A video showing which papers are suitable to be made transparent or transluscent for collage The full blog post with lists of papers and suppliers can be found here sallyhirstcourses.com/paper-t...
I’ve been using a Teflon baking sheet to coat papers in gloss medium. They peel right off, and you can put it in the oven on a low temp to quickly dry them. Same as the Ranger no stick craft mat, but much cheaper.
The artist Jacki Bernardi recently did an experiment with papers just like this but also had physician's paper in the experiment. She found it becomes transparent when you wet it with water before laying it down on gloss medium and then covering it with gloss medium. You can later go over it with mat medium to stop the shine.
I can't find wall art rice paper in the USA. I can recommend another paper that goes transparent quite well with gloss medium; medical exam paper. It's the stuff they cover the table with before you lie on it. It is inexpensive too!
Thanks Sally really interesting to learn new techniques. Do you spritz with water the bottom of the paper on both sides or just one side, before placing it onto the gel plate?
Thank you very much for this video, Sally, it's really useful. There seem to be several Golden gloss mediums so please could you say which one you use, or would any of them work?
hi. great video/ what kind of gloss medium would you recommend--is it golden gloss medium or gloss glazing....? could you potentially use matte medium and get the same effect?
It's was a very good lesson about transparency. Learned a lot. Can you say what brand of gloss medium you use? The exact name because here where I live it's hardcto find products so I must order them online and it helps to have the exact name of the products. Thanks for those tips and the links in your site 😊
I can't believe your delicate papers didn't tear with the pulling from the plate. I frequently use thin Japanese papers for gel printing using acrylic paints and so many of them tear even with a pretty immediate lift. If the paint dries even a little bit, it's worse, and especially if I don't clean my plate between rapid pulls. I have tried spritzing the back of the paper with a fine water mist before a pull, and that makes it even worse for tearing. I have been trying to find the best glue for using these prints for collage onto canvas and panel and has been wondering if they would get blotch-stained using acrylic mediums and ruin the art. Thanks for making this video.
While they are wet, with water or paint they are very delicate and will tear. But if you coat them with medium and letbit dry thoroughly the medium gives them the strength? The glue you use for collage onto canvas or panel depends on how thick your paper is, thin papers are fine with gloss or matte medium, thicker papers need soft gel, very thick papers heavy gel. All of it I cover in my online course sallyhirst.co.uk/collage-creations/
The wrinkles will depend a lot on your paper too but I like Golden or Liquitex Matte medium. I often mix it with Methyl Cellulose, makes it slower drying so you can reposition and smooth out wrinkles. All on section 1..
@@sallyhirstartisttutor6324🤣That's funny ! I think the questioning person means " Butterbrotpapier", a kind of deli paper which is used to wrap around a sandwich for protection. It is used it in Germany.
