[alt-photo] Re: Paper Negatives

[Laura V]

Paul, nice effect on the Rives...I love the Lone Tree. Is the one on 
Fabriano hot pressed or cold?

I've tried the same ink jet paper you used for paper negatives, but I 
oiled them with baby oil instead of waxing. I found registration really 
difficult because the paper neg was not very transparent, and I register 
by eyeball. I was printing on Fabriano hot pressed, and didn't notice 
any remarkably different effect than if I had used OHP. (I didn't test 
the same image with OHP though, so that's not a scientific observation). 
I was surprised that my exposure time was the same as I would have used 
for OHP.

When you say you "melt the beeswax" on the paper, so you mean you just 
rub the block of wax over the heated paper on the stove, or do you melt 
the wax separately and then brush it on?

Thanks!
Laura