gurdymonkey | Suminagashi paper test

From left to right:

(Left) Leftover "metallic" card stock from my Laurel "wish tree" project. Curled up when wet, but took a decent print off the ink and mostly flattened out as it dried. Potential for things like bookmarks might be improved by using a plain grade of card stock.

(Center) Cheap sketch pad paper. It didn't want to fall apart when wet, but the ink ran and smudged when I pulled it back out of the vat.

(Right) Yasutomo's "rice paper"* for calligraphy. Requires careful handling once wet to avoid tearing as you remove it from the vat, but was significantly less fragile than the Daiso Japan practice calligraphy paper used on Saturday. Best print of the three too. Not cheap, however. at $10 or so for a roll of 8" x 20' paper. (English label says "rice paper," but it's probably kozo.)