tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post106084403396044320..comments2024-03-04T05:26:22.273-08:00Comments on Propnomicon: The Edge of TimePropnomiconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02073463298965255652noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-63008190354351151412010-12-07T05:26:43.942-08:002010-12-07T05:26:43.942-08:00Thanks for your great work on paper aging. I find ...Thanks for your great work on paper aging. I find the tea treatment very useful though in the past I found the results a bit disappointing. I have since created my own secret technique which I will share. Use a flat cookie sheet submerge your paper in tea solution. In addition and coffee grounds and swish them around or sprinkle them in places you want them. By raising and lowering you paper you can create edges that are darker than the interior of the paper. This closer resembles the aged paper I have found in real life. Just enough tea to cover only just a bit above the paper surface. Now place entire set up in oven about 350 degrees F. about a half hour should do checking periodically.Note try what works best for you. Don't want to start any fires. When your sheet is 95% dry remove and add additional if any aging techniques. I did this on ordinary print paper with the information I wanted printed on it before dying. It got nice results and was able to age the text a bit without the ink smearing, with a paper towel being gently dragged and brushed accrossed the text. Hope you try this good luck and have fun. Sorry no pics to add but I loved the results I got with my technique the coffee gave it kind of moldy type spots to the paper adding one more element to my prop making arsenal.Matt Rambleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03226446455243724998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-63723263324142672112010-11-17T13:25:01.113-08:002010-11-17T13:25:01.113-08:00Very useful. I've got a project in mind where ...Very useful. I've got a project in mind where I'll need old-looking documents. But I've been looking for old documents for inspiration in how they looked typographically. How did birth certificates, death certificates, marriage licenses, rental agreements, etc look in 1910? 1860? 1710?<br /><br />Does anyone know of a good place or source of old documents that are viewable? Or of research tips that might help at the library?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-7332387347685210322010-11-14T18:16:04.106-08:002010-11-14T18:16:04.106-08:00This is great thanks - just about to "age&quo...This is great thanks - just about to "age" some paper for an illo so I think I'll try your techniqueretromancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13349601093498312222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-31550522051206905452010-11-13T10:20:50.311-08:002010-11-13T10:20:50.311-08:00@ affliction
This is pretty damn random, but you ...@ affliction<br /><br />This is pretty damn random, but you know where the whole "old maps and documents have burned edges" thing comes from?<br /><br />The Boy Scouts.<br /><br />It was one of the recommended techniques for making an aged map for a troop treasure hunt back in the 60s. It *kinda* recreates the look of oxidized edges, but I think the real reason it became popular is that it involved using fire. If there's one thing Boy Scouts love, and I say this as a former scout, it's fire.<br /><br />@ R.S. Bohn<br /><br />My Significant Other turned me on to the myriad of uses for bamboo skewers. At a $1 for 100 they're easily the most cost effective tool I own.<br /><br />I've tried instant coffee as a stain, but I don't like the lingering smell it produces. <br /><br />@LoneIslander<br /><br />I wish I'd fumbled my way into discovering it a lot sooner.Propnomiconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02073463298965255652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-45204161349342559782010-11-13T06:51:06.424-08:002010-11-13T06:51:06.424-08:00We did stuff like this before for some of my broth...We did stuff like this before for some of my brothers projects.LoneIslanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03162172122869453950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-80700552992081619202010-11-13T06:08:01.840-08:002010-11-13T06:08:01.840-08:00I have a ton of bamboo skewers -- I can't wait...I have a ton of bamboo skewers -- I can't wait to try this. Thanks.<br /><br />I use tea, but I'll also use instant coffee for the darker edges. A spoonful of Folgers and just a bit of hot water, not a whole cup. Experiment, because it can be pretty dark.R.S. Bohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09101260459422806220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-18065632562119286032010-11-13T04:38:06.753-08:002010-11-13T04:38:06.753-08:00Thanks for sharing your forbidden knowledge with u...Thanks for sharing your forbidden knowledge with us. Propnomicon is shifting the world towards the subtle, rather than crispy burned edged paper!afflictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14646911033750110916noreply@blogger.com