Re: Tearing paper (with diagram)

From: TERRYAKING@aol.com
Date: 04/10/06-02:38:05 AM Z
Message-id: <2ae.1b471c6.316b736d@aol.com>

John

Yours is a very important question.

One way to tear while still leaving what looks like a deckle edge, is to:

stretch a piece of wet string across the paper,

allow the damp to soak in

pull the paper apart on either side.

It's the way thieves remove plates from books in libraries.

Terry

In a message dated 10/4/06 5:41:25 am, mkochsch@shaw.ca writes:

>
> Do people tear away from the print side or towards it, and for that matter
> which is the side to be exposed on Arches Platine.I believe both sides are
> sized.Is that correct, or, if not, how does one tell which side to use. Both
> sides appear to have the same colour.
>
> Many thanks for your indulgence in my somewhat elementary queries.
>
> John Fontana
>
>
Received on Mon Apr 10 02:38:32 2006

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