From: Eric S. Theise (mataro@cyberwerks.com)
Date: 07/09/02-09:54:42 PM Z
Wes Carson Photo writes:
> Get some # 600
> carborundum or # 500 corundum. Put a piece of glass on a flat surface.
> Mix about a teaspoonful of carborundum/corundum with water to make a
> paste. Put the 2 mm piece of glass which is going to be your ground
> glass on top and move it in small circles as you exert some pressure.
I'll just note that this is essentially the way lithographers grain
their stones, and any decent book on printmaking will have pictures and
ideas of how to proceed and where to acquire materials (eg, Saff and
Sacilotto's Printmaking: History and Process or the Tamarind Manual).
--Eric
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