Re: Weston Diploma Parchment

["Christina Z. Anderson" <zphoto@montana.net>]

Jon,
I'm no expert on pt/pd but have worked a fair amount with the old paper and 
my students loved it except for its flimsiness.  What I found was it doesn't 
clear very well so the first bath has to be acidic.  And I am wondering if 
your "palm print" is not that at all but uneven coating, as the paper is 
quite absorbent.  John Zowkowski is sending me a sample of the new stuff 
shortly and I have lots of the old to compare with (I bought 250 sheets last 
year) so I'll see if there is  a change.

But more importantly, what I wanted to say is I just LOVE that image!  It is 
hilarious.  Very contemporarily vacant/banale. I have a former student whose 
work is right up your alley.  He's been photographing building sites of a 
"suburban dream" nature.
Chris
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Christina Z. Anderson
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jon Reid" <jon@sharperstill.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 5:46 AM
Subject: Weston Diploma Parchment


> Hi all,
>
> Just following on from this mornings post.
> Here are a few pics of my clearing baths showing how yellow the first 
> bath became. I'm sure the clearing bath was reducing somewhat the 
> 'warmth' of the paper. Only two 5x7 prints had been in this bath when  the 
> pics were taken. It is Kodak Hypo-Clear.  Others have complained  about 
> its wet strength, which I found to be ok. What really surprised  me was 
> how easily/readily it absorbed grease from my fingers hands.  The act of 
> tearing up a 11x14 sheet into smaller pieces has left that  large 
> palm-print on the paper which you can see as the really yellow  bit. This 
> then clears and takes the image with it! Obviously if I was  printing 
> anything other than tests I'd use full sheets and not handle  any part 
> related to the image but I've never had that issue with  Arches Platine.
>
>
> http://www.sharperstill.com/jonreid/pics/IMG_4859.jpg
> http://www.sharperstill.com/jonreid/pics/IMG_4861.jpg
> http://www.sharperstill.com/jonreid/pics/IMG_4863.jpg
>
> Jon