Re: gum question
Yes, that was me. A painter friend who made his own oil paints gave me jars of pigments he made from clay around here. I think he had help from the chemistry department, at least in the finer filters. Some of these work beautifully in gum and I thought appropriate to do a portrait of my painter friend with the "local colors". I think the red clay is mainly used for making bricks. It's the lighter colors that they use for pottery, especially the white Kaolin. No, that's not all it's good for. From the South, haven't you heard of pregnant ladies eating clay? I've made some gum using gold as well. Actually it's not real gold, just brass or bronze powder. Since gum can hold just about any fine powder, I'm surprised no one has made gum with say powdered pearl. Just think of the the pearly effects on black background! I used to screen print negative images over darker background and the reversal gave it a very different feel. Have not done so in gum yet. Did you say you are using pinhole images in your gum? My zoneplate gums are mostly failures - subtlety piled on top of subtlety makes mush. Sam On Jun 7, 2008, at 4:00 PM, Diana Bloomfield wrote: I forgot-- yes, I do love the Payne's grey-- so subtle and such a beautiful blue/grey. So when you say you used clay, do you mean red clay from the ground here? Or are you talking about a store-bought pigment? I vaguely remember reading about someone using real clay somewhere for gum prints-- maybe that was you. There sure ought to be some useful purpose for all that red clay, besides making pottery.
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