From: Wendy Gollihue (wgolli@flash.net)
Date: 01/14/02-12:19:13 PM Z
thanks, jeff
i have the vc journal and article on my knees now.
fantastic quick remedy for buffers!
i have been using the arches platine and just wanted to branch out too.
AND thanks to all for the responses. Keep coming with feedback.
Wendy (TX)
----- Original Message -----
From: <jeffbuck@swcp.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 9:54 AM
Subject: Re: Papers
| Wendy: Internally sized. Very textured surface -- not good or bad, just
a
| question of whether you want that or not for a given image. Tough, heavy
| paper. YOU HAVE TO "RE-ACIDIFY" IT for pt/pd printing, according to
Stewart
| Melvin and others. Stewart describes the simple procedure for this in his
| cover article of View Camera Magazine (2/3 issues ago). The article is
| generally about doing gum over platinum.... There is a good discussion of
| numerous papers in Dick Arentz's book Platinum and Palladium Printing....
| I've been using Platine also and like it fine, but am thinking about doing
a
| little branching out. -jeff buckels (albuquerque nm)
|
| Wendy Gollihue <wgolli@flash.net> said:
|
| > I have been loitering around and gaining lots of insight. Thanks to all
for
| > your openness and desire to help others.
| >
| > I've tried to check the archives for an answer to this question and
would
| > like feedback from you guys.
| >
| > I've been doing palladium printing on arches platine. I coat the night
| > prior to printing and allow to dry overnight naturally. ( I get up
before
| > the sun rises of course)
| >
| > I want to try other papers that would be successful with palladium.
Could I
| > hear about:
| >
| > Rives BFK
| >
| > Rising Drawing Bristol Plate
| >
| > Strathmore 500 Bristol Plate
| >
| > Twinrocker Print (Took a risk on this one)
| >
| > Any experiences would be helpful to my work and especially about grain,
| > contrast, your method of application.
| >
| > Additionally, is there any way of reducing the buffers in papers prior
to
| > sensitizing that could be problematic?
| >
| > Wendy
| > wgolli@flash.net
| >
| >
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