Lukas Werth (lukas.werth@rz.hu-berlin.de)
Sun, 07 Nov 1999 14:57:05 +0100
At 10:11 07.11.99 +0100, you wrote:
>Good morning from Holland,
>
>Does anyone can advice me on a place to buy paper from. The only thing I
>can buy in Amsterdam is Arches platine (I am not so happy with it). I would
>like to try the Cranes, Bienfang etc. But at least I want to see them
>before I order. (Belgium, France, England and Germany).
>
>Witho.
>
>
>
Witho,
which trouble do you have with Arches Platine? (I suppose you are doing
platinum/palladium prints)
Cranes and Bienfang I cannot get here in Berlin either. But a paper which
works for palladium (ziatypes) is Whatman watercolour. I coat it, in
difference to Platine, with a solid amout of Tween 20, or otherwise I
sometimes get white specs (small unexposed patches on fibers) in the shadow
areas. Whatman is whiter than creamy Platine, and will give you a colder
colour. Oh yes, I remember it tends to suck up the emulsion (right through
the paper base) if the humidity becomes too low (40-45%, as it is likely in
winter). I don't remember clearly what I did then, it may be that you just
have to leave away the Tween. Otherwise, just raise the humidity level, and
coat with 55-60% RH (anyway the best for ziatypes at least).
I seem to remember that Arches Aquarelle also works, without Tween; this
and Fabriano Artistico are gelatine sized and behave somewhat different. I
have done one or two quite good prints with Artistico (also without Tween),
but it behaves different than other papers - needs longer printing times,
if i remember correctly, and if you don't coat the right way, blacks and
highlights will not be as you wish them.
Lukas
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