jeffbuck@swcp.com
Date: 03/20/02-04:28:19 PM Z
Sandy: In 1979 I printed some cyanotypes on some sort of med-to-heavy stock
watercolor paper that my photo instructor had recommended. I dry-mounted some
of these prints on good 4-ply mat board of some kind. The dry-mounting tissue
was that standard brown stuff that most still use for silver prints. The
adhesion is unchanged in 23 years, and there are no signs of staining, etc.
-jeff buckels
Sandy King <sanking@clemson.edu> said:
> Advice sought on the following matter.
>
> Most of my carbon prints are on sized watercolor papers. However,
> with these papers the relief or dimensional appearance that many
> people associate with the carbon process, is either lost or
> diminished when compared to the same image on fixed out photographic
> papers, especially on mat surfaces. For that reason I have lately
> been using fixed out photographic papers for many of my prints.
> However, I am uncomfortable with the fragility of these supports,
> especially single weight papers, and am considering the possibility
> of dry mounting my prints on photographic papers to a 2-ply or 4-ply
> mat board, or perhaps even to an art paper. I am convinced from
> reading about the issue that dry mounted prints will have better long
> term permanence but wonder about other archival considerations.
>
> Thoughts on this matter would be appreciated, as would be sites on
> the web that may deal with the issue.
>
> Sandy King
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