RE: Paper for Tissue Support

Hi Loris,

Yes, I remember the paper very well. My
impression at the time was that it had good wet
strength, however I am not sure it would support
the weight of the kind of coating I apply.
However, I am going to check with Sam Wang to see
if he has a few sheets I could experiment with.

Size is good, and price at $0.59 per sheet is also very good.

Sandy

At 7:52 AM +0200 12/29/06, Loris Medici wrote:
>Hi Sandy,
>
>Do you remember the paper we used in the Istanbul workshop? It was Masa
>paper (a Japanese paper). The front surface is like a Japanese drawing
>paper, the back is like Vellum. Wet strength is excellent. (I forgot the
>paper in water for more than 24 hours and it was still strong when I
>checked it later!)
>
>http://www.jerrysartarama.com/art-supply/catalogs/016578A000000
>
>I don't know if that's cheap by your terms but to me its price is very
>good: it's $0.59 per 21x31" sheet! (That's until 12/31/2006. And let me
>remind that you can use this paper for making "siderotypes" too...)
>
>Regards,
>Loris.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Sandy King [mailto:sanking@clemson.edu]
>Sent: 28 Aralžk 2006 Pers¸embe 19:32
>To: carbon@spitbite.org
>Subject: [carbon] Paper for Tissue Support
>
>...
>
>Question is, does anyone know of a light and relatively inexpensive
>paper with good wet strength that might work as the carbon support? I
>really need good wet strength because for reasons of efficiency I
>make my tissue in very large sheets, up to 24X36", and then cut it
>down for use. The weight of a tissue with a wet height coating of 1
>mm puts a lot of pressure on the paper when you pick it up to place
>on a drying rack. One paper that does work nicely is the Strathmore
>500 plate surface, but it a bit pricey.
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