Re: bromoil boot camp
Can you find our what kind of brushes they are? Where they could be purchased? Gord On August 27, 2007 8:16:55 am Christina Z. Anderson wrote: > Hi Gord, > Yeah, we did; we used his brushes, the ones shaped like a stag foot or > something? What I learned was that the ink really only goes on the very > tip of that brush, not on the whole bottom, and you do all the motion with > that tip--hopping, stippling, walkabout, etc. So the tip needs to be > springy. One of the students got the softer haired brush (is it, fitch?) > and the ink up detail was much finer with the finer hairs, so I was able to > see the benefit of different hair in the brush, too. > > Having done a bunch of bromoils a couple years back that were pretty poor, > I realize part of the reason was too much ink and using a roller/brayer. > So for me, the brush made a huge difference, as does non-supercoated paper. > Also not using a hydroquinone based developer which hardens gelatin, and > really at every step of the way watching your technique--distilled water in > the bleach bath instead of tap to eliminate the variable of water, etc. > etc. It's somewhat like gum in that sense--so many variables that if you > start "tight" with the variables and then loosen up you can more easily > figure out what is wrong. > > As soon as I "loosen up" I will try Ilford supercoated, using a regular > paper developer, etc., and varying the ink softness to accomodate, plus > using other brushes like shaving brushes and such. But for now, tight is > the way to go until I get proficient. I am sure there are many on this > list (Ed Buffaloe, for instance) who are very loose with their technique at > this point. > Chris > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gordon Holtslander" <gordon.holtslander@usask.ca> > To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca> > Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 10:40 PM > Subject: Re: bromoil boot camp > > > What did you use for brushes? I'm slowly exploring oil printing and have > > been > > trying a variety of locally available brushes. > > > > The old literature I've read suggest people used very specialized > > brushes. > > > > Did you use anything special? > > > > Gord -- Gordon J. Holtslander Dept. of Biology gordon.holtslander@usask.ca University of Saskatchewan Tel 306 966-4433 112 Science Place Fax 306 966-4461 Saskatoon SK., CANADA homepage.usask.ca/~gjh289 S7N 5E2
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