Re: gum printing papers

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From: Heidi Weller (ghweller@bright.net)
Date: 03/05/03-07:49:07 AM Z


Matti
I use pastel paper, Canson Mi Teintes at about 88 cents per sheet for
practice. This paper doesn't have the greatest wet strength, so you have to
be careful, but it's cheap, and frequently available locally. I like the
texture, and the off-white colors.
Heidi
Ashland, OH
----- Original Message -----
From: Matti Koskinen <mjkoskin@koti.soon.fi>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 2:34 PM
Subject: gum printing papers

> hi
>
> I'm having trouble with watercolor papers. The cheap one, that would be
> ideal for practising doesn't hold the pigments, they just get off from
> the surface. I bought two sheets of Saunders 300gsm paper and the prints
> are ok. But here one sheet costs $6 and as 99% of my prints fail, it's
> getting too expensive. What kind of paper should do the job well for
> practising? Does some sort of sizing help?
>
> Does anybody have a curve for producing digital negatives for gum print?
> I'm using Gimp, so a curve posted for cyanotype recently is the format
> I'm searching for.
>
> TIA
>
> -matti
>
>


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