Another, more subtle indicator comes from the curl of the paper: the felt surface is the convex side, the wire surface is concave. Thus, once you make a first print from the stack, it will be possible to identify surfaces by the way the stack lies. When cutting down the full sheet, stack all paper with the same side up. It is difficult to determine which side is which with the naked eye. While it may be hardly apparent when looking at the dry, uncoated paper, there is a wire and a felt side that will show up with slightly different characteristics once the print is dry. Wyndstone vellum paper Wyndstone Vellum 5 point, item #165243 is believed to be manufactured in Germany, and distributed in the USA as a rebrand under the Wyndstone name through graphic and paper supply companies such as . Furnish is wood cellulose, The US distributor insists that the paper is lignin free, even though its furnish is wood cellulose using a mixture of hard and soft woods, including some eucalyptus. Thinner variants of this paper also work with the process, but require much more careful handling when wet.įull sheet = 25 x 38 inches (other sizes may be available) Thinner variants of this paper also work with the process, but require much more careful handling when wet. Reich CT Clear #48 is my most preferred paper: it has good wet strength, and renders prints with an almost fibre-free surface, strong maximum blacks (around 1.4), and warm to neutral tones. It is pure enough to have been approved for wrapping food by the FDA (and is an excellent ‘parchment’ paper for baking). Described on the company web site as a paper that is made from “superfine, pristine cellulose” furnish, CT Clear is available in a variety of weights, the most workable being the thickest 48# or 5.7 point. It may be purchased directly from the company. The paper has been made to Reich’s specifications since the early 1990s, by a paper mill in the United Kingdom. The most readily available paper in the USA currently is the CT Clear offered by the family-owned Reich (pronounced ‘reesh’) Paper Company in New York. Note that the resulting platinum/palladium prints are archivally sound and pH neutral after being processed through the recommended clearing baths. The papers have been sized for the reprographic / printing industry (no more details are available at this point), and lean towards the acidic end of the ‘acid-free’, pH 6.5 to 7.0, designation. (Ultimately, there is a fine line between chemical and physical action, and I hope scientists will forgive this clumsy distinction.) This technique requires a lot of cellular defibrillation at the beating/refining stage of paper making, and results in a highly cross-linked and dense sheet. The note may also be relevant to other hand-sensitized photographic printing processes.īoth the papers mentioned here are ‘naturally’ translucent through physical action, as opposed to the more common practice of manufacturing a transparent paper by chemical means as used in the manufacture of most vellums. The two papers mentioned below have been used very successfully with my preferred process of print-out platinum-palladium, but they have some peculiar traits which require special consideration. Here are some notes on the use of ‘vellum’, or more properly, translucent papers for platinum/palladium printing. Platinum-palladium (1:1) on Reich CT Clear from original 8×10 negative Detail, Moti Malde with Drape and Kiran Malde, Sewanee, 2015.
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