Fireman on New Grain Art Paper

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Undertook this experimental project just before Christmas 2011

Thought I,d try Daler Rowney 300 Gram New Grain Water Colour Paper

Fireman: On Paper

Then transfered now to wood for completion or WIP

Kind Regards Mike

[Irish]

OHHH! I am just blown away with your paper burning!!!! Wonderful.

Susan

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Originally Posted by Irish

OHHH! I am just blown away with your paper burning!!!! Wonderful.

Susan

From one of my Favourite Pyrogravers...............What a compliment ...now for you to say that is pure inspiration...........so kind Susan Thank you...very much appreciated

Kind Regards Mike

[Irish]

Mike ... that one is a well deserved AH!

I love burning paper especially as I do some scrapbooking. There are many nice heavy weight papers with a variety of tooth and texture designs on the market. Plus the price is so very right. Its a lot of fun to blow up the photo that will be the focus of the scrapbook page, trace a portion of that photo to the background paper and then burn it.

Chipboard is also a favorite and you can get chip board in the craft brown and in white. The white chip has a heavy white paper glued to the chipboard. So you have the paper surface to burn and you have the chipboard back to keep the paper stabilized.

Susan

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Originally Posted by Irish

Mike ... that one is a well deserved AH!

I love burning paper especially as I do some scrapbooking. There are many nice heavy weight papers with a variety of tooth and texture designs on the market. Plus the price is so very right. Its a lot of fun to blow up the photo that will be the focus of the scrapbook page, trace a portion of that photo to the background paper and then burn it.

Chipboard is also a favorite and you can get chip board in the craft brown and in white. The white chip has a heavy white paper glued to the chipboard. So you have the paper surface to burn and you have the chipboard back to keep the paper stabilized.

Susan

Thanks for the tips....been trying to locate Rag Paper here in Holland but its difficult to find.....will diufferent paper grades from my local hobbyist

Kind Regards Mike

[Irish]

Paper with a rag content is paper that contains some cotton fibers ... also called 'floor sweepings' as the early printers did print cotton cloth as well as printed paper pages. So the dust and fibers that accumulated on the print shop floor got added to the recycled paper when the printer made new sheets.

Today you find papers with a rag content as watercolor paper, cold press or hot press water color paper and as decorator papers. Decorator papers can have small bits of flower petals, glitter yarns, and even other color paper chips added during the screening process.

So try looking at our local art store for a block of watercolor paper, at least 140 lbs. Heavier weight watercolor papers often have a higher percentage of cotton fibers - so a 320 weight paper has more cotton than a 140 weight.

What you want to avoid is heavily printed color papers as decorative scrapbook papers that have a glossy color on the surface. And you want to avoid light weight papers. They burn just as well as heavy weight but the burning process can wrap the grain of the paper making it buckle.

Here in the US I shop DickBlick.com as well as several other online art stores. Stratmore, a major paper manufacturer, has a wonderful line of watercolor paper cards with matching envelopes which are wonderful for burning.

Susan

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Susan
Again those handy tips are most welcome and will ask at my local hobbyist about Cold and Hot Press..... and Water Colour Paper 140lbs/320

Kind Regards Mike