As sad the heydays for such papers were one and two generations before me. But so far attempts failed to find out for sure the time of their introduction.
Maybe someone with his home full of catalogs can shed light on this.
Maybe later in the 20th Century - Funderburk was pretty explicit that the textured surface finishes evolved from mouldmade papers into something that could be produced on baryta coated paper impressed/ debossed with a dandy roll - the 'deckle' cut will have evolved from the same place into a mechanised and regularised impersonation. I think you are underestimating the extent of mould/ handmade paper in commodity uses until at least the mid 20th century. Suitable mould/ handmades are still readily available, are easily handcoated with liquid emulsion & it's not difficult to print postcard accoutrements on the back via letterpress - and the resultant will not look like a chintzy, plastic-y impersonation.
Buy a pair of deckling scissors and a box of fomatone paper and go to town.
I very much doubt people who used deckled photo paper thought of handmade papers when they ordered
I think you are underestimating the extent of mould/ handmade paper in commodity uses until at least the mid 20th century. Suitable mould/ handmades are still readily available, are easily handcoated with liquid emulsion & it's not difficult to print postcard accoutrements on the back via letterpress - and the resultant will not look like a chintzy, plastic-y impersonation.
The postcards would have to be available on a decent heavy weight paper.
Yeah, I understand your thinking.
It's just a pet peeve of mine. I'm not a fan of things that are made to look like something they're not. I rather dislike fake wood, fake stonework, mansions with fake Roman columns, etc. Sometimes there's no really good way around it or it's the best of the worst (we have PVC flooring we once talked about, and yes, it's a faux wood pattern - not a fan of it, but the alternatives were more problematic still).
I think when it comes to photography, particularly darkroom photography, what attracts me to it is the possibility to work with 'genuine' materials. Real paper for instance.
Again, it's my personal issue. Don't let anyone be held back by it.
It's doing alright, as you said, I feed it regularly. It's now curled up on the sofa, most likely micturating on it.
It's doing alright, as you said, I feed it regularly. It's now curled up on the sofa, most likely micturating on it.
fwiw I like the way deckle edge prints feel. In the "old days" deckle edges simply made it easier/nicer to handle prints.
But how do you think about deckle edged prints far larger than album prints?
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