[alt-photo] Re: canson opalux and Canson Crob d'Art

[Christina Anderson]

Thanks for that, Philippe! It now makes sense. There is no word "crob" in our language.

The nice thing about these packaged papers is they are cut in 11x15 sizes, nicely packaged and priced. Easy to do paper testing with small, portable amounts of each paper.
Chris

Christina Z. Anderson
christinaZanderson.com

On Feb 12, 2012, at 7:34 AM, Philippe Ayral wrote:

> Crob'Art is a play with two words (in French) Crobard which is a slang
> word for sketch (croquis in French) and art which is the same in
> French and English
> 
> 2012/2/12 Christina Anderson <zphoto at montana.net>:
>> OH, Clarence, I saw that but did not order. Now I will.
>> 
>> I did order every other paper they had in stock to test. So far a couple are NOT good with argyrotype, one of the pickiest paper-specific processes I know. But I always have to temper that comment with the humidity issue here and all other factors before I really can tell.
>> 
>> Please let us know about the Crob d'Art (such an unusual name).
>> Chris
>> 
>> Christina Z. Anderson
>> christinaZanderson.com
>> 
>> On Feb 12, 2012, at 1:00 AM, Clarence Rhymer wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello Chris,
>>> 
>>> I haven't tried the Canson Opalux Translucent, but further to Freestyle now carrying Canson products, I found Canson Universal Sketch Pads http://freestylephoto.biz/702193-Canson-Universal-Sketch-Pad-Uncoated-Paper-for-Alternative-Process?cat_id=109  in searching for Canson Crob d'Art.  Crob d'Art is recommended by Mark Osterman http://notesonphotographs.org/images/d/d4/Osterman_2007_Making_Albumen_Prints.pdf and Quin Jacobson http://studioq.com/blog/2010/10/28/canson-crob-art-paper-albumen.html  for albumen prints.  France Scully gave me some last October, and I have since been trying to import some from France at a reasonable cost.  It seems rather light, but works well.  At the end of January, I noticed the Canson Universal Sketch Pads on Freestyle's site.  They claim it is identical to Crob d'Art.  I ordered some, but it has not arrived yet, so I can't comment. It is listed on Freestyle as 96gsm (spiral bound), but on the Canson site http://www.lateliercanson.com/fr_fr/
>>  canson-crob-art-lisse-80-g-m-bloc-colle-petit-cote-1.html as 80 gsm and glued in a pad.  Freestyle still has the 9x12 in stock, and they expect more 11x14 by Feb. 24th.  If anyone has tried this, I would be interested in their comments.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Clarence in Fort Smith, NT
>>> 
>>> On 11/02/2012 6:21 PM, Christina Anderson wrote:
>>>> Dear All,
>>>> Freestyle has started carrying a paper I used to love and couldn't find much anymore, Canson Opalux Vellum. I have a sample of it to try again as I am suspicious of papers changing over time (I used it back in 2003-5) but here is the URL. Anyone try it lately? BTW Freestyle is packaging up lots of 11x15 size papers in student-friendly prices and amounts.
>>>> 
>>>> http://freestylephoto.biz/199220-Canson-Opalux-Translucent-Uncoated-Paper-for-Alternative-Processes
>>>> 
>>>> Chris
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Christina Z. Anderson
>>>> christinaZanderson.com
>>>> 
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