Re: Five Stages to Javelle Gum Print
Thanks, this is helpful; it seems to support my theory that I was
using too much pigment and perhaps too much exposure, before. I hope
to get back to this soon and hope to post some better results
(fingers crossed),
Katharine
On Dec 7, 2007, at 3:55 AM, Loris Medici wrote:
Of course,
I have only 3 more prints to show. The 2 other prints (trial 2 and
4) on
sized paper have flaked / flagged so much that I just brushed off
the whole
emulsion (thinking I may use the papers later again).
Trial 1:
http://www.loris.medici.name/gum/bleach_trial_1.jpg
Not enough pigment, too much dichromate, too much exposure. If I
got the
dichromate and exposure amounts right it could made a nice print -
even if
the blackest blacks are not enough to justify the bleaching procedure.
Trial 3:
http://www.loris.medici.name/gum/bleach_trial_3.jpg
Too much pigment, too much exposure. I had to bleach the print more
than I
would consider "normal" now, in order to be able to get an image.
The result
is too harsh, not pleasing at all.
Trial 5:
http://www.loris.medici.name/gum/bleach_trial_5.jpg
Ok pigment, ok dichromate, ok exposure but ruined while trying to
finish it
with polyurethane - while the print wasn't hard enough. (See the
brushmarks
and how the emulsion came off.)
I was afraid of ruining the good print so I didn't try to coat it with
polyurethane later.
Hope this helps,
Loris.
From: John Grocott <john.grocott403@ntlworld.com>
Reply-To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca>
Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:54:17 +0000
To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca>
Subject: Five Stages to Javelle Gum Print
Loris,
You mentioned that there were five stages leading to
the final
exquisite portraits of your wife which you informed us were made
using gum
with bleach method. Would it be too much to ask of you to offer
us another
little w/s showing the imperfect results of these stages ? One
often
learns more from mistakes / failures than from the final achievments.
Thank you so much if this is possible.
Ciao. John - Photographist - London - UK
----- Original Message -----
From: "Loris Medici" <mail@loris.medici.name>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca>
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 4:13 PM
Subject: Re: Bleach-development with gum
For those who are interested, I've made a simple web page showing
the
print:
1. before clearing
2. after clearing
and
3. a 100% crop (was scanned at 300ppi)
See: http://www.loris.medici.name/gum/bleach_clear.html
Regards,
Loris.
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