From: Ray Rogers (earthsoda@yahoo.com)
Date: 02/04/00-09:29:13 AM Z
--- Peter Marshall <petermarshall@cix.co.uk> wrote:
> First if you have used gum arabic you have used glue
I admit right off that I know I have no authority on
the subject, but something bothers me about this and
related statements which follow in the above post.
The on-line Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines 'Glue'
as mainly...
"any of various strong adhesive substances;
especially: a hard protein chiefly gelatinous
substance that absorbs water to form a viscous
solution with strong adhesive properties and that is
obtained by cooking down collagenous materials (as
hides or bones)...."
in other words, a crude 'gelatin'. Not PVA.
Of course,the word 'Glue' is used in a more general
way, I admit, but to say that PVA is a major component
of 'glue' is a bit stretching I think.
In any case, I wouldn't want to call a PVA print A GUM
print...It would sound dishonest. Well, at the least,
misleading and inaccurate.
That said I am not currently a gum printer and cannot
speak for others who are.
What, friends and colleagues, is your opinion?
Would it be correct to call a PVA print a GUM print?
Would 'PVA print' be preferable?
What about 'Synthetic' or 'Artificial' GUM print?
If gum printing is going synthetic, is it time for a
better name?
Ray
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