Re: Rice Paper


Hamish Stewart (hamish.stewart@wanadoo.fr)
Tue, 01 Jun 1999 23:51:26 +0100


>Subject: Re: Rice Paper
>Sent: 23/5/19 5:33
>Received: 29/5/99 12:09
>From: Suzanne Izzo, izzos@gusun.georgetown.edu
>To: Alt-photo-process, alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
>
>I buy "rice paper" in rolls and like it very much.
SNIP
>This paper is wonderful for cyanotypes (including toned cyanotypes). It
>is very strong in water. You can ball it up and squeeze the water out the
>way you would with a piece of cloth. With only cyanotype it stays soft,
>with gum it becomes stiffer (not a problem, but it loses the cloth-like
>feel).

Suzanne, a quick question. Your gum prints with this paper - single or
multiple printings. And how dimensionally stable...?

Cheers

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