U of S | Mailing List Archive | alt-photo-process-l | Re: A few gum things

Re: A few gum things



Dear List,
My apologies for the present mail adressed to Diana Bloomfield whom I'm unable to reach by email.
 
Hi Diana,

So, here we are in april and I just wanted to give you a few pointers in
order to be as economic as possible for your upcoming show. When you mail me
your work I prefer to get it unmatted (as I have the necessary equipment)
and I recommend to send it as "exhibition photographs without commercial
value to be remailed to sender after exhibit". If you state a commercial
value I will have to pay a proportional import tax.
I can hang about 20 images in 30x40cm and 40x50cm frames.

Thank you for showing your work at Atelier pH7 in the beautiful city of
Brussels.
Roger
 
Sorry again.
Roger Kockaerts
Permadocument - pH7
rue des Balkans, 7
B-1180 Brussels
www.permadocument.be
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 3:49 PM
Subject: RE: A few gum things

Diana
I use gelatin / dichromate to size papers. Works quite well for me in a tri colour gum. I am not sure what is the procedure that James has, so I can not comment on it. You have to remember that dichromates are not the crosslinking agent. They have to be converted Cr (VI) from the dichromate to  Cr (III), by either dark reaction, which is slow, or UV light. I coat with gelatin / dichromate , let dry and expose to sunlight for 15-30 minutes to harden the gelatin. I can email details if you want to try.
Marek

> Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 00:27:47 -0400
> From: dhbloomfield@bellsouth.net
> Subject: Re: A few gum things
> To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
>
> Oh, I would like to also add that I tried that sizing suggestion in
> James' book (and I saw it mentioned somewhere else, too) where you
> size with gum and dichromate-- I tried that twice and couldn't get it
> to work. Has anybody ever actually tried that, and does it work?
>



Get in touch in an instant. Get Windows Live Messenger now.