[alt-photo] Re: Need Your Recommendations for New Alt-Process Paper

[Diana Bloomfield]

Hi Francesco,

I second Mark's suggestion of Arches Platine.  That's what I use and  
love it-- works really well.

Diana


On Sep 2, 2011, at 2:25 PM, Mark Nelson wrote:

> Francesco,
>
> Another good paper that seems to be available is Arches Platine…it  
> is good for PT/PD and works extremely well with PT/PD.  I get really  
> LONG scale with this paper and Cyanotype. (Log 2.8).
>
> Best Wishes,
> Mark Nelson
>
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> On Sep 2, 2011, at 1:17 PM, Francesco Fragomeni wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I know that paper selection is a common discussion especially when  
>> new
>> papers are released and great old papers are discontinued. It seems  
>> to be a
>> never ending conversation. I'm in the process of setting up my  
>> facilities
>> and purchasing materials for alt-processes (primarily Pt/Pl and  
>> Cyanotype).
>> I've printed Pt/Pl before but only with friends (dedicated Pt/Pl  
>> printers)
>> in their darkrooms so I had the ease of not having to think about  
>> or stock
>> my own materials. Now comes the time to stock up on paper. I've  
>> used Cranes
>> Platinotype and Bergger COT for Pt/Pl and mainly Bergger COT for  
>> Cyanotype.
>> I still have some Bergger left but this past week when I went to  
>> order more
>> from Bostick & Sullivan I saw that they had none and when I called  
>> to see
>> when they would be getting more in, it did not seem as though they  
>> were
>> expecting it anytime soon. I've heard rumors that it might be  
>> discontinued
>> but I have no way of substantiating that. I would be very  
>> interested in
>> hearing what the currently available papers are for those of you  
>> printing
>> Pt/Pl, Platinum, and Palladium. I'll need to do some experimenting  
>> to find
>> my paper of choice and then I'll probably buy as much as I can store.
>>
>> Also, I've read quite a bit about people being unhappy with currently
>> available papers because of the low acidity of the papers. It seems  
>> that
>> many are turning to acidification techniques of fine art papers  
>> available at
>> art stores rather then depending on disappearing papers made for Pt/ 
>> Pl. Does
>> anyone have any insight on this?
>>
>> I've only been a member of the group for about 24 hours and many of  
>> you have
>> already been immensely helpful. Thank you very much!
>>
>> Best,
>> Francesco Fragomeni
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