From: Sarah Van Keuren (svk@steuber.com)
Date: 02/12/01-09:29:06 PM Z
Speed of drying must have some sort of lasting effect. My friend and teacher
Patricia Dreher who was part of the non-silver revival in the early '70's
also worked with fabric. She showed me how to shape a sweater after washing
‹ beyond what I knew about just laying it flat on a towel. The arms could be
lengthened by pulling them out or shortened by letting them dry sort of
scrunched up and other shaping could occur. I can't say that she applied
selective drying but look at how clothes shrink in dryers. They don't just
relax and return to their former size in the closet or drawer. Maybe I'll
test with a hairdryer on BFK in my spare timeŠ
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> On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, Sam Wang wrote:
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>> Since there is so much discussion on paper shrinkage, and we all know
>> that speed of drying affects shrinkage, (right? Is it safe to assume
>> that?) how do you dry your alt prints?
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> Sam, No, I didn't know that. Have you tested it? I'd bet that a week
> later all would have equalized... and that's the rub. For a system of
> controlled drying to be useful I would SUPPOSE you'd have to print at a
> set interval after "dry" -- because I would SUPPOSE that the newly "dry"
> print would reabsorb some humidity from air while it's lying around
> relaxing and waiting to be coated. Either that, or continue "drying" if a
> really thick paper.
>
> I'll add, BTW, that anyone disciplined and organized enough to make every
> subsequent coat at a set interval after the previous one probably doesn't
> have register problems (or talk to the likes of us) anyway.
>
> Judy
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>>
>> I usually just hang it up, whether it's just coated with emulsion or
>> has been "developed." But I have been toying with the idea of a
>> drying cabinet, using moving air and perhaps low heat to speed up
>> drying. This is especially necessary in the humid South during Summer
>> months. Could someone with such experience share them with us? Is
>> there more uniformity in shrinkage when dried this way? What do you
>> use as a heat source? Etc.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Sam Wang
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