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Message 1
From: Linda Beeman
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:15:18 GMT
Subject: [Baren 42183] moku hanga technical problem
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Here's more information if it will help you help me better.
I tried it all - dryer paper, wetter paper, more and less nori, dryer block, wetter block, brushing the ink in a different direction.  I ran out of things to try!
The only thing I can think of is that it is a new shipment of paper and I wonder if the sizing is off from the last shipment.  It's the same kind of paper, just a different batch.  Could that be it?  If so, it's not anything I can control then.

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Message 2
From: "Maria Arango Diener"
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 17:55:27 GMT
Subject: [Baren 42184] RE: moku hanga technical problem
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Linda, last time I had a problem with "disappearing ultramarine" Ad on this
list suggested maybe there was acidic content in the paper. I tested the
paper and sure enough, the ph was not neutral.
Maybe it is something about the interaction between the paper batch sizing
or ??? and the particular pigment you are using. I know paper batches differ
quite a bit, even machine-made papers from the same exact source can differ,
let alone hand-made papers.

I hate these kind of things and sometimes it is almost impossible to
determine the exact cause because of the interaction of materials.

Maria

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Message 3
From: Viza Arlington
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:10:41 GMT
Subject: [Baren 42185] Re: moku hanga technical problem
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I probably wont be any help but what do you mean by wont stick to the
paper? is it beading up, not transferring from the block at all, just
printing very faint, or disappearing after its printed. have you tried
testing with different paper, block, color combos to try and narrow
down the culprit? do other colors print onto the paper okay?

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Message 4
From: ArtfulCarol # aol.com
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:45:05 GMT
Subject: [Baren 42186] "Cuckoo"
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This was my "cuckoo" woodblock and IMPROV response on Robert Genn's site
today.

_http://clicks.robertgenn.com/cuckoo.php#CarolLyons_
(http://clicks.robertgenn.com/cuckoo.php#CarolLyons)

How about a "cuckoo" woodblock exchange?

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Message 5
From: David Bull
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:10:31 GMT
Subject: [Baren 42187] Re: moku hanga technical problem
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> The only thing I can think of is that it is a new shipment of paper
> and I wonder if the sizing is off from the last shipment. It's the
> same kind of paper, just a different batch. Could that be it? If
> so, it's not anything I can control then.

If a batch of paper was sized with too much alum in the mix, that
paper will be very resistant to the entry of pigment. If there is a
kind of faint 'shine' on the surface when you hold a sheet up to the
light (before moistening) - as though there were a faint layer of mica
on the surface - it's a sign of too much alum ...

What kind of paper is this?

Dave

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Subject: At the Wiring Stage
Posted by: Ellen Shipley

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