Re: Tearing paper (with diagram)

Terry and Michael,
Thanks very much for that
John
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: TERRYAKING@aol.com
  To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
  Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 9:38 AM
  Subject: Re: Tearing paper (with diagram)

  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 14:42:22 2006