Re: Masa findings
Keith, Instead of putting the print faced down on a piece of aluminum, try laying it on the aluminum or a piece of glass emulsion side up. Don't squeegee, just let it smooth itself on the support. When dry, you can easily pop it off. I dry pt/pd prints made on the even thinner "rice paper" that way. Don't need to use the drymount press afterwards. Should work with gum on Masa. Sam Wang On May 7, 2008, at 10:06 AM, Keith Gerling wrote: I love printing gum on Masa paper, but I have to admit that the final result has something to be desired. The paper lacks "character" and is so thin that the dried print is very warped and crinkly. Dry-mounting works well, but I would really like to find an alternative that doesn't have such a permanent effect on the print. Besides, Masa is so thin and light that a stack of 10 prints weighs about as much as one mount board. I've played with a couple of flattening ideas that, while ultimately unsuccessful, still are kind of interesting. One of them in particular gives a finished print that is unlike any gum print I have ever seen - sort of like a ferrotyped silver gelatin print. I print on the SMOOTH side, wet the finished dry print, brush on a layer of gelatin, and squeegee this to a shiny piece of aluminum face down. As the gelatin dries, the print shrinks and it pulls itself off of the aluminum. The result is a very shiny gum print. Unfortunately, it does very little for the dmax. Still, it is a rather novel look that I can see might have some use. Keith
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