The Resinotype Mountain

[John Grocott <john.grocott403@ntlworld.com>]

Bon Dia, Alberto Mountain Man,
                                          My first reacton to your greatly 
appreciated  poetic comparison of resinotype to climbing is that I am sure 
others would be willing to give it a try if the resinotype powders + 
pigments were available already prepared for use.
              Yes, it does seem simple.  Only 10 minutes to prepare. But 
only after you have located a supplier of rosin powder, pigments, 
pestle+mortar ( one week ).  This all adds up to a far more complex process 
than, for example cyanotype, which seems to be, understandably, very 
popular.  It is so straight forward and simple. (apologies to cyanotypists)

                I had rosin powder from the time when  I experimented with 
dust gravure.  This was a climb too steep for me but the rosin came in 
useful for resinotype.  The work involved was worthwhile as I like the 
possibility of control with resinotype.

> ................. you just need to weight and melt resin and powder 
> pigments (5 minutes), and grind them in a mortar (5 minutes).
Your enthusiasm has been an encouragement to me and I hope to reciprocate in 
due course with some masterpieces.

Later. John - Photographist - London - UK
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alberto Novo" <alt_list@albertonovo.it>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca>
Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 4:17 PM
Subject: Re: resinotypes


> Dear John,
> > Now, the question in my mind is why  have you asked this  question, ...?
> > ''did anybody try (apart from who  I already know...) to make 
> > resinotypes? ''
> Because I don't believe you are alone, though this technique is not as 
> known as many other Cinderellas.
> I have been tempted to add "if you didn't, you will never know what you 
> missed". I find resinotype condensing the skills of both gum and oil 
> printing.
> I am still an active climber (despite I am not a young man anymore), and 
> for this reason I compare resinotype to an almost never climbed mountain. 
> You have many routes to discover, both easy and difficult. You are the 
> first going there, and this is very, very exciting for me: you are free to 
> make everything. But I don't like to keep entirely for me my emotions.
> > Finding resinotype rather daunting because of the resin/pigment 
> > preparation is another possible reason.
> Why? In the simpler case you just need to weight and melt resin and powder 
> pigments (5 minutes), and grind them in a mortar (5 minutes).
> I agree that in the worst case it might look a little trickier, but you 
> have far better results.
> All the best,
> Alberto