During the Unit 04 assignment you'll be introduced to some of the specialist materials (Photographic papers) used in analogue Photographic printing (Darkroom).
A generic terms used in Art for materials you draw or print on is "Supports". The process of painting or printing onto the 'Supports' is known as 'Mark making' (Even Photography).
Double click on the link above to access the website this image is sourced from.
These are high-end papers for use with professional applications – two of them are especially worthy of your attention and it would be great to see some of this paper being used in your finals. One of them combined with drawing or painting or some other mark making approach would be exceptionally well received by anyone marking the work showing exceptionally high knowledge and advanced use of MTP’s. (Providing the written support was evident).
These papers are very expensive, so we sell them in smaller packs. The packs contain 3 types of paper and the price of the paper will be added to the price list on the door of the technicians office on the 3rd floor.
A ‘Multipack’ of specialist papers will include papers that will allow for easy 'Mark making' - drawing or painting on the surface of the print to 'Hand tint' the images and other methods. There will be 3 or 4 sheets of each of the papers to enable you to make test strips and make a few 1/2 sheets sized images. If you like any of the papers and want more you can request to buy packs of 5, 10 or 25.
2020 - The pack contains 10 sheets of paper and costs £12.00.
4 x sheets of Ilford MG300
3 x sheets of Ilford classic Fibre based
3 x sheets of one other.
With the specialist papers go on to the Ilford website and use a screen grabs as below for your design sheets - do one for each of the papers you use as well your standard RC VC paper...
Digital Photography examples.
Those of you that have bought the Print Space sample pack also have the option of identifying digital papers and researching these. If you go onto the print space website (Double click the image above) you'll be able to find the 'Product data' page that gives you the basic information regarding the papers characteristics and properties. With the paper in your hand and the descriptions on-line you'll be able to write up good analysis of these papers - choose 3 or 4 to do this with.
Simply screen grab (Snipping tool) 2-4 of the papers...
And the screen grab to your design sheets. This includes a basic description. Add the weblink below to show where you've sourced the image and information and if you're working at merit or distinction level - look at the paper, have feel of it and comment on the paper and it's qualities and characteristics... thickness and weight, does it feel high-quality, does it look high quality, how much better than photo-copy paper is it? Also look at the price in the price list on-line - compare with the B&W papers you're using - imagine if the course was digital and you had to produce your finals on this stuff? What would the cost implications be - how log might it take for the work to be ordered and sent by post.
Portfolio - In the second year you'll need to come back to this information again in two of the later Units so don't discard your Sample Pack. You might decide (Depending on what your long term goals are in Photography) that you might upgrade your portfolio that you're starting to compile now by having all of your images printed on one of these superb supports (papers).
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