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- Place Paper
- Gently lay the mordant (alum)-treated paper or fabric
(marked side up, treated side down) on top of the size solution, letting
the middle touch first.
- This is tricky!
- Smoothly handled paper yields a more successful print
- Hesitation is clearly visible in the finished piece as streaked
areas, or air bubbles (unmarbled spots).
- Leave paper on the size until the floating colors
are absorbed and saturated .
- Lift paper off. Let the excess size drip back into the pan.
- Rinse gently with clear water or blot with tissues.
- When paper isn’t mordanted, wait until sheet is dry to rinse.
- Hang up to dry.
- or air dry, printed side up, on newspaper.
- Skim the size with a newspaper strip to remove
the paint residue that remains on the size after a print is made and
clean the size before each print.
- Old paint will sink to the bottom of the pan.
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