Workshop Notes

Paper Passions

I've been reprinting various of our kits. The photograph here shows sample pages from the Mexican Peck kit.
The centre of the three sheets shows the current paper we use. 230 micron pulp board. I chose pulp board because it is easy to glue using water based glue - it also has good structural strength.
To the left is the first sample of paper sent by out printer. This is 230 micron cartridge paper. Again, it has good strength and gluability but the print quality! Arghh. Mottled and not very dense. So, I contacted the printer for suggestions. To the right is coated matte art board. Lovely rich colours, the paper has a matte finish but the appears gloss where it is printed. I was worried that it would not be possible to glue with water based glue but it works fine! So... as models are reprinted, they will be done in 230 micron coated matte art board.

Workshop workshop

Had a fun day at the fold gallery running practical sessions making paper automata. Children in the morning, adults in the afternoon. I was showing some or the children the puzzle in the snap up shark. The puzzle consists of six hexagons which have to be arranged to make up six pictures of sharks each of one solid colour. When I'd originally designed the puzzle I'd planned to put the solution on the web but the file with the answer got corrupted so it never happened.
I tried a couple of times to solve the puzzle so that I could post the answer but to be honest I really can't stand puzzles. Anyway, By the time I'd explained how the puzzle worked, this young fellow had already solved it! The result is now posted on the snap-up shark page.