File puptcrit/puptcrit.0505, message 193


From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Mathieu_Ren=E9?= <creaturiste-AT-magma.ca>
To: <puptcrit-driftline.org-AT-lists.driftline.org>
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Finish coating over closed cell foam?
Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 20:31:57 -0400


>By 'cotton' paper I imagine you mean that with some fibre content?  The 
>stuff
>I might use for water colors?  Very thick. I may have some but it's not
>cheap. Where do you find yours?
>I will try it.
> Best,
> Fred


I used Arches watercolor paper. It is 100% cotton.
Any fiber paper is better than wood paper. Cotton is great, Lokta is 
awesome, and I'm planning on trying japanese paper (Kozo, Mulberry, etc...) 
I,m told it is awesome.

I only used watercolor paper because I couldn't use it for watercolors 
anymore (the roll had been stored in a garbage bag, and the plastic smell 
was unwashable). Best mistake I ever made, I guess.
The strenght of the stuff is amazing.
But now, I buy cotton linters (sheets of 100% cotton usually sold to people 
who make paper at home as a hobby, they tear it up ahgin and mix with other 
fibres for effects.) My supplier is a local professional paper maker, and 
his linter sheet seem about just as strong as Arches(minus the sizing, 
ecause there is none in the linter).

For the moment, I have no funds, so I use a roll of black photography 
backdrop I was given. Basically same thickness and feel as thick kraft 
paper. Two layers is as strong as one layer of cotton paper.

Mathieu René Créaturiste
Marionnettes, Masques, Etcetera...
Puppets, Masks, Etcetera...
creaturiste-AT-magma.ca
www.creaturiste.com
(514) 274-8027 

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