I've never used rice paper, but i print alot with liquid light so i can
give you my system:
heat the emulsion in hot wather till it becomes liquid (in normal state
it's a solid gel) then I dilute it with warm wather (circa 40=B0 c.) and
depending on the effect i want to obtain from 1:1 to 1:3, i guess with rice
paper I'll use a 1:3 dilution (one part of emulsion 3 parts of wather) and
give multimle layers. I say so cause diluthing more the emulsion it becomes
(obviusly!) more thin and since the paper is very thin you wlould like to
mantain this. I would give 3 coats of emultion (let every coat dry before
giving another) or i would also try to just deep the paper in the liquid
emulsion (best is if you have some way of keeping it warm while coating)
and let it absorb the emulsion, then hang it to dry, in this case it's
maybe enough to coat it once.
I use cinese brushes very soft and about 10 cm large and i give a quick
stroke in cross directions and whach carefully for the hair the brush has
losed and let dry.
expose and best is devellop in dektol 1:3
fix in agfa agefix or plain hypo 20%
it reacts very nice with selenium toning but thends to become very warm bison@dada.it (sep=
ia)
ok, let me know I'm curius about the paper.
ciao
R/
Riccardo Cavallari
tel. 0335 325009
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