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[Denny]

Bob, info about the list here:

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[Emil Schildt]

While teaching summer courses in alt proc, there's a little time for experimenting:
Liquid emulsion on the back of a canvas... then brown toned - then cyanotype chemistry added and partially bleached...

Fun stuff...




Meet Emma

(13x18 cm film - Boyer 300mm 4.5 lens - Gandolfi Precision)

[Erik Larsen]

While teaching summer courses in alt proc, there's a little time for experimenting:
Liquid emulsion on the back of a canvas... then brown toned - then cyanotype chemistry added and partially bleached...

Fun stuff...




Meet Emma

(13x18 cm film - Boyer 300mm 4.5 lens - Gandolfi Precision)

Always creative Emil!

[Emil Schildt]

Second week of summer courses ended - Bromoil - Cyanotype - Liquid emulsion - Paper negs...
...and then me playing around with liquid emulsion on canvas...

[Wayne]

Went to Canyonlands for the day and hiked out to this point. 8x10 fp4 with 19 inch red dot artar. Gum over platinum/palladium print in platine.

Like.

[Andrew O'Neill]

Bamboo Forest Light by Andrew O'Neill, on Flickr


Shot this in my favourite bamboo forest in Japan... Setaka, Japan, to be exact. Shot on HP5 4x5. Digital negative. Not a very sharp reproduction. Used my telephone. Apologies.

[bob carnie]

Slightly new direction on my Solarization Project. these two images are shot with 4 x5 colour negative film then solarized halfway through C41 process, I use deep tank and stainless holders to do this.
The result is what you see, I have not manipulated in PhotoShop other than make the three negatives for the dress, and the two negatives for the fish.

I am not using a palladium layer but only pigment in gum...

Here is a question, what pigment can I use for black- everywhere I read black pigment is tough, I was thinking of mixing a blue and Sepia to create a dark tone and then use it in conjection with the K negative.

Something interesting no f...ing doughnut swirlies so I am kind of thinking the Palladium layer will indeed require a sizing to stop this dreaded problem I have been getting. With gum over palladium.

[Erik Larsen]

Slightly new direction on my Solarization Project. these two images are shot with 4 x5 colour negative film then solarized halfway through C41 process, I use deep tank and stainless holders to do this.
The result is what you see, I have not manipulated in PhotoShop other than make the three negatives for the dress, and the two negatives for the fish.

I am not using a palladium layer but only pigment in gum...

Here is a question, what pigment can I use for black- everywhere I read black pigment is tough, I was thinking of mixing a blue and Sepia to create a dark tone and then use it in conjection with the K negative.

Something interesting no f...ing doughnut swirlies so I am kind of thinking the Palladium layer will indeed require a sizing to stop this dreaded problem I have been getting. With gum over palladium.

Hi Bob, I like the lure! At first I thought it was a real fish sliced up till I saw the hook. I like to fly fish and always wanted to do a series of prints of the flies I tie but have only dabbled so far.

As far as black goes, I use lamp black (Windsor Newton)and ivory black (Daniel Smith). The lamp black is much stronger in covering and more opaque and a little goes a long way compared to the ivory black. Look on the label of the tube of pigment for a black that uses PBk9 as the pigment as it is supposed to be less prone to stain versus the PBk6. I don't have a staining problem but I do size before a gum layer and both the blacks I use are PBK6 so go figure?

[bob carnie]

Hi Erik

I am doing a meat and bones, I think now I will do cut up fish glad you like it.. I never tried fly fishing , basically lures, I will be posting my hula poppers.

So you are sizing all the time? do you size once or are you doing it between layers, this would add a lot of time I would think, how long does a 1:2 PVA coat need to dry in your opinion.
I will get some Daniel Smith and give it a try, I am making a skeleton k negative to basically only define some details in the print. I am sharpening only on this layer leaving the colour layers alone.

kind of like sharpening and clarity and black slider all at once.

[Erik Larsen]

Hi Erik

I am doing a meat and bones, I think now I will do cut up fish glad you like it.. I never tried fly fishing , basically lures, I will be posting my hula poppers.

So you are sizing all the time? do you size once or are you doing it between layers, this would add a lot of time I would think, how long does a 1:2 PVA coat need to dry in your opinion.

I just size once Bob, after the pt/pd coat and before any gum layer if just doing straight gum. The pva dries really fast if you put a fan or hair drier on it - 5 minutes and I'm good to go. I haven't tried sizing on top of a gum layer, it sounds kind of iffy to me? I'm glad you got rid of the swirlies! Maybe you can do away with the pt/pd layer and use black gum instead if the swirlies were somehow related to the pt/pd layer? Many ways to skin a cat I guess?