[alt-photo] Re: thick vellum for pt/pd

[Diana Bloomfield]

Hi Marek,

I worked with some vellum that someone sold me a few years ago.  I still have some and really like it, but I ended up taking it right out of the wash and spreading it out on a flat sheet of glass.  It dried much flatter that way.  And then, when completely dry, I would just put it under some books for a day, and by the time I framed it, it was pretty flat.  But drying it on glass really seemed to make a big difference.

Diana

On Dec 20, 2011, at 11:15 AM, Marek Matusz wrote:

> 
> Transvel is available in different weights and a while back I got samples of them. They all print palladium nicely with rich blacks. The heavy grade vellum looks so good when you take it out of the box, but I found it impossible to end up with a smooth print. No matter what I tried it would always dry wavy and uneven. Actually the thinner the vellum the easier it is for me to dry it to a flat and smooth surface.
> ANy tricks that I have not tried?
> Marek 
> 
> 
>> From: dspector at charter.net
>> To: alt-photo-process-list at lists.altphotolist.org
>> Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 07:33:59 -0800
>> Subject: [alt-photo] Re: thick vellum for pt/pd
>> 
>> Clearprint isn't really clear, but there's another translucent vellum,
>> transvel, available directly from butlerdearden.com. Transvel isn't as
>> easy to work with, it isn't dimensionally stable at all, and needs to be
>> firmly attached before coating to keep it from curling up, but it has a very
>> interesting depth to the image, like you're looking into or through the
>> paper.
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: alt-photo-process-list-bounces at lists.altphotolist.org
>> [mailto:alt-photo-process-list-bounces at lists.altphotolist.org] On Behalf Of
>> Christina Anderson
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 7:27 AM
>> To: The alternative photographic processes mailing list
>> Subject: [alt-photo] Re: thick vellum for pt/pd
>> 
>> Thanks, Denny. I forgot to say, it is clear/see-through. But I think this is
>> true of all vellums, though vellum is sometimes used to describe a surface
>> texture and is not a see-through paper which gets confusing when
>> mail-ordering.
>> Chris
>> 
>> Christina Z. Anderson
>> christinaZanderson.com
>> 
>> On Dec 20, 2011, at 8:21 AM, Denny wrote:
>> 
>>> Clearprint 20 lb vellum works with pt/pd, much easier to handle than 
>>> Bienfang.
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: alt-photo-process-list-bounces at lists.altphotolist.org
>>> [mailto:alt-photo-process-list-bounces at lists.altphotolist.org] On 
>>> Behalf Of Christina Anderson
>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 7:15 AM
>>> To: Alt List
>>> Subject: [alt-photo] thick vellum for pt/pd
>>> 
>>> Years ago I purchased a bunch of different papers to try with alt--it 
>>> would have been 2003, in fact. I purchased one really nice vellum 
>>> paper that was THICK, not like Bienfang or whatnot that are in pads 
>>> and very flimsy. I think it might have been Canson Opalux vellum but I 
>>> don't know. I have been going through the list and there is mention of 
>>> "Bee Vellum" by Jeffrey Mathias (now into 1999, the year of Prince). 
>>> Has anyone tried this, and, if not, can you recommend a thick, sturdy 
>>> vellum for alt? I just loved this one vellum I used back then, but I 
>>> wasn't so great with labeling papers, which has come back to bite me in
>> the butt.
>>> Chris
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Christina Z. Anderson
>>> christinaZanderson.com
>>> 
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