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> From: Herold Faulkner <faulkner@redshift.com>
> To: Adam Kimball <akimball@finebrand.com>;
ALT-PHOTO-PROCESS-L@sask.usask.ca
> Subject: Re: Koichiro Kurita and rice papers..
> Date: Sunday, March 08, 1998 12:59 PM
>
> Adam,
>
> The subject of Japanese papers is quite complex and , as we might
suspect
> here in America often gets over simplified. Many papers are hand made in
> small batches and would be difficult to find here in the US. However
there
> are several sources and some will even sell you a sample book so you can
> decide which paper suites your sensibilities before you try it.
>
> Try:
> Akio's Art Materials Import
> 714 North Wabash Avenue
> Chicago, IL 60611
>
> Kasuri Dyeworks
> 1959 Shattuck Ave
> Berserkley (ooops, I'm showing my age!) 94704
>
> Yasutomo & Company
> 500 Howard Street
> San Francisco, 94105.
>
> These came from the book, Japanese Bookbinding by Kojiro Ikegami,
> (Weatherhill, ISBN 0-8348-0196-5) which was published in 1986 so they
may
> be out of date. That book has several pages devoted to Japanese papers
and
> may help you also.
>
> The usual concerns about sizing, etc apply when using Japanese papers,
> although I did get a rather wonderful effect by letting the sensitizer
bleed
> into an unsized tissue once.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam Kimball <akimball@finebrand.com>
> To: ALT-PHOTO-PROCESS-L@skyway.usask.ca
> <ALT-PHOTO-PROCESS-L@skyway.usask.ca>
> Date: Saturday, March 07, 1998 6:18 PM
> Subject: Koichiro Kurita and rice papers..
>
>
> >Hi all-
> >
> >While wandering through the Scott Nichols gallery out here in San
> >Francisco, CA I stumbled across some remarkable platinum/palladium
> >prints by a person named Koichiro Kurita. The prints were done on an
> >very thin "paper", in fact, it seemed more like rice paper than what I
> >am commonly think of as paper (arches, bfk, etc..). Anybody know what
> >kind of paper it is?
> >
> >And for that matter, I'd love to hear about papers which, though very
> >interesting, aren't in the "canon" of Arches, Cranes, etc.. ideas
> >anyone? Seeing that paper made me loathe the boredom that my Arches has
> >infected me with.
> >
> >-Adam
> >
> >--
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> >