Re: My first platinum-palladium over gold leaf prints
Heh - I just tried the ultimate in tightwadding it. I was trying to get a feel for how this process might work, and having no gold leaf or platinum/palladium, I printed a cyanotype on velum and varnished it onto aluminum foil. Doesn't look half bad, actually. Po man's Danotype. BTW, Jerrry's Artorama is having a 20% off Valentines Days sale for purchases over $90. Buyers of precious metal leaf should have no problem hitting $90... On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 11:04 AM, Christina Z. Anderson <zphoto@montana.net> wrote: > Yeah, I feel the same way, Keith. I talk about "danotypes" when I teach > palladium over ink jet, and now yet another process to whet a class's > appetite with. > > Dan, is there any reason you couldn't "tightwad" it and use gold acrylic > pigment? > Chris > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Keith Gerling" <keith.gerling@gmail.com> > To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca> > > > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 9:07 AM > Subject: Re: My first platinum-palladium over gold leaf prints > > > > Dan, these are great. I've been wanting to incorporate gold leaf into > > my work for some time now, and it seems as if you hit on a great > > solution. So can I just steal this idea and run with it, or should I > > call it a Danotype? > > > > Is there any reason why the leaf has to me permanently affixed to the > > velum, or can I just swap out the leaf and use it for another print? > > > > Thanks > > > > Keith > > > > On Sat, Feb 9, 2008 at 8:48 PM, Dan Burkholder <fdanb@aol.com> wrote: > >> > >> This evening I finally photographed the first group of platinum/ > >> palladium over gold leaf prints. I've printed more than the nine on > >> this site but these are the most successful to date. After doing a lot > >> of inkjet printing over the past couple years, it felt very refreshing > >> to be involved with handmade processes once again. In some way, this > >> work is almost a rebellion to the direction most photography is > >> taking. The prints are small (4"x6" up to 5.5"x8.5"), unlike the trend > >> to giantism that the medium is experiencing. I also wanted to make > >> prints with a look and feel unlike anything we can produce with an > >> inkjet printer. > >> > >> I started testing different vellums and sizes in December and am > >> starting to get a feel for what works and what doesn't. The harder > >> issue (for me at least) is learning what type of images work well in > >> this combination and which don't. It's like all of photography; the > >> "why's" are always more difficult than the "how's." > >> > >> The images themselves are a mix of old and new, taking some years-old > >> images that are favorites along with new work from our new home in > >> upstate New York and exploring the print impact with the gold. The > >> "Flatiron in Spring, New York" image is my first effort at bimetal > >> gilding. The Flatiron is in palladium leaf and the rest of the print > >> is in 24K gold. I'm eager to do more of this Au/Pd leafing. I gotta > >> admit that there's something fun about making prints in which the > >> final image is comprised of three precious metals, all of which are > >> completely insensitive to light. ;^) > >> > >> I will be out of pocket for a couple of days and won't be able to > >> reply very promptly to questions or comments. > >> > >> Thanks for looking here: > >> > >> www.DanBurkholder.com/gold > >> > >> Dan > >> > >> info@DanBurkholder.com > >> www.DanBurkholder.com > >> > >> > > > > >
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