Sized final supports have a virtually indefinite lifetime, which is certainly true for gelatin-sized papers, and I imagine acrylic, too. I've never had much luck with acrylic sizing, but for others it's a bulletproof system. You'll find that with carbon, everyone has their own way of doing things. The processes of no two practitioners are the same.What is the longevity of final sized support mediums and pre-sensitized tissues? Is it recommended to get some stuff pre-made, or do these materials get strange quickly?
I've been waffling on the new Sandy King,etc book
I may have asked @Andrew O'Neill this question offline but I cannot remember what his experience was so I will ask the group at large.
What is the longevity of final sized support mediums and pre-sensitized tissues? Is it recommended to get some stuff pre-made, or do these materials get strange quickly?
I'm planning on Acrylic sizing of the art papers for now. I may just coat one and let it hang in a corner for a while and see if anything interesting happens. It's all artist grade archival stuff, so I don't think anything will go awry but who knows.
I will likely end up using some fixed out photo paper too as it works out to be cheaper which shocked the S--T out of me. Arches Platine (22x30) when you divide by 2 costs double what Foma VC FB Matte in 11x14 costs. I realize that Platine was developed specifically for the Alt process community, but some of the other "high-end" water color and printing papers are not much cheaper.
I have the revised Luis Nadeau book, and I've been waffling on the new Sandy King,etc book.
Buy Sandy King's book.
Yeah, it's useful.
One minor gripe with it, though...the print quality. My copy is inkjet printed, poorly so, with inks that smudge when moisture hits the paper. Think 1998 inkjet quality; really poor. This really compromises the second part of the book where the work of contemporary artists is showcased, but it also affects the other examples. I guess decent print quality would have raised the price substantially, but I have to admit it was a bit of a letdown when I first opened it.
Yeah, it's useful.
One minor gripe with it, though...the print quality. My copy is inkjet printed, poorly so, with inks that smudge when moisture hits the paper. Think 1998 inkjet quality; really poor. This really compromises the second part of the book where the work of contemporary artists is showcased, but it also affects the other examples. I guess decent print quality would have raised the price substantially, but I have to admit it was a bit of a letdown when I first opened it.
I should really buy a couple of the Stouffer products?
Holy smokes, really? My copy is pretty decent.
I realize that I used a poor choice of words in my first post. Non- sensitized tissue is what I mean. Having some made up and sensitizing only for an actual transfer session. That should be fine right? My reasoning: make up some final support options and some tissues over the course of the weekday evenings, sensitize some sheets on Friday evening, then jump into actual exposure and transfer on Saturday and Sunday.
It spreads work out over a whole week, but in much smaller chunks than say starting from scratch on Saturday morning.
I really appreciate the responses. I've seen the groups.io and fumbled around in the archive a bit, but my searches were awkward.
@Andrew O'Neill I noticed a step wedge type thing creeping into a couple of your videos. Is this yet another example showing that I should really buy a couple of the Stouffer products?
@koraks That's a let down of sorts as it's not a cheap book comparatively speaking.
That sounds sketchy; sorry I missed that. No, I wouldn't do it like that. With dichromate spirit sensitization, you really want to sensitize, let dry and then expose as soon as it's dry. This depends on working conditions, weather etc.sensitize some sheets on Friday evening, then jump into actual exposure and transfer on Saturday and Sunday.
Routledge is having a sale. Bummer about the print quality. I wonder how many copies per run? Maybe there was a bad run, or a few bad copies?
We'll see how mine ends up.
Point taken regarding letting the sensitized tissue sit too long. I had forgotten the general dry-time. My basement is cool and relatively dry, I was allowing some extra time but overnight might be too risky? Sensitize on Saturday morning then or the morning of whatever day I plan on doing transfers.
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