From: Christina Z. Anderson (zphoto@montana.net)
Date: 10/12/01-04:54:19 PM Z
Here are my very condensed cut and paste and probably unedited notes from
this list about Crane's so I do not take credit for the info: "paper is
made by the Crane Paper Company. It at first was called "Parchment Business
Card Stock" and now apparently "Cover 90". This paper was optimized by
Crane with suggestions from Dick Arentz in the late '80s. The original lot
number was 5302. The only thing Bostic and Sullivan does is distribute it.
It got a nickname "platinotype", but that seems to have caused some
confusion. The Cover 90 can be obtained from any distributor of Crane
paper. However one may not find the appropriate lot number (optimized)
unless they get it from B&S, and even then I do not know how much of that
lot remaining they have warehoused. www.crane.com, "On line
shopping/business cards & cover stock, or call Crane Direct sales at
1/800-5CRANE6 for most of their papers. Crane's 90# Cover white is the best
for cyanotype."
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: George L Smyth <glsmyth@yahoo.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 11:55 AM
Subject: Paper
> Hi folks, it's been a while since I've posted to this list. I have kept
up
> with things through Judy's "newsletter" but have been otherwise silent as
I
> have been pursuing other things.
>
> Anyway, I'm back working on a number of things and have a question for the
list
> - what are good papers and sources for Cyanotype and Van Dyke.
>
> The reason I bring this question to the list is that in the past I have
been
> pretty much using whatever paper was available in the local art store (I
> usually end up getting whatever Arches paper happens to be in the rack).
I
> have no problems with the results I am getting, but this is definitely not
the
> best way to go about things.
>
> Returning to Judy's publication, I saw that Crane's Kid Finish appeared to
be
> an excellent choice for both of these processes. Not being able to find a
> dealer with this paper, I went to Crane's website and sent them a message,
> asking for a couple of dealers either in my area, online, or available via
800
> number. Despite the "I've got money I want to give you, please tell me
how to
> do this" email, I never received a response from them, so I'm back to
square
> one.
>
> So what do you folks like and where do you get your supplies? (Yes, I did
> think about starting at the top of the list in the back of the magazine
and
> working my way down, but if people are using someone with great success,
then I
> am willing to additionally reward them.)
>
> Cheers -
>
> george
>
> P.S. Please keep coming with the Sabatier and Mordancage messages - I am
> learning much from them.
>
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