Re: Analyzing Namias's Approach to Using Rosin

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

Alberto,
             Do you know if Namias wrote that he ceased using Bromoil 
factory made paper and switched entirely to his own gelatine coated paper 
after he started using  his invention, Resinotype powder?
                  The search goes on.
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: Saturday, November 03, 2007 2:21 PM
Subject: Re: Analyzing Namias's Approach to Using Rosin


> > Having tried Bromoil I understand that Rosin may be used to stiffen up 
> > the ink.  But his experiments must have led him away from  oil based ink 
> > to arrive at what we now accept as a  Resinotype powder application. 
> > Quite different to Bromoil.
> Correct. Namias' idea has been to eliminate the oil, perhaps instead 
> adding some wax -see Clerc's description- but only to decrease the melting 
> point of the mixture.
> The oil/bromoil approach is visible in the first year's description of the 
> process, when he suggest to pick up the powder with the brush and then 
> ink/dust the matrix. One year later, he suggested to directly spread the 
> powder over the matrix and then to scatter it with a soft brush.
> Alberto