Re: My first platinum-palladium over gold leaf prints
Nevermind. After the varnish dried it looks pretty bad. On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 10:31 AM, Christina Z. Anderson <zphoto@montana.net> wrote: > 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 > >> > > > > > > >
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