1. In Light Impressions catalog insert "The Contact Sheet", they
have hake brushes which are made by Yasutomo. 1.5" for $6 and 3" for
$9.80. I think the prices have gone up a bit as the $9.80 is crossed
out and I have penciled in $12.80. These are from Taiwan.
2. The current Daniel Smith catalog only has the metal ferruled and
the bamboo handled varieties. The ones I bought from them previously
had the brand name "Holbein" and were made in Japan. They were rather
more expensive than the Yasutomos.
3. The brushes my friend brought me from Japan have no English name,
only Japanese and a dragonfly logo.
4. I found foam brushes (when I tried them long ago) to have a
propensity for raising paper nap or abraiding the paper surface, as
well as crumbling after a few uses.
5. Dick Arentz prefers natural bristle house painting brushes. I seem
to remember him saying hog bristles specifically.
6. I find the coating rod (or Puddle Pusher) to be excellent for
coating for prints up to 8x10 on smooth (HP or HOT) paper.
For larger or longer prints, or for coating rougher (CP or NOT)
papers a brush is necessary.
7. Very thin papers are also easier to coat with a brush.
Keith
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Keith Schreiber
Rights and Reproductions
Center for Creative Photography
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona 85721
Fon: 520-621-7968
Fax: 520-621-9444
Email: keith@ccp.arizona.edu
WWW: http://www.ccp.arizona.edu/ccp.html
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