Re: [BKARTS] Paper grain

[William Minter <wminter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chad,
If I understand your reply correctly, I think you are wrong with your 
description of "curl". The damp side will EXPAND, thus the curl will be 
toward the DRY side, and AWAY from the damp/wet side.
I always tell students to think of paper as a woven, bamboo placemat. 
The bamboo placemat, just as with paper, will roll or curl more easily 
in one direction. Therefore, if you wet (mist or sponge) "one side" of 
the paper, the fibers will immediately expand and the paper will curl, 
and that should tell you the grain direction.
Bill Minter


On Nov 29, 2006, at 4:51 PM, Chad Longley wrote:

> I hold it up by one corner and spray the opposite corner.  It 
> immediately
> starts to curl along one edge toward the damp side.
>
> Chad Longley
> chad.longley@xxxxxxx
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Book_Arts-L [mailto:BOOK_ARTS-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf Of jessica syme
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 3:12 PM
> > To: BOOK_ARTS-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [BKARTS] Paper grain
> >
> > Thanks Charles
> > I just tried this ... but can I show my ignorance further by
> > asking - are you lying it flat or holding it up ...I haven't
> > got much curling going on...are you damping it with a cloth
> > or immersing it gently in water?
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