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3. Aging Maps
From: Mike Bourke
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Some additional tips for aging maps:
1) Buy a couple of cheap texta-colour markers and extract
the ink-bearing material from inside the texta (be careful
not to transfer colour from your hands). Place one of these
of appropriate colour in the water with the map. Agitating
the pan gently will "wash" some of the colour out of the
texta and onto the map. If done with care, this can
"bloodstain" one corner of the map, for example.
2) Brush some lemon juice onto the dried, stained, map. Then
add a few drops directly onto the map and place the sheet on
a baking dish over some greaseproof or baking paper. Bake
the page for 5-10 minutes on medium heat; lemon juice turns
brown at high temperatures. Warning: this process makes the
paper more brittle.
3) After drawing the map, but before aging it, use your
fingers to rub some egg white into the paper from the
"plain" side (the one with no map drawn on it). The paper
will absorb some of the egg white, stiffening it, and
raising the surface somewhat. Apply the "Lemon Treatment" as
above. Then sand the map lightly on the drawn side. Where
egg white was applied, the paper will become more worn and
frayed on its surface, permitting it to absorb other colours
more easily, and the "aging" stains from other treatments
will then vary in tone over the page.
4) When the map is "finished" but still wet, place it face-
down on a sheet of baking powder. Place an old towel or
cloth over the top and use an iron on the towel. The varying
levels of heat and pressure will cause some parts of the map
to be smoother than others and some rougher. With cloth and
paper-type combinations this can also "imprint" a texture on
the paper surface. Note that the cloth may not be useful for
anything else afterwards!
5) If you're having steak for dinner, get some of the blood
and drip it onto the paper! Hold it at an angle to get it to
stream, or hold it flat to get spots. Then leave the map
where it is to dry.
6) You can use deodorants, kitchen spices, perfumes,
perfumed talcum powder, and even scented soap on the finished
map to trigger the sense of smell. A slice of mushroom
rubbed onto the surface will not only stain but scent the
map as well. This can add considerably to the realism.
7) In addition to the option of coloured pencils and
watercolours, add lipsticks to the repertoire. Used sparingly,
these can smear and stain nicely. And, being oil-based, they
won't wash away if you need to darken the stains.
8) Instead of simply placing your staining agent in a pan,
apply it with tissue paper to vary the darkness of the
paper.
9) Finally, you can try melting and dripping wax onto the
page one teaspoonful at a time. You can even use the candle
supplying the wax for the heat. Use the back of the spoon to
smoothly spread the wax. When you fold, bend, and mutilate
the page, the wax will crack, permitting additional stains
along the cracks; because the wax itself is waterproof, the
surface beneath will not be harmed. This stiffens and
strengthens the paper. Later, the wax can be sanded back a
little if necessary. Alternatively, "Wax-crack" a piece of
paper other than the map, then coat the wax with a little
shoe polish. Note that there is almost certainly enough on
the shoebrush already. Use the "waxed" paper as a stamp by
way of the "hot iron" approach (item 4 above). This can
produce a quite different effect.
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Wat betreft de daadwerkelijke inhoud van het gebrande papier: