Reprise ...Re: archivalness of gum

[Judy Seigel <jseigel@panix.com>]

On Thu, 20 Dec 2007, Diana Bloomfield wrote:

> Hey Judy,
> .... I 
> was very surprised when the person asked me that question about putting a 
> layer of gum over platinum  (this person, who, admittedly, doesn't do alt 
> processes and only prints digitally).  My reply was simply that maybe he 
> should ask a painter who specializes in watercolors if he/she thinks their 
> paintings are archival. ??
EXCELLENT question !  (Watercolor is officially the least archival "art" 
medium... for whatever that's worth.)

CUT:

> I did print all that work on Hahnemuhle, but haven't tried any of their 
> papers for alt printing yet.
I liked their Merten Spiese (sp?) for gum... it doesn't show as much 
texture in the actual print as it looks like.... But I need to try that 
Photo Rag paper.... thanks...

J.