{"id":1089,"date":"2015-04-02T23:58:38","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T06:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/?p=1089"},"modified":"2015-04-03T00:01:11","modified_gmt":"2015-04-03T07:01:11","slug":"tea-dyeing-paper-trials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/02\/tea-dyeing-paper-trials\/","title":{"rendered":"Tea dyeing paper trials"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"2015-04-01So after I finished the faux-medieval invitations yesterday, I cut up all the tea dye trials and made flag book of them for future reference.<\/p>\n

The covers are not tea dyed; they are\u00a0gouache on Arches Text Wove, on boards. Most of the trial papers were Strathmore Drawing 400, 80-lb. and 100-lb. weights, although I also tried out a couple of watercolor papers. A few sheets were included with no tea dyeing, for comparison.<\/p>\n

On some sheets I lettered before dyeing, and on some I lettered afterwards. Some sheets I spray-fixed after dyeing, some not. Some I lettered with stick sumi, some with bottled sumi, some with gouache. Some I printed on, both before and after, using various printer settings.<\/p>\n

I didn’t have to iron or otherwise flatten the pages, partly because I \u00a0had dried them under light weights between layers of blotting paper and corrugated cardboard, but also because I didn’t use light-weight papers.<\/p>\n

Book size is 5″ x 8″. Endpapers are Canson Mi-Tientes, a poor choice I continue to make on a regular basis. It’s a poor choice for me because it curls so much when the glue is applied.
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So after I finished the faux-medieval invitations yesterday, I cut up all the tea dye trials and made flag book of them for future reference. The covers are not tea dyed; they are\u00a0gouache on Arches Text Wove, on boards. Most of the trial papers were Strathmore Drawing 400, 80-lb. and 100-lb. weights, although I also … <\/p>\n

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