Re: My first platinum-palladium over gold leaf prints

["Christina Z. Anderson" <zphoto@montana.net>]

Thanks, Mark,

Good to know.

It seems sometimes, too, that the reflectance of gold in a pigment base 
isn't as shiny in general, and also when gold powder is put in a gum layer 
(gold powder as in powdered pigment, not gold of course!).

Keith, I placed a cyanotype I had on gampi paper over aluminum foil (I 
"one-upped" you on tightwad--I didn't even make a print AND I didn't shellac 
it, heheheheh) and it just looked like a brighter print--the silver didn't 
look silver enough...so the shellac must do the trick to make it look 
metallic I suppose? Hmmm..I do have a can of shellac somewhere around here. 
OH I think you used varnish, tho...
Chris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark MacKenzie" <mjmackenzie22@windstream.net>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca>
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 6:22 AM
Subject: Re: My first platinum-palladium over gold leaf prints


> Jumping in here.  Interesting question Chris.  As an art conservator my 
> experience with various gold and gold like materials has shown me that if 
> you were really wanting that very special look of high carat gold leaf you 
> won't be satisfied with the gold acrylic.
>
> Another thing, Dan have you transilluminated your gilded print with a very 
> strong light in a darkened room yet?  Gold leaf when transilluminated by a 
> strong light (how strong, I don't know, haven't tried it) first absorbs 
> the light energy, passes it through itself in some other form and then 
> re-emits it on the other side in a monochromatic green color known as 
> "atomic light". As far as I am aware it is the only instance of such a 
> reaction.  Perhaps the standard leaf may be too thick for this but you 
> never know.  If you try it let me know what the overall effect is, it 
> might be rather interesting.
>
> Mark MacKenzie
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Christina Z. Anderson" <zphoto@montana.net>
> To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca>
> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 10:04 AM
> Subject: Re: My first platinum-palladium over gold leaf prints
>
>
> > 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