Re: Paper for Pt/Pd
I'm with Mark on handling because of wet strength. That said, I know people who swore by Crane's platinotype and Diploma parchment seems to handle similarly - so it is usable - just requires gentle handling in transfers between washes etc. I use Crane's platino and parchment for cyanotypes because processing time is much less. I too noticed the much warmer cream color of Diploma parchment. I would run a test print or few - it might work well with the warmer Palladium look? I use COT 320 for Palladium - massive wet strength. Lasts throughout all washing. Beautiful surface... Expensive I think. Kozo has phenomenal wet strength - but I have mixed feelings on the paper overall - still playing with it. This probably doesn't help. > Jon, > > To me the biggest problem with this paper is the wet strength. You have to baby it or you will get tears or creases. I like a more robust paper. > > Best Wishes, > > Mark Nelson > Precision Digital Negatives > PDN Print Forum @ Yahoo! Groups > Mark Nelson Photography > > On Sep 17, 2008, at 6:49:07 AM, "Jon Reid" <jon@sharperstill.com> wrote: > From: "Jon Reid" <jon@sharperstill.com> > Subject: Paper for Pt/Pd > Date: September 17, 2008 6:49:07 AM CDT > To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca > Hi all, > > Pretty much my whole Pt/Pd printing experience has been on Arches > Platine, both with silver and digitally produced internegatives, with > the exception of some experiments with Japanese tissue papers (fun > when wet!!). Shortly before moving house earlier this year I > purchased some Cranes (Weston) Diploma Parchment after reading that > it was a recommended substitute for Cranes Platinotype. I purchased > 100 sheets in 11"x14" and packed it away while moving house. > > Anyway, after working through winter here producing quite a number of > 5"x7" pyro developed negatives and I am keen to start printing with a > view to an exhibition. I opened the paper packet for the first time > last night and was surprised by how warm it was. It is also lighter > than I had thought (it was described in imperial on the Bostick + > Sullivan website and i didn't bother to convert it to metric - I just > assumed it would be quite heavy). Not only am I not sure that this is > the best paper for this series of images - due to the warm tone, but > i've realised that I didn't by enough to do the whole series in even > an edition of four for an exhibition. I still have plenty of Arches > Platine, and I will test print on both stocks this weekend but I > wanted to ask, in light of all this, what peoples paper experiences > and thoughts are? > > Jon > > > -- > Best Wishes, > > Mark Nelson > Precision Digital Negatives > PDN Print Forum @ Yahoo! Groups > Mark Nelson Photography
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