Re: Japanese Papers

Do you mean the paper used to make shoji (window shades)? That kind of
paper is glued with wheat starch glue on woodern grids, so its wet
strength is probably very good. When the paper becomes old, the glued
area is moistened to reverse the glue to remove the paper for
replacement, but the paper is still intact.

Shoji's not wall... obviously with 35gsm wall no one would die when
earthquake breaks houses down...

On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 08:34:19 +0100, "nze christian"
<christian_nze@hotmail.com> said:
> Hello
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> If you want to work with thin paper the better is to start with the paper
> japanese use to make the wall in traditional wood house. This paper are
> really thin and water resistant. The one I use is 35gsm and I can let it
> 48
> hours in wtaer without any problem.
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> Amicalement
> best regards
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> Christian Nze
> Fine art Photographer
> www.c-nze.com
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> >From: Matthew Magruder <me@scootermagruder.com>
> >Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> >To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> >Subject: Re: Japanese Papers
> >Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 14:52:44 -0600
> >
> >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.
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> >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.
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> >again hope that helps.
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> >Matt
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> >On Dec 14, 2005, at 1:31 PM, dan jones wrote:
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> >>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.
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Received on Fri Dec 16 02:25:30 2005