW, I should explain why I'm so obsessed with Masa: > > - It's cheap, incredibly cheap > - It dries quick, very quick > - It doesn't need sizing because - in my practice - it > doesn't get stained whatever exposure time, whatever pigment > amnt. you use... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Loris Medici [mailto:mail@loris.medici.name] > Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 10:50 AM > To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca > Subject: RE: Artistico Unsized? > > > I found a product called "3M Photo Mount Adhesive Spray" and will try > this to mount a thin paper (Masa, 70gsm - that should make something > like 32-33lbs...) to 0.125mm thick Yupo stock. Will return > later to tell > you whether it works or not... > > Regards, > Loris. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Sullivan [mailto:richsul@earthlink.net] > Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 8:49 PM > To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca > Subject: RE: Artistico Unsized? > > > It's been some time since I used this method so I am having to do some > recall from over 20 years ago. Actually in the late 60's and > early 70's. > Sheese! > > Judy is right on one count, It does leave some goo on the back of your > print which stiffens it and makes it a lot less paper like. A > decade or > so ago there was a young women in France using the system to a great > success -- according to her -- and I believe she was mounting with > shellac and removing it with alcohol so she had solved the gooey > problem. > > ... > > >
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