Re: solarplate wedgies
What's your technique like for doing >chin colle? I tried two: wheat paste as a paste put on top, and a PVA thinned paste. I think the paper I used to chine colle with is pretty porous so the moisture, what little there is, bled through. BTW, I wanted the image to be printed on top of the chine colle. It is a colored background, with a part of the image cut out of the chine colle paper so that there is an area of white where the guy's shirt is. I have not tried the sun yet. One test at a time and I did the step wedges test this weekend to see the tonal range movement with different ratios. It's not like gum testing where one piece of paper tossed is 50 cents, but a plate at $10 makes me gasp. I don't want to tell you my final cost tally of this semester... This weekend I had to get the print done for the portfolio, so it was production weekend. Finally. Plus I am sick of testing and not producing. I spent all day friday, saturday, and sunday in the lab printing--actually a total of 37 prints. I ended up using Somerset Satin and loved it. I also ended up using Daniel Smith intense black mixed with dark brown and a bit of easy wipe and it looked really nice. Daniel Smith's tarlatan is much nicer than what I have used in the past, too--the less stiff one. >pursuit of eliminating the measles. Maybe changing >substrates is the best solution for you Chris, but I've not >found a better looking substrate than Pictorico OHP. You are right on that, but with UV tubes Pictorico may or may not be the culprit. I don't have a nice Amergraph, like Clay (so, Clay, finally a BLOG convinces you to try solarplate and not the hours upon hours of all of us slugging it out helping each other on the list???? At least you already have the equipment but do you have a press? Hopefully you will join in the discussion with your findings.) >you find something that is comparable, changing media is >certainly cheaper than buying an Olec unit and vacuum >frame or running around in the sunshine with >photosensitive media and trying to be precise about it >though! ;-) IF, in fact, my theory about ratio being the more important factor, then running around in the sun might be a breeze. BTW it is not a question of if I get an Amergraph but when. When my hubby told me he was filing an extension on taxes til June because our taxman is overwhelmed at the moment I about s--t. I said, does this mean no refund til then either??? >Let's all post some recent polymer gravures soon, eh? I've >been too busy doing other people's plates of late to be >able to do much of my own work, but that will change soon. Anytime...always good to put one's money where one's mouth is. Chris Assistant Professor of Photography Photography Option Coordinator Montana State University College of Arts and Architecture Department of Media and Theatre Arts, Room 220 P.O. Box 173350 Bozeman, MT 59717-3350 Tel (406) 994 6219 CZAphotography.com |