RE: I'll never double coat cyano again -- was what I've learned about cyanotype thru PDN

Interesting, Loris. I find that HP papers are declining in numbers here
too; Lanaquarelle, which gives a nice surface for gum, has just become
unavailable here in H.P .
I completed my cyanos on Bockingford with my evening class last night. I
can't say this was a good test, as I had coated my paper with VDB by
mistake first (as I think I said) and subsequently stripped it with
fixer, perhaps removing any buffering (???) Anyhow, the results were as
good as any I've got on single-coated paper (classic cyano).I noticed
that my students' prints (they had bought Bockingford as well by
coincidence) had a different tone than mine, but will inspect them this
morning to see if that changed on drydown. Anyhow, as a readily
available paper here in N.Z., it's good for starters, and I was
surprised how well the 150gsm stood up to having ben coated, stripped
and recoated then printed and developed.

Cheers
Kate

-----Original Message-----
From: Loris Medici [mailto:loris_medici@mynet.com]
Sent: Thursday, 9 June 2005 11:45 p.m.
To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Subject: RE: I'll never double coat cyano again -- was what I've learned
about cyanotype thru PDN

We have only the CP version of Bockingford here in Istanbul (ecru +
tinted; light yellow, light blue, light green) - it's very hard (almost
impossible) to find HP watercolor paper here; everyone seems to like/use
CP and/or Rough papers for watercolors... Whatever. I didn't like NOT
Bokingford for Cyanotypes (totally subjective comment) and I haven't
tested it with another process. The results were grainy (like flaking
occured) and the paper texture was very pronouced. I guess the paper is
buffered.

Regards,
Loris.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kate M [mailto:kateb@paradise.net.nz]
> Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 1:41 PM
> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Subject: RE: I'll never double coat cyano again -- was what
> I've learned about cyanotype thru PDN
>
>
> I think it's an English brand, Chuck. We tend top get more
> Brit stuff here in N.Z. As soon as I can I'm getting the PDN.
> I use an Epson R210 (whatever that is in U.S. I don't know)
> with standard inks. As far as I can tell it's working o.k.,
> better than the ol C40UX I used to have :) Kate
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ryberg [mailto:cryberg@comcast.net]
> Sent: Thursday, 9 June 2005 9:54 a.m.
> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Subject: Re: I'll never double coat cyano again -- was what
> I've learned about cyanotype thru PDN
>
>
> Kate,
> I don't remember seeing anything called Bockingford but
> I'll keep my eyes open. I'm currently using up a supply of
> Arches Hot Press--don't remember the name, but probably
> Aquarelle. I think I say a reasonably priced pack of one of
> the "new" Fabriano in one of the two art stores I can walk
> to. I'll try those.
> Meantime, I'm pretty happy with the Arches but I'm
> coming to see that I don't have my PDM tweaked just right.
> I'm using and Epson R800 with second party inks and cannot
> use any color combination--only black really blocks UV.
>
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