Re: Paper for Albumen Printing
Judy Seigel (jseigel@panix.com)
Sun, 08 Jun 1997 13:11:40 -0400 (EDT)
On Sun, 8 Jun 1997, Ron Silvers wrote:
> The curling that you describe is a natural tendency of paper when it hits
> the solution. Bending the edges helps you hold and control the paper in
> the solution. When first placed in the solution, you have to work against
> the tension of the paper to curl [holding it down *gently*] at the upright
> bent sections and in a short period of time it will go into its next
> stage: it will relax and float.
>
In an article on albumen printing in one of the photo magazines some 15
years or so ago Bernice Cutler Halpern described a technique that
apparently handled the curling problem: she pasted two sheets of the paper
back to back, and, as I recall, they separated unaided in the wash water.
There's a medium possibility I can find the article & give the citation,
if no one else has it. But I got the impression at the time that this was
the standard approach....
Judy