Re: I'm back! Hi to all
Hi Judy, Thanks for suggesting Galina. Indeed she's the expert. I contacted hew few years ago (on the subject) and she helped me a lot. Her method (as I know it) is to coat glass 2 or 3 times with hardened gelatin, then dilute the sensitizer 1:1 with unhardened gelatin as the final coat. I will definitely try to dilute double strength sensitizer with gelatin (so that I don't loose dmax) but coating glass 2-3 times before the sensitizer doesn't appeal to me. If I can do it differently (with less steps) I will go for that. If I can't than I wil try her way :) You're right, Tempera Print (or was it Phototempera? or Fredricktype?) is another suitable process for working on glass since egg sticks to glass (and other slick substrates) like crazy. But I don't think can get as transparent results as gum + I don't like the odor (should I say stink?) of exposed dichromated egg yolks. :) You're right again, time indeed goes slow in the army. Regards, Loris. 18 Haziran 2008, Çarşamba, 11:28 pm tarihinde, Judy Seigel yazmış: > > Hi Loris, to join the chorus, welcome back and try Galina... > > That is, Galina Manikova has done very successful and b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l > prints in VDB, cyano, and I'm pretty sure gum, too, on glass... in fact I > have a wonderful one (VDB bordered with colored glass frame) hanging in my > living room window, which I can enjoy from the computer, as I face north. > She also teaches it (or used to) in her workshops. > > How far is Norway from Turkey? (On my map it looks practically next > door.) > > She may in fact have some info on her website... Not sure if www.galina.no > is the web address. I also have www.wailingwall.no, which is probably for > her current (fabulous !) show in New York... but her e-mail address as > found in my file seems to be: > > galina@online.no > > Galina is in any event, generous with info, and probably can also cite > sites for added info. > > A friend of mine, incidentally, took Galina's workshop in Spain a few > years ago and did begin printing on glass.... I think she got distracted > before perfection arrived, but plans to go back -- and, as I recall, it > seemed not as tricky as expected -- or at least as I expected. Also, as > noted, very beautiful... > > This friend, incidentally, was an expert in printing silver gelatin > emulsion photographs on glass, until they stopped selling that emulsion in > the US & I think it was Czechoslovakia (spelled wrong ??? -- but you know > the the one I mean) stopped making the glass. That particular process > involved a very exacting and specific "subbing" with gelatin -- tricky to > do, but beautiful result. > > PS. Didn't Peter Fredrick do his process (something-o-type ?) on glass as > well ? > > PPS. I can't believe it's 6 months already, Loris -- tho I doubt the time > went as quickly in the army as it did here... Anyway, again, bravo > bravissimo on your return... > > Judy > > On Sun, 15 Jun 2008, 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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