[BKARTS] Stiffening Paper

[Colin Frazer <colin.frazer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello -

I call upon the wisdom of the list to help me with something.  I am  
looking for inventive ways of making my own handmade paper strong and  
stiff for sculptural applications.  I have tried epoxy, wax, PVA,  
various GACs, gel medium(that is all I can remember off the top of me  
head right now) all of which are just not quite good enough.  I would  
like to retain as much of the original surface quality of the sheet as  
possible.  Epoxy was the best stiffness, but took a while to cure, and  
made the sheet transparent ( I do like the smell though!).  Would like  
to avoid pulling super thick sheets to improve the structural quality  
as this will result in a completely opaque sheet.  Any thoughts?  Am I  
just asking too much of the medium?

Thanks in advance.

Colin


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