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Baren Digest               Tuesday, 17 March 1998       Volume 02 : Number 098

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From: David Bull <davebull@asahi-net.email.ne.jp>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 16:29:43 +0900
Subject: [Baren 488] Re: How did you _do_ that? 

Graham wrote:
> ... I have handled 22 x 28 inch jobs
> You use a stiffer piece of paper in conjuction with the damp hosho when
> registering.    Lay both together, register, and drop on the plate.

Graham,
I'm sorry to be dense here, but I don't quite understand your
description.  Do you actually hold both sheets of paper together up in
the air over the block, put them in the kento corner, and then let them
fall on the wood?  Could you be a bit more explicit ...?

*****

Matt wrote:
> ... Chinese printing.   And it raised more questions:
>  any ideas on how they would be able to print with water pigments 
> on dry paper  ....  etc.

Interesting questions ...  The Chinese prints that I've seen did seem to
be wrinkled and a bit uneven, but I've always thought this was because
of the thin, insubstantial paper.  

Can I 'get back to you' on this one?  I've recently been calling
Gosho-san with questions about this and that, and I don't want to make a
real pest of myself.  I'll get his ideas on this next time I'm talking
to him ...

(But the reference materials that I've got on hand here specifically
state dry paper, and the prints themselves have every appearance of
being made with typical water-based stuff ...)

*****

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