[alt-photo] Re: New gum pigment

[Paul Viapiano]

Thanks, Marek...

Yes, BFK is very shrinky.

I've had great experiences with Fabriano soft press without preshrinking or 
sizing up to 16x20.

p


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marek Matusz" <marekmatusz at hotmail.com>
To: "alt photo" <alt-photo-process-list at lists.altphotolist.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 1:50 PM
Subject: [alt-photo] Re: New gum pigment


>
> Paul,
> Paper is BFK Rives 280 with a Gamblin PVA size. It is my favorite gum 
> paper. The images are about 11x14
> Marek
>> From: viapiano at pacbell.net
>> To: alt-photo-process-list at lists.altphotolist.org
>> Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 12:29:34 -0800
>> Subject: [alt-photo] Re: New gum pigment
>>
>> Marek,
>>
>> What paper are you using...and what are the dimensions of the paper?
>>
>> Curious...
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Marek Matusz" <marekmatusz at hotmail.com>
>> To: "alt photo" <alt-photo-process-list at lists.altphotolist.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 12:16 PM
>> Subject: [alt-photo] New gum pigment
>>
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > All,
>> > I just started doing gum with graphite pigment. I bought a tube from
>> > Danied Smith, it is called graphite grey. This is the pigment that is 
>> > used
>> > to make pencils for those that are not very familiar. It is kind of
>> > silvery grey but it can be quite dark. It is really a beautiful
>> > alternative to lamp black. I am on a second gum layer and just realised
>> > that I have not preshrunk the paper. It is impossible to register the
>> > second layer. Oh well I will finish just to have an idea for the two 
>> > pass
>> > tonality.
>> > Has anybody tried it?
>> > Marek
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