[alt-photo] Re: Paper issues

[Diana Bloomfield]

Hey Amy,

Oh, that is interesting (and, hate to say it, but I'm glad to hear it!).   I always think it's just me--  that someone out there has it out for me, and so I order this stuff, and the person who takes my order turns around in the warehouse, and says to no one in particular,  "Hey-- I don't like the way she sounded--  let's send her that bad batch over there sitting on the lower shelf."  And then everybody nods in agreement, and off it goes to land on my doorstep.  ;)  Well, I couldn't find anybody who had it in stock, so I did order online from the U.S. office http://www.bergger.com/store  In the past, I'd mostly ordered from B&H-- never an issue-- but they were all out.  

The Revere paper I'm almost positive I bought from Talas, in NYC, which I think they simply refer to as "Magnani Platinum," but the watermark is Revere.  I think Bostick & Sullivan also sells it-- but it's quicker and cheaper shipping) for me to order from NY.  I didn't notice a difference in choice, except in size-- but it does come in different weights, too.  I think I ordered the lighter weight.  It's gorgeous stuff and relatively inexpensive, I thought.

Diana


On Feb 9, 2013, at 1:44 PM, Amy Holmes George wrote:

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> Diana,
> How bizarre that I actually encountered this same issue just today with COT 320! So, I too am wondering when and where you purchased your batch of "grainy" paper. At the moment, I am trying to figure that out myself. BTW, I have coated both sides of the paper--same result.
> Also, I'm curious to know which finish of Magnani Revere paper you have enjoyed good results with pt/pd.
> On a side note . . . while I don't regularly contribute to this list, I always try to stay up with it. And, it is amazing how many times I find that a discussion directly applies to some issue that I am currently struggling with. Many thanks to all who make this list so rich and informative :)
> Amy Holmes George
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>> From: dlhbloomfield at gmail.com
>> Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2013 11:40:16 -0500
>> To: alt-photo-process-list at lists.altphotolist.org
>> Subject: [alt-photo] Paper issues
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>> Not related to Strathmore-- but speaking of paper, I recently ordered some COT320.  I was printing pt/pd on it, and the results were very grainy.  I was using a digital negative, so I re-did the negative-- thinking that might be the problem.  Still grainy.  So I printed the same thing on Arches Platine-- no problem at all.  I discovered an old sheet of COT320 I had, from a year or so ago-- and printed it on that.  It was perfect.  So-- this whole new batch of COT320 I got seems to be awful (for pt/pd).  I don't know if this is a permanent change, or I just got a bad batch.  It's very annoying when that happens.  On the other hand, I had recently purchased this Magnani Revere paper and printed some pt/pd on it-- and it was really so so nice-- now my favorite paper for pt/pd.  Haven't yet tried anything else on it.
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>> Diana
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>> On Feb 9, 2013, at 10:57 AM, Christina Anderson wrote:
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>>> Eric,
>>> You, know, at first I was incredulous that a paper manufacturer would not correct this problem, but then I think it isn't meant for wet media I suppose. It sure does print beautiful tones in VDB.
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>>> In the past I've been a paper snob, only using 22x30 sheets of the usual suspects, but in the last couple years I have decided to buy the normal block pads at art stores to see if they are equally good. Last year was  mostly a disaster doing that with argyrotype so I was expecting the same this year with VDB (I try to alternate between kallitype, VDB, and argyrotype when teaching) but Canson and Strathmore pulled through as being great paper choices.
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>>> I usually have a stack of Fabriano Artistico HP, Crane's Cover, Weston, Arches Platine, and Cot 320 on hand at all times which for me covers all processes I might need to do, but none of these are common stock at smaller art stores.
>>> Chris
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>>> Christina Z. Anderson
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