Re: Artistico Unsized?
Dave, the catalog description of the paper is:
"a soft white paper with the traditional absorbency and feel of
traditional papers. Machine-made in Japan from sulphite, it is acid-
free and internally and surface-sized."
What the catalog doesn't say is that the paper has two distinct
sides, a smooth side and a side with a napped surface.
There was quite a discussion here about the paper six months ago or
so; at that time I printed a quick one-coat gum on each side of the
paper and posted the result here:
http://www.pacifier.com/~kthayer/html/Masa.html
I've never done any more but those two quick tests, but like Loris, I
was intrigued with the price and how fast the paper dries.
kt
On Aug 28, 2007, at 6:44 AM, Dave Soemarko wrote:
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.
...