Re: Powdered pigments?
Jacek, As many others have said before gum is a rather subjective medium and we all find our own way to work. Although I don't choose to work with natural pigments myself I have seen lovely examples from those who have experimented. One of the benefits of working with tubes is the simplicity and the ease of establishing consistency - which is useful when you are starting and exploring gum variables. I also wanted to add that in my experience Arches paper has variable quality and the issues you describe I have also found - the reason I no longer use this paper. Fabriano Artisco is a preferred choice as it is reliably consistent, though the NOT surface is not suitable for all images. Hamish Stewart http://www.gumphoto.co.uk On 13/4/07 11:37, "Henry Rattle" <henry.rattle@ntlworld.com> wrote: > Hi Jacek, > > As I said in my offline, gum arabic can hold all sorts of powdered pigment. > The colours may not be quite as smooth as tube paint, but it all depends > what you want your print to look like. I don't know about plant pigments, > but that wonderful Australian red earth should make great prints. How about > a landscape of the area you pick the earth up from? I have a colour gum > print of a town in Umbria where the red pigment came from a ditch a couple > of miles up the road. > > Best > > Henry > > On 13/4/07 10:14, "Jacek" <gonsaj@iinet.net.au> wrote: > >> Hey all, >> Thanks guys for the info. Yeah I was just curious if it were at all possible >> to use the pan's in the first place. I'll stick to the tubes for now and play >> around later with the pans. >> >> One idea I did have was to use the Australian environment, plants, rocks/sand >> to makes pigments, as there are a few courses taught here on how to make dyes >> and pigments from just that. So I made a parallel with the pans, wondering if >> anyone delved into using it for gum printing, as I couldnt find any info out >> on the net. So ultimately the Australian bush/environment would be part of >> the >> actual print. >> Perhaps i'm dreaming, and as my old man says, I should really walk before >> running :) >> Thanks >> Jacek >> >> > > >
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