Re: Platine paper and gum prints
Tillman Crane (tillman@midcoast.com)
Mon, 29 Jan 1996 16:41:07 -0500
>Hello All,
>
>A friend of mine occasionally teaches a non-silver class and has asked me
>to ask the list if anyone has tried Arches Platine with gum prints? Neither
>he nor I have purchased Platine paper and I suspect he is wondering if
>students could order this paper and use it successfully for both gum and
>palladium projects.
>
>I have looked through several months of postings and Jeff Stanford
>indicates that he does gum over palladium. Perchance Mr. Stanford could
>send us off in the right direction for a suitable paper? From what I can
>gather, Buxton sounds as if it would work well, but just how hard is it to
>acquire? Can it be purchased anywhere in the US? And if we go to the UK for
>it, how long should we expect to wait for an order to arrive?
>
>Please excuse any improprieties I may have committed. I read but seldom
>write for fear of being bitten (when I joined this list, there was a giant
>war being waged) plus, I may have inadvertently overlooked postings that
>could have addressed these questions.
>
>Thanks in advance for any help,
>
>Margie Root
I have used the cranes platinotype paper sold by bostic and Sullivan for
both gum and platinum/palladium, as well as salt, van dyke and others. It
worked very well for me. tillman crane tillman@midcoast.com