Ilford Art 300 - First Impressions

[logan2z]

I recenlly picked up a box of Ilford's Art 300 paper as I was beginning to make prints for a project that I thought would suit it. I've made a couple of prints on it so far and I'm quite pleased with the results.

The paper has a beautiful texture and a nice warm tone. The warnings I received about it floating in a print washer were spot on - I had to improvise a solution in order to keep the paper submerged throughout the wash cycle. It does curl when drying, but not as much as Ilford MG fiber or Fomabrom Variant III, and it flattened easily in my dry mount press.

It's a pretty expensive paper so I plan to use is sparingly. I think it's only a good match for a small subset of my work anyway.

I've attached a photo of one of the prints below. At least on my screen, it closely matches the look of the real-life print.

 

[NortheastPhotographic]

The surface has a wonderful look to it. It's absolutely not everyone's cup of tea, but I keep a box or two around for those special images.

 

[MattKing]

Looks great.
And I cannot resist - it appears that it "floats your boat".
Now I should Report myself.

 

[ntenny]

I like this paper, but I find it very difficult to scan; the texture is exaggerated by the scanner. Your scan of the print looks good, though—did you do anything special with it?

-NT

 

[logan2z]

I like this paper, but I find it very difficult to scan; the texture is exaggerated by the scanner. Your scan of the print looks good, though—did you do anything special with it?

-NT

I didn't scan it, I photographed it with my iPhone.

 

[logan2z]

Now I should Report myself.

Please do