Hi Yves
As part of the preparation for gum printing, I start by immersing
the paper in v. hot water for at least 20 mins, then hang up to dry.
When it's completely dry I size the paper.
As for using dark colours I always do a 'dot test' as explained in
William Crawford's Keeper's of Light. It's a long boring process,
but once you have the ratio of colour to gum, it's there for good,
(so long as you stick to the same paper)! I only use top quality
artists watercolour pigments such as Windsor & Newton and I only use
Rives BFK.
Hope this helps
Wendy
On 27/04/2006, at 5:01 AM, Yves Gauvreau wrote:
> Hi,
>
> those anyone as a suggestion for preparing the paper in order to
> minimise
> shrinking?
>
> While I'm at it, I saw many different methods and recipes for
> sizing paper,
> any suggestion for that as well (% gelatine + % hardener (wich))?
> In case it
> matters, for now I'm thinking of using relatively dark (almost
> black) colors
> (monochromes) which imply a strong possibily of staining.
>
> Regards
> Yves
>
>
>
Received on Wed Apr 26 17:36:49 2006
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