Re: Reprise ...Re: archivalness of gum

[Diana Bloomfield <dhbloomfield@bellsouth.net>]

Thanks, Judy.  I actually didn't know that about watercolor, so that  
was a bad answer I gave him-- and maybe he knew that, and so probably  
the reason he asked.  But thanks to a few people here, I can now tell  
him all about the archival properties of gum.  So . . . maybe gum  
over platinum is actually THE most archival!  :)

Diana


On Dec 22, 2007, at 12:57 AM, Judy Seigel wrote:

> 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.