Re: My first platinum-palladium over gold leaf prints

[Dan Burkholder <fdanb@aol.com>]

Hey Bob,

Some of the vellums have more waviness than others. One takes on a  
seersucker feel when dry. My favorites have a gentle, seductive wave  
without too much puckering. I do flatten the vellum, both before  
applying the gold (when the pt/pd print is dry) and after. With the  
one example (the Flatiron), I was overly anxious to get to work with  
the gilding and tried to flatten a still-damp print in the mount  
press. The result (at least without rewetting and re-drying) was heavy  
wrinkling in the surface. I'm learning a lot,  though patience isn't  
part of the learning process. ;^)

Thanks for the feedback!

Dan
On Feb 11, 2008, at 8:41 AM, BOB KISS wrote:

>   Beautiful!  One question: The surface of the prints seems to be
> mottled.  Is that surface ripples or is it visual?  Can and/or might  
> they be
> pressed or do you feel that would remove some of the hand made  
> feeling?
>        CHEERS!
>            BOB