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[ndg]

Thanks Sandy. The printing processes that involve the use of watercolors and oils allow so much artist expressiveness.

[Leigh]

17X23" Carbon transfer print on albumen sized Strathmore Imperial Watercolor. Printed from a digital negative. Original was a 5X7" negative.

That's a marvelous image, Sandy. It looks 3-dimensional, even on a computer screen. Thank you.

- Leigh

[sanking]

"That's a marvelous image, Sandy. It looks 3-dimensional, even on a computer screen."

Thank you, Leigh

BTW, this is a wonderful space. The cathedral of Seville is the largest gothic cathedral in the world, and the third largest church in the world. I believe the print gives some indication of the monumental character of the building, and of the sense of light.

Sandy

[Robert Brazile]

Sandy, beautiful image. Was that albumen sizing alone, or albumen on top of gelatin? Isopropanol-hardened?

Robert

[sanking]

Sandy, beautiful image. Was that albumen sizing alone, or albumen on top of gelatin? Isopropanol-hardened?

Robert

The albumen hardening was over a thin layer of hardened gelatin, which for some reason was not giving good transfers. In light of the fact that the paper was not working well I decided, as an experiment, to add a thin coating of albumen. After the albumen dried I hardened it by applying with a roller about 20 ml of isopropyl on a sheet of 21" X 25". There are some mechanical advantages to albumen sizing for carbon, most notably the fact that the coating appears less sensitive to conditions of RH, and secondly one can develop the relief at a slightly higher water temperature.

Coating paper with albumen is quite different mechanically than coating with gelatin so I am still trying to work out the most effective way to do this, whether by floating the paper as in the old days, by soaking or by applying with a rod. As with gelatin coating, bubble can be a real problem, but the issue is not quite as critical with two layers of size as with just a single one.

In any event a sheet of albumen sized art paper has a very different look than gelatin sized paper, and this look is there even when the paper was previously sized with gelatin as what is on top dominates in terms of the aesthetic.

Sandy

[Misko]

whole plate alumitype

Love the simplicity of it. Really beautiful.

[Michael Przybyla]

Fort Knox, Bucksport, Maine October 2013
5x7 Pt/Pd Print



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[TheToadMen]

Beautiful composition and very good print.
Albumen printing is fun, isn't it?

17X23" Carbon transfer print on albumen sized Strathmore Imperial Watercolor. Printed from a digital negative. Original was a 5X7" negative.

I have printed this image before in carbon, but not quite this big, and with a more neutral tone than the albumen type color here.

Sandy

[Robert Brazile]

Thanks, Sandy, that's very helpful.

Robert

[Tri Tran]

Sandy,
Thanks for the great info. This is exactly what I had in mind when I substrate my plates for collodion process . My first thought is to simplify my work flow in order to use the albumen for both processes ( Carbon and Ambrotype ), or at least using one type of paper for PT and Carbon final support . Hope I have some time during Holidays to test this out.Thanks again and Happy Holidays.