From: Sarah Van Keuren (svk@steuber.com)
Date: 02/09/01-10:40:29 AM Z
> Sarah,
>
>> I have recently bought "Coming into Focus"
>
> Where did you purchase the book, your comments should be posted as an
> Amazon.com review. I'm sure the author and publishers wouldn't mind.
>
> Don Bryant
It was my first purchase using Amazon.com. What I wrote wasn't very polished
or complete since I had read only a few of the essays. Now I have also read
Sandy King's essay on monochrome carbon printing which is very well done
(but daunting in its requirements) and Peter Fredrick's essay on Fredrick
temperaprint which is sketchier and not my personal cup of tea in its look,
but nevertheless very intriguing and tempting to try (not as daunting).
The results of my first shrinkage test are in. They are so unexpected that I
think I should do the test over again and maybe a third time if the first
two don't agree. Basically, HOT AND SHORT preshrink produced no shrinkage
along what I think is the grain (from within deckle to within deckle on BFK
Rives 250lb ‹ the 22" side) but a whopping 1.8% along the 30" side. COOL &
PROLONGED preshrink for 30 hours produced 1.64% shrinkage along the grain,
and 1.2% along the 30". I actually used 1/4 sheets torn from the original
22x30 piece because of tray and space considerations. I measured 275mm by
380mm on the untouched paper, drawing pencil lines with stops and measuring
throughout with a fairly finely printed plastic ruler that I use for
measuring the windows of mats.
Sarah
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