From: Katharine Thayer (kthayer@pacifier.com)
Date: 04/09/03-05:52:41 AM Z
I could be wrong about this, but I've always been under the impression
that they are two different papers, the Rives BFK and the Rives BFK
Heavyweight. According to my Daniel Smith catalog, "Besides the
difference in weight, BFK Heavyweight sheets are sized a little more
heavily than the standard BFK" I also noticed an odd difference between
the standard BFK 250 gm and 270 gm in my sample pack of printmaking
papers: the sample marked "Rives BFK Std White 250 gm" has a coarser,
more cold-press looking surface than the sample marked "Rives BFK Std
White 270 gm" which has a finer, smoother surface.
I too am bored with what I'm supposed to be doing. ;-)
kt
Clay wrote:
>
> Yeah, after posting that, I looked on the Daniel Smith web page, and the
> 280gsm stuff is called 'Rives BFK Heavyweight', while the 250 and 270gsm
> stuff is called just 'Rives BFK' . Middleweight and Welterweight maybe? It
> all seems to work, although my self-esteem might be higher if I move up to
> the 280gsm on the next order.
>
> Clay
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kerik" <Kerik@kerik.com>
> To: <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 1:19 PM
> Subject: Re: Paper for Gum Printing
>
> > Clay,
> >
> > For even more distractive technology...
> >
> > It's more complicated than that. BFK actually comes in 3 weights 250, 270
> > and 280 and seems to depend on the color and the sheet size. I've been
> > working from the same large batch of 22x30 white BFK from over a year ago
> > and I think it's 280 gsm.
> >
> > Kerik
> >
> >
> > > The multiple instantaneous replies from Kerik and myself in regards to
> > > the weight of BFK made me wonder about the seemingly minute differences
> > > in
> > > weight between two of the papers named BFK, (as well as the odds that we
> > > would both be temporarily bored at work and fall victim to 'distractive
> > > technology' at the same precise moment).
> > >
> > > Daniel Smith lists a 250 gsm AND a 270gsm . Seems like a very small
> > > difference to me. I have only used the 270 gsm stuff, and wondered if
> > > anyone had a real world comparison against the 250gsm?
> > >
> > > Clay
> >
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