[Aquanet] creating deckled edges

[pat davis]

Hi, Miriam, me again.

Tearing must work because when I googled deckled edges, this is what I 
found on Cheap Joe's site:

> *Deckled Edges:*
>
> When you are looking for fine art paper or watercolor paper you will 
> see that there are papers that have “deckled edges”. These edges are 
> created when the paper is made in mould. When the cotton fibers 
> attached to the mould, they don’t line up all even. Like everything in 
> nature, this irregular edge is better and far more beautiful. When the 
> brand new paper is removed from the much longer moulds that are used 
> today, they have two natural deckled edges and then the other two are 
> torn. The sheets are measured out and torn apart to leave the other 
> two deckled edges.
>

For 300# paper, I remember something written on this site several years 
ago. Apparently, if you crease the paper and then using a small brush, 
wet the paper along the crease, let it soak for a couple of minutes and 
then tear the paper along a straight edge, you can get a deckle-like 
edge. Please note I wrote "apparently" as I have never done it myself 
for many reasons, mainly tho because I'm to cheap to buy 300# paper.

cheers
pat- who is only profligate when it comes to fly-fishing gear