Dan
Ive printed on some japanese Gampi paper both fairly thick sheets and
the extremely thin and delicate weight paper. both in VDB and in
platinum/palladium.
the heavier weight paper is more durable... the thin weight is like
toilet paper when its wet. I had to use some sheets of mylar in the
wash so as to not ever actually touch the paper. seemed a neccesity
with the delicacy.
I found this place with fairly reasonable prices.
http://www.hiromipaper.com/
Its a calif based company so if you are out of the states it likely
wouldnt be a good source.
Hope that helps. I think I may have one scan of a VDB on the thin
gampi paper on my website.
http://www.scootermagruder.com/photography/landscapenature/
hamiltonpoolVD.jpg
I used a sheet of BFK as a backing (hence the brown/orangish
coloring) the thin gampi is extremely translucent so a nice backing
paper is a neccesity.
again hope that helps.
Matt
On Dec 14, 2005, at 1:31 PM, dan jones wrote:
> Has anyone out there had much experience printing Kallitype/VDB on
> Japanese papers? I know that some don't hold up well to a long
> soak, and was hoping that I might get some suggestions from the
> group. Also interested in suppliers.
Received on Wed Dec 14 14:54:00 2005
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