Re: I'm back! Hi to all + Silane?
Umm, it wasn't my list correspondence with Martin Mueller that I
was talking about. Martin's name I would remember, at any rate
Martin has never printed gum on glass as far as I know, and the guy
I'm talking about, I corresponded with privately, not on this list.
I don't remember his ever posting on this list; I found him on the
Bostick and Sullivan list, and the main part of our correspondence
occurred not on that list but privately. He sent me (and would
probably send you) the specific instructions that work for him for
gum, and I tried it and achieved partial success, but I was
already late getting the work done for that particular show that I
had wanted to print on glass, and didn't have any more time to
experiment, so I abandoned the glass printing project for then and
did that series a different way. But he's the one to talk to about
this. As I said, the guys at Bostick and Sullivan would know who he
is and how to get in touch with him.
If I was talking about something that could be found in the list
archives, I would have said so.
kt
On Jun 16, 2008, at 12:37 AM, Loris Medici wrote:
Hi Katharine,
I found your correspondence with Martin Mueller here:
http://www.usask.ca/lists/alt-photo-process/2005/mar05/0088.htm
I will do few things different:
First, the sources I could find about glass silanization (mostly
medical,
about preparing glass or mica dishes for culture growing ect.,
looking for
better adhesion of organic molecules onto the glass) say one should
*rinse* the glass after a *timed* dip into the solution. Second, I
will
put a hardened gelatin *subbing* layer between cyanotype/gum layer and
silanized glass. I saw no evidence that you did these in your
description
(probably because Martin hadn't mentioned).
I feel more positive about cyanotype, I have doubts about gum
(since even
silanized and primed with gelatin, the glass will have very little
tooth -
it any - for gum). We'll see if I ever manage to try this in a
couple of
weeks.
Regards,
Loris.
15 Haziran 2008, Pazar, 11:49 pm tarihinde, Katharine Thayer yazmış:
Hi Loris,
Welcome back!
I've tried silane and not had good luck with it, but there's a
guy.... unfortunately I can't remember his name. .... who has
perfected printing gum on glass using silane as a sub. He and I
corresponded for a while several years ago on the subject but I've
changed computers since then and don't have any of that
correspondence now. But I'm sure the people who frequent the Bostick
and Sullivan forum, if it still exists, will know who I'm talking
about, and for all I know, he may well still post there himself, if
it does still exist. And maybe someone here knows who I'm talking
about. William something, I think... maybe. I'd recommend looking
him up, and to do that, I'd recommend starting with the Bostick and
Sullivan forum. Good luck.
Katharine
On Jun 15, 2008, at 10:46 AM, Loris Medici wrote:
Hi to all,
I'm (finally) back home after 6 months of military service.
As you can easily understand, I'm craving for taking photographs and
making alt prints. My current priority is working with glass; during
summer, I want to make cyanotypes and gum prints on glass.
Browsing the internet, I came across with compounds with the
generic name
"silane". What I understand is that silane compounds can be used as
intermediate material, to help alt process emulsions (or gelatin
primers)
adhering to glass.
Is there anyone using silane for such purposes? What is your
procedure?
(My plan is to silanize the glass - which is a self-assembly
process as I
understand it - then coat it with hardened gelatine and then put
the alt
process emulsion on top of this sandwitch...)
What are your suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
Loris.
P.S. I'm very happy for being around again!
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